White paper doesn’t mention functional skills
In all 95 pages, no mention of functional skills except that teachers will have to sit a more rigorous basic skills test at the beginning of the course (I think that means that teachers are expected to functionally literate and numerate before they start).
Posted by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills
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