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  • Working Collaboratively with Functional Skills

    Hello and welcome to the Functional Skills Blog for May 2023. This month we will be looking at working collaboratively and how it can support the delivery of Functional Skills.

    By Chris Briggs - Product Manager Post 16 English, Maths and Digital Skills

  • Functional Skills Maths and T-Levels

    Hello and welcome to April’s Functional Skills blog, looking at all things Functional Skills. This month we will be looking at how Functional Skills Maths can be used to complement the delivery of T-Levels and help develop the maths competencies of T Level learners. This is the follow up blog to the one in January looking at English in this way.

  • Functional Skills Context Review

    Hello and welcome to the Functional Skills blog for February 2023. This month the blog will be looking at the contexts that Pearson uses for its Functional Skills and the in depth review we are carrying out in 2023.

  • Functional Skills and T-Levels

    Hello and welcome to a new year of Functional Skills blog, looking at all things Functional Skills. We start this year by looking at how Functional Skills can be used to complement the delivery of T-Levels and help develop the English and maths competencies of T Level learners.

  • The Impact of Inclusion

    Hello and welcome to the last Functional Skills blog of 2022. This month sees the launch of season 4 of the Pearson podcast Insights Into Post 16 English and Maths.

  • Festival of Functionality | CPD events

    Hello and welcome to the Functional Skills blog for October 2022. This month we will be looking at Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for Functional Skills teachers. 

  • ESOL and Functional Skills Maths

    Hello and welcome to a new blog series focusing on Pearson Skills qualifications, featuring updates and important information on ESOL, ESW and EDSQ qualification suites.

  • Functional Skills Pass Rates 2021/22

    Hello and welcome to Pearson’s Functional Skills blog for August 2022. As it is the end of the academic year, we will be looking at the pass rates for Functional Skills 2021/22. In addition, we will also be looking at the average marking times for our Functional Skills assessments.