Insight Newsletter | July 2022

Getting started and switching to deliver Pearson Functional Skills could not be simpler. We’ve made the process quick and easy, and our expert FS sales team will be on hand to help you every step of the way.

Contact our sales team to discuss how to switch. We aim to get things moving for you within 48 hours, if not sooner.

Talk to our sales team today

“Our learners are passing first time with Pearson. We have seen great improvement in English and Maths, it is an awful lot more user friendly for learners. We are impressed that Pearson is robust in its quality assurance. We have had a lot of support."
Kirstie, Director of Quality and Curriculum

Learn more about our Function Skills offer and the benefits of working with us here:

Functional Skills - Our Offer (PDF | 1.4 MB)

12-week EPA period - A reminder that as of the 1 April 2022, there are no extensions allowed to the EPA period.

Please ensure that apprentices who have a status of “Approved for EPA” are booked in for their assessment within the designated end-point assessment period. 

Further information on specific assessment periods, please review the Apprenticeship Standard Assessment Plan. For a small number of standards they have a 6 month allowance, but the specification will identify the timescale.

Flexibilities for the following standards have been applied after recent communication we received regarding temporary dispensations, permitted by Ofqual. 

This communication relates to:

• ST0215 | Healthcare Assistant Practitioner
• ST0216 | Healthcare Support Worker
• ST0217 | Senior Healthcare Support Worker
• ST0583 | Mammography Associate

Learn more about these changes alongside other updates within the sector here: 

Health and Social Care update - July 2022

Our End-Point Assessment for Learning and Skills Teacher Apprenticeship Standard and Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard have been now approved by Ofqual.

Find out more about these standards and our offer here: 

Teaching Assistant (L3)

Learning and Skills Teacher (L5)

Sport For Development Coalition

We are pleased to share that Pearson BTEC Sport & Physical Activity is part of the movement.

Explore Sport For Development Coalition

“The UK-wide movement of more than 200 charities and civil society organisations, leagues, clubs and networks. Over-arching thousands of projects and programmes intentionally using targeted interventions to tackle key health and societal inequalities.”

Learn more about Pearson's involvement in other initiatives like 'Retrain to Retain' here: 

Sport update - July 2022