Functional Skills Maths Entry Level - 09862, 09863, 09864

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.

Split into three levels, these qualifications recognise achievement at entry level. Learners at Entry 1 will have abilities that range from the most elementary to using their understanding to relate to the immediate environment. Entry 2 learners will have skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out simple, familiar tasks with guidance. Learners at Entry 3 will have mathematical skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out structured tasks in familiar contexts.

(7) Key documents
- Centre handbook (PDF, 140KB) Updated 21/01/2014
- Functional Skills admin overview
- Functional Skills centre timeline (PDF, 1MB)
- 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)
(2) Subject information updates
- Access arrangements and Functional Skills - September 2018
- Updates to the Functional Skills qualifications available

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
(14) Support materials
- A guide to our resources - Start here (PDF, 1MB)
- A guide to resources - Start here (PDF, 1MB)
- Assessment templates - Set B (DOC, 476KB)
- Assessment templates - Set C (DOC, 492KB)
- Assessment templates - Set D (DOC, 488KB) New
- Assessment templates - Set E (DOC, 489KB)
- Curriculum guide (PDF, 797KB)
- Delivery guide (PDF, 1MB)
- Mapping to NRICH resources (PDF, 3MB)
  
  This guide shows the free resources available from NRICH mapped to Functional Skills mathematics.
  
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- Marking guidance (PDF, 261KB)
- Mathematics mapping - Progression to Functional Skills to GCSE (PDF, 1024KB)
- Presentation - Entry Levels (PPT, 12MB) New
- Resources links (PDF, 6MB)
- Teacher resource - Activity bank (PDF, 1MB)

External resources

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(1) Endorsed by OCR

Description	An interactive Functional Skills Maths 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: Feb 2017
Author	Lucy Dunleavy and Nathan Carey
Publisher	LearnBox
Website	www.learningboxed.com

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