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Functional skills | Entry Level


7 February 2012
Your guide to funding functional skills 2012
23 January 2012
Spotlight on Skills conference - book your free place now!
23 January 2012
Transition of key skills to functional skills
11 January 2012
Functional skills February entry deadline: 12 January 2012
6 December 2011
Spotlight on Skills Conference: Getting the basics right
23 November 2011
Functional skills January entry deadline: 1 December 2011
22 November 2011
New functional skills Quality Assurance Handbook 2011/12 (Entry)
7 November 2011
Functional skills pass rate statistics 2010-11
28 October 2011
Government reforms to performance tables
12 October 2011
Final deadline for functional skills November 2011 entries: Friday 21 October
14 September 2011
Functional skills assessment entry deadline
Entry deadline for October 2011 assessments in English and maths
14 September 2011
Fee changes for functional skills qualifications
5 September 2011
Functional skills pilot units for English
5 September 2011
New functional skills Quality Assurance and ICE documents added for 2011/12
16 August 2011
Functional skills prize draw winners announced!
25 July 2011
June Series Functional Skills reports now available to centres
13 June 2011
Final deadline for English and Mathematics functional skills July 2011 entries: Friday 24 June
3 June 2011
Dates for functional skills assessment windows from September 2011 now available
3 June 2011
Late fee changes for functional skills
27 May 2011
Deadline for claiming units from the Functional skills Pilot: August 2011
Cash in any Functional English Pilot units now.
19 May 2011
Functional skills training events for summer 2011
5 May 2011
Final deadline for June 2011 entries: Friday 20th May
20 April 2011
Important update about functional skills Speaking, Listening and Communication entries
11 April 2011
Final deadline for May 2011 entries: Friday 15 April
5 April 2011
What does the Wolf Report say about Functional Skills?
2 March 2011
OSCA training materials for functional skills English Levels 1 and 2 now available
18 February 2011
Free onscreen, on-demand launch events for functional skills
23 December 2010
Extension of key skills for Apprenticeships - England only
20 December 2010
New Learner Declaration Form
1 December 2010
Update to vocational fees list
21 October 2010
Speaking, Listening and Communication handbook updated
20 October 2010
New quality assurance arrangements for ESOL, Entry Level ALAN and Entry Level functional skills
11 October 2010
Functional skills OSCA2 window extended
19 August 2010
On-demand onscreen functional skills tests available from April 2011
19 July 2010
Functional skills July e-newsletter
15 July 2010
Extension of key skills for Apprenticeships
13 July 2010
More flexibility for learners taking Edexcel’s functional skills tests
9 July 2010
Faster turnaround for functional skills test results
17 June 2010
Edexcel functional skills mathematics, English and ICT now fully accredited
29 April 2010
Our Functional Skills Mathematics Levels 1-2 qualifications have been fully accredited
19 April 2010
English Functional Skills – accredited specifications and sample assessment materials available online
09 April 2010
Our full suite of Functional Skills English qualifications have gained accreditation from Ofqual
Entry Levels 1, 2 and 3 and Levels 1 and 2 are ready for teaching from September 2010.
22 March 2010
First four qualifications in our Functional Skills suite accredited by Ofqual
16 March 2010
SCAAT points for Adult Literacy and Adult Numeracy (ALAN) and key skills from 2010
19 January 2010
Senior Assessment Associates for functional skills - now recruiting
22 December 2009
Start preparing for the live launch of functional skills – secure your place on one of our free launch events today!
17 December 2009
Free events this spring term: Developing Learners at Entry and Level 1
4 December 2009
Updated Entry Level Functional Skills ICE Document
5 November 2009
Final criteria for functional skills now available to download
19 October 2009
October 2009 newsletter