Sources
Please Select
Mainstream Media
Education Media
Government Sources
Other Sources and Blogs
International Stories
Stage
Please Select
Early Years/Primary
Pre-school
Schools
Further Education
Higher Education
Skills
Key Areas
Please Select
Teaching
Research
Leadership
Policy
Tags
search
News tagged Functional Skills
back to standard EdNews format
Level 2 ICT user and functional skills qualifications in ICT with removed funding approval from 1 August 2022
Searchable Tags
Level 2
ICT
Functional Skills
Defunding
Mar 2, 2022
A diagnostic and responsive approach to teaching maths functional skills and GCSE re-sits
Searchable Tags
Maths
Functional Skills
GCSEs
Resits
Jan 25, 2022
Developing English skills at Suffolk New College
Searchable Tags
English
Functional Skills
Jan 25, 2022
Digital Functional Skills qualifications
Searchable Tags
Digital learning
Functional Skills
Oct 29, 2021
Ofqual: We're over the worst on functional skills assessment
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Assessments
Jun 10, 2021
Functional skills: Why doesn't the government care?
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Exams
Coronavirus
May 4, 2021
Functional Skills qualifications conditions, requirements and guidance updated
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Ofqual
Apr 22, 2021
Functional skills: Where teacher-assessed grades apply
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Teacher assessment
Grading
Apr 6, 2021
Level 2 apprenticeships functional skills flexibility extended – again
Searchable Tags
Level 2
Functional Skills
Apprenticeship training
Flexibilities
Assessments
Mar 24, 2021
GCSEs: No 19th-century fiction in 'functional' exam
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
GCSEs
English language
Mar 16, 2021
Functional Skills: Government changes apprentice rules
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Apprentice assessment
EPAs
End point assessments
Feb 25, 2021
Functional skills barrier removed for ‘eligible apprentices’ from today
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
End point assessments
EPAs
Apprentice assessment
Feb 25, 2021
‘Pyrrhic victory’: Functional skills learners can receive teacher assessed grades
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
Functional Skills
Exams
Grading
Results
Teacher assessment
Feb 25, 2021
Ofqual delays decision on teacher-assessed grades for functional skills
Searchable Tags
Ofqual
Functional Skills
Teacher assessment
Jan 22, 2021
Functional skills ‘portfolio’ solution proposed to lift 30,000 apprentices out of limbo
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Portfolio evidence grading
Apprentice assessment
Nov 27, 2020
Functional skills: clashes over apprenticeship decision
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Assessments
Nov 6, 2020
FOC work-ready IT and digital skills for students and apprentices
Searchable Tags
IT
Workplace skills
Functional Skills
Skills shortages
Digital learning
Oct 23, 2020
Apprentices to be given functional skills reprieve after being ‘stuck in limbo’
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Apprentice assessment
End point assessments
EPAs
Oct 14, 2020
Apprentices stuck in limbo as Covid hits functional skills tests
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
Functional Skills
Assessments
Oct 2, 2020
Supporting ESOL learners to progress to functional skills
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
ESOL
Jun 24, 2020
DfE relaxes functional skills rule for apprentices
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
Functional Skills
Qualifications
Assessments
Apr 24, 2020
More details on how functional skills qualifications will be assessed
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
Functional Skills
Assessments
Ofqual
Apr 24, 2020
Functional skills grades to be 'calculated'
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
Functional Skills
Grading
Assessments
Apr 9, 2020
Teachers to estimate functional skills results this summer
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
Skills
Exams
Teacher assessment
Grading
Functional Skills
Ofqual
Apr 9, 2020
Students to sit English and maths exams at home during Covid-19 lockdown
Searchable Tags
Coronavirus
College closures
Functional Skills
Online exams
Apr 2, 2020
Major exam board to withdraw functional skills exams
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Feb 27, 2020
All change for Functional Skills
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Oct 9, 2019
Why we can't save our top teachers for GCSE high-fliers
Searchable Tags
GCSEs
Functional Skills
Sep 10, 2019
Pass marks could drop in reformed functional skills
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Grading
Sep 2, 2019
