Insight blog

  • A year in review - the numbers

    Hello and welcome to the final Pearson Functional Skills blog for 2020. Where we will be looking back and reviewing the year that we’ve had.

  • Adapting Functional Skills for the current climate

    Welcome to the October 2020 edition of Pearson’s Functional Skills blog. As ever, this has been a busy month; we have been working across awarding organisations and with Ofqual to look at how Functional Skills should develop throughout 2020/21.

  • Checks and Estimation

    Hello and welcome to an update on reformed Functional Skills English and maths.

    It has been a busy time in the world of Functional Skills in recent weeks, September has been a month of listening to providers, supporting providers and working together.  

  • Hard work rewarded

    Welcome to an update on reformed Functional Skills English and maths. 

  • Research, Results and Digital learning

    Hello and welcome to an update on Reformed Functional Skills.

    This month we have been doing some future gazing about what might be happening in the world of post 16 English and maths from September 2020 onwards.

  • Lessons Learnt

    Hello and welcome to an update on reformed Functional Skills English and maths.

  • Education in the Time of Covid-19

    (with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

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

    Like many of you I’m sure, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time over the last nine weeks discussing the current situation with colleagues in education predicting the impact and ramifications of Covid on our sector. With all the normal caveats of a fast-moving and uncertain situation firmly in place, this is a summary of these conversations and looks at the bigger topics of discussion.

  • 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.