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  • Supporting Learners with SpLD and ASD

    Hello and welcome to the Functional Skills blog for October 2023. This month we will be continuing on from some of the sessions from the Festival of Functionality and will be looking at Supporting Learners with SpLD (specifically Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dyspraxia) and ASD.

  • Contexts Review Functional Skills English

    Hello and welcome to Pearson’s Functional Skills blog for October 2023. This month we will be looking at the recent context review for Functional Skills English which was started at the beginning of the year. 

  • Functional Skills Pass Rates 2022/23

    Hello and welcome to Pearson’s Functional Skills blog for September 2023. As it is the end of the academic year, we will be looking at the pass rates for Functional Skills 2022/23. In addition, we will also be looking at the average marking times for our Functional Skills assessments. 

  • Contexts Review Functional Skills Maths

    Hello and welcome to Pearson’s Functional Skills blog for July 2023. This month we will be looking at the recent context review for Functional Skills maths which was started at the beginning of the year.

  • Multiply and Adult Numeracy

    Hello and welcome to Pearson’s Functional Skills maths and English blog for June 2023. This month we will be taking a look at Multiply and adult numeracy.

  • 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.