Insight blog

  • Top Tips from English, maths and ICT practitioners around the country

    Hello and welcome to an update on the reform of Functional Skills English and maths.

    During this current global situation we find ourselves in, with the transition from classroom to online digital learning from home, we want to support you by providing some top tips from our experts.

  • Reformed Functional Skills | Standard Setting

    Hello and welcome to an update on the reform of Functional Skills English and Maths.

    This September saw the introduction of the Pearson reformed Functional Skills qualifications in English and Maths. There have been changes to both content and assessment structure from the legacy qualifications to the reformed qualifications, however there was no intention from the regulator Ofqual, for there to be a change in the standard of the qualifications.

  • Reformed Functional Skills | Entry Level

    Hello and welcome to an update on the reform of Functional Skills English and maths.

    As with the rest of the suite, reformed Entry Level Functional Skills were introduced in September 2019 and with the reform came numerous changes to the assessments.

  • Reformed Functional Skills qualifications are ready for first teach on 1st September

    Welcome to an update on the reform of Functional Skills English and maths.

    Our new qualifications are live from the 1st September, Pearson’s offer has been shaped by the needs of teachers and learners. We have our FREE interactive schemes of work available to help with your planning, these include the embedding of our free and paid for resources to help deliver the new qualifications as smoothly and effectively as possible.
     

  • From Mum to Manager - how apprenticeships transformed the career of one work returner

    Toni Pitts was a work returner with a young child when she started working for Pearson in 2007. With only a handful of formal qualifications she was looking for extra income that fitted in with looking after her young son James on a term-time only basis. Her first role was making appointments for Pearson Primary sales reps. Toni herself admits at the time her confidence was low and her aspirations limited.