New support

We've listened to our customers and worked to meet their needs – so here's new support to help you get the most out of your functional skills performance.

Curriculum guide

The curriculum guide has been designed to assist with the delivery and assessment of our functional skills qualifications. It gives a useful starting point when planning for delivery, using real centre examples and guidance based on their own experiences.

• Curriculum guide (PDF, 797 KB)

Practice materials

Practice assessment materials for each subject at Levels 1 and 2.

• Maths Level 1 papers
• Maths Level 2 papers
• ICT Level 1 papers
• ICT Level 2 papers

Exemplar responses

Model answers to sample assessment materials for each subject at Levels 1 and 2.

• Maths Level 1 samples (PDF, 3 MB)
• Maths Level 2 samples (PDF, 4 MB)
• ICT Level 1 samples (PDF, 388 KB)
• ICT Level 2 samples (PDF, 160 KB)

Get Ahead training

Courses to help you get to grips with the planning and delivery of Entry Level or Levels 1 and 2.

Monthly report to centres

Helps you to pinpoint where improvements can be made to teaching and learning. First report available after the October assessment window.

Other existing support materials such as Activity Banks are still available from the links below.