Future Ready Framework
Equip today's learners with the skills they need to flourish in higher education and tomorrow's world of work.
The Pearson Future Ready framework sets out the KS2 to KS5 learning outcomes across four parts, one for each of the key characteristics of students as they develop their Future Ready skills. It pulls together insights from educators, the Pearson/Nesta view of critical UK Future Skills and input from CBI and Young Enterprise.
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How to use the Future Ready Framework
Definitions
Forward thinkers
Higher order cognitive skills
Digital superusers
Excellent information age skills
Powerful influencers
Superior communication and interpersonal skills
Most valuable players
Strong leadership and teamwork skills
Subject curriculums
Link the framework skills to teaching and learning activities across the KS2–KS5 curriculum. The framework is an MS Word document, so you can easily copy and paste the learning outcomes into your own scheme of work. Check out our new Mastery in Science guide as an example of how to link subject activities with Future Ready skills.
Extended Project Qualification
Support KS5 learners to do an EPQ in Future Skills for Employability (worth up to 28 UCAS points). Try our support, including a scheme of work which will be helpful for Future Ready curriculum planning.
Project learning
Project learning is perfectly suited to the teaching and learning of Future Ready skills, as it encourages active collaboration, ongoing discussion, negotiation, problem-solving, active research, practical decision-making and self-reflective review.
“The Future Skills for Employability EPQ is putting value back on employability skills and making staff and students focus on what is required to gain employment.
“It also gets us thinking about other jobs that could exist in the future and how we can adapt the curriculum to cater for this.”
— EPQ Teacher