Functional Skills English Level 2 - 09499

Functional Skills reform update

As you may be aware, both Ofqual and the DfE have recently held public consultations regarding the reform of Functional Skills qualifications in English and Maths at all levels. It is intended that the reformed qualifications are available for first teach in September 2019.

We are fully engaged with both consultations and intend to continue to offer the full provision of reformed Functional Skills. We will keep you updated of intentions and outcomes as they progress.

Please refer to the centre timeline for more information.

OCR has been at the forefront of developing functional skills assessments. This experience has given us a unique insight into what functionality means to assessment design. This qualification assesses speaking, listening, communication, reading and writing. It is also suitable for those who wish to apply their English skills to a range of unfamiliar contexts, through discussions, exchanges, texts and through written communication.

(13) Key documents
- Centre handbook (PDF, 647KB)
- Functional Skills admin overview
- Functional Skills centre timeline (PDF, 1MB)
- Functional Skills computer-based tests introduction
- Functional Skills paper on-demand - Dates calculator (XLSX, 78KB)
- Functional Skills paper-based tests guidance
- Functional Skills paper-based, on-demand - At a glance (PDF, 366KB)
- Internal standardisation generic guide (PDF, 992KB)
  
  We’ve put together this guide to give additional guidance on how internal standardisation may be approached. These guidelines must be used in conjunction with the centre handbook and admin guide relevant to the qualification you are delivering.
  
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- Internal standardisation generic guide appendix 1 (DOC, 189KB)
- Internal standardisation generic guide appendix 2 (DOC, 208KB)
- Internal standardisation generic guide appendix 3 (DOC, 198KB)
- Level 1 and Level 2 pass marks statement (PDF, 18KB)
- OCR Instructions for conducting examinations (OCR ICE) 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019 (PDF, 526KB)
  
  This is a regulatory document for centres delivering Functional Skills and Digital Employability exams.
  
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(5) Subject information updates

Teaching and learning resources

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The teaching and learning resources on this page must not be used for summative assessment purposes. As part of our teaching we expect support to be given to your learners; such support is not permissible for summative assessment and is likely to be considered malpractice.

(1) Planning
- Mapping Cambridge Progression to Functional Skills to the new GCSEs (PDF, 557KB)
  
  See how Cambridge Progression and Functional Skills units map to the 2015 GCSE (9-1) English and Maths specifications.
  
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(1) Skills guides
- Download skills guides
(13) Support materials
- A guide to our resources - Start here (PDF, 1MB)
- A guide to resources - Start here (PDF, 1MB)
- Curriculum guide (PDF, 797KB)
- Delivery guide (PDF, 2MB)
  
  This guide gives a range of ideas for lessons structured by learning outcome for this unit.
  
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- English mapping - Progression to Functional Skills to GCSE (PDF, 1MB)
- Hints and tips - No 1 - Speaking and listening units (PDF, 606KB)
  
  This resource gives additional guidance about the speaking and listening entry level, level 1 and level 2 units.
  
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- Level 2 Functional Skills English - Underpinning skills support material for learners (PDF, 399KB)
- Presentation - Entry Levels (PPT, 2MB)
- Presentation - Levels 1 and 2 (PPT, 2MB)
- Progress tracker (XLS, 9MB)
- Resources links (PDF, 6MB)
- Teach it supporting resources (ZIP, 11MB)
- Teacher resource - Activity bank - Level 2 (ZIP, 1MB)

External resources

OCR has endorsed or recommended the following resources for use with this specification. For more information about endorsed or recommended resources, visit our endorsement page. Note: OCR is not responsible for the contents of third party sites.

(1) Endorsed by OCR

Description	An interactive Functional Skills English course for Entry Level 3, Level 1 and Level 2. All the delivery for the qualification is offered through film production, high quality content which sits on an interactive, easy to use platform. The platform alerts tutors if learners are struggling so they can be offered further support, either on a 1-1 basis or through video conferencing (which is also built into the platform). A new way of learning for a new generation of technology focused learners and also for previous generations who have struggled to learn in a traditional way. Publication date: April 2017
Author	Lucy Dunleavy and Nathan Carey
Publisher	LearnBox
Website	www.learningboxed.com

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