Subject-specific details

Functional Skills

The information below refers to legacy Functional Skills ICT. All other Functional Skills qualifications have been withdrawn and are no longer available.

The qualification regulators for England, Wales and Northern Ireland published the Functional Skills qualifications criteria in November 2009. The specific criteria for the individual Functional Skills in ICT were published at the same time.

Advice on permitted access arrangements for specific components is given below.

For Functional Skills ICT qualifications candidates can have access to all forms of equipment, software and practical assistance that reflect their normal way of working within the centre. However, such adjustments must not affect the reliability or validity of assessment outcomes or give the candidate an assessment advantage over other candidates undertaking the same or similar assessments.

Access arrangements	Yes/no	Notes
Extra time	Yes
Dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries	Yes	The use of a dictionary or a bilingual dictionary is permitted for all candidates.
Reader	Yes
Computer reader	Yes
Sign language interpreter	Yes
Scribe	Yes
Word processor	Yes
Practical assistant	Yes	A practical assistant may switch on the computer and insert a storage device at the candidate’s instruction but must not perform any skill for which marks will be credited. A practical assistant may be used in written examinations.
Modified question papers (including braille)	Yes
External device to load personal settings	Yes	Permitted as a reasonable adjustment provided that this does not compromise the assessment or give the candidate any advantage not available to other candidates.

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