Apprenticeship Providers must offer Level 2 Functional Skills
Announced by Vince Cable this week, a strengthening in the rigour of ALL apprenticeships as learners will be required to continue their Functional Skills Maths and English study throughout their apprenticeship programme. So even once they have passed the minimum requirement (typically level 1) Maths and English, they cannot “drop” it. The consequence is that all providers [...]
Minister confirms Functional Skills will be mandatory in all Apprenticeships
John Hayes MP, the Minister for Further Education and Skills, has confirmed in a letter to Jonathan Wells that Functional Skills will definitely replace Key Skills as a mandatory component of all Apprenticeships by September 2012.
Full details of the letter are here.
Provisional GCSE data out now
The link below takes you to the first provisional statistical release of GCSE data for 2011.
http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/performance/performancetables/a00198393/dfe-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-201011-provisional
The data does not yet cover other level 2 qualifications such as Functional Skills nor is it listed down to school level yet - expect this level of data around January 2012.
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