Maintaining standards in reformed Functional Skills qualifications
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Aug 30, 2019
Functional skills policy is 'bonkers', says Ofsted
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Apprentice assessment
Ofsted
Exams
Jun 24, 2019
Facing up to the challenges of the reformed functional skills
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Qualifications
May 21, 2019
Digital functional skills qualifications: subject content
Searchable Tags
Digital skills
Functional Skills
Qualifications
AEB
Adult education
May 16, 2019
Call for views on new digital Functional Skills qualifications
Searchable Tags
Digital skills
Functional Skills
Adult education
Funding
AEB
May 16, 2019
DfE launches consultation on fully-funded digital functional skills qualifications
Searchable Tags
DfE
Funding
Functional Skills
Digital
ICT
May 16, 2019
Consultation launched on new digital skills qualifications
Searchable Tags
Digital skills
Qualifications
Adult education
AEB
Functional Skills
May 16, 2019
Open University extends free functional skills offer to level 2
Searchable Tags
Open University
Functional Skills
Level 2
May 10, 2019
Tom Starkey: one thing is clear: GCSE resits are an imposition
Searchable Tags
GCSEs
Resits
NCFE
Functional Skills
May 5, 2019
It's time to end the negative cycle of GCSE resits
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Resits
GCSEs
English
Maths
May 1, 2019
GCSE English and maths resits 'setting students up to fail'
Searchable Tags
GCSEs
Resit
English
Maths
Functional Skills
May 1, 2019
Reformed functional skills specifications released
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Apr 16, 2019
Reform of functional skills qualifications in English and maths
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Education reforms
Apr 8, 2019
Functional skills still not ready for September start
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Mar 14, 2019
The Open University teams up with colleges to offer free functional skills courses
Searchable Tags
Open University
Colleges
Functional Skills
Partnerships
Feb 7, 2019
Concern over delay of reformed functional skills
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Feb 5, 2019
Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 14 December
Searchable Tags
Policy Eye
Social mobility
OfS
UCAS
Oxbridge
ESFA
Ofqual
Functional Skills
Teacher recruitment
NCFE
Post-18
Apprenticeship training providers
KS2
MATs
Curriculum
Primary assessment
Vulnerable
LKMco
Ofsted
Inspection framework
Dec 14, 2018
£120k in functional skills grants up for grabs
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
ETF
Sep 20, 2018
FE providers invited to collaborate on innovation projects to support Functional Skills
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Maths
English
Sep 5, 2018
Research into phonics use to teach adults needed
Searchable Tags
Phonics
Adult learners
Functional Skills
English
Jul 5, 2018
Surge in early years apprenticeship applications after GCSE requirement scrapped
Searchable Tags
Early years
Apprenticeships
GCSEs
Functional Skills
Recruitment
Mar 20, 2018
Functional skills subject content: mathematics
Searchable Tags
DfE
Functional Skills
Maths
Mar 1, 2018
Government urged to give adults lacking functional skills access to training
Searchable Tags
Adult education
Functional Skills
Funding
Literacy
Numeracy
Feb 5, 2018
FE and social justice: Top six education committee chair recommendations
Searchable Tags
Social justice
Robert Halfon
Skills
Apprenticeship levy
Disadvantaged students
Employers
Skills shortages
Degree apprenticeships
Functional Skills
Technical training
Feb 4, 2018
Scrap 'resource swallowing' GCSE resits in favour of functional skills
Searchable Tags
GCSEs
Resits
Functional Skills
Vocational education
Feb 4, 2018
Research into adult phonics launched as part of Functional Skills Reform
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Phonics
English
Language
Adult learners
Jan 31, 2018
Research into adult phonics launched as part of Functional Skills Reform
Searchable Tags
Functional Skills
Phonics
ETF
Adult education
Literacy
Jan 31, 2018
Qualifications: eligible for public funding
Searchable Tags
Adult education
Funding
Skills
Functional Skills
Technical education
Dec 20, 2017
Autumn Budget 2017: ‘Don’t dilute apprenticeship levy spend’
Searchable Tags
Budget
Funding
Apprenticeship levy
Digital skills
Training
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship starts
Social mobility
Maths
English
Functional Skills
Nov 22, 2017
ASLEF and Virgin launch driver apprenticeship scheme
Searchable Tags
Apprenticeships
Skills
Training
Functional Skills
Maths
English
ICT
Nov 20, 2017
'Very different' approach needed to GCSE resits, Milton admits
Searchable Tags
GCSEs
Resits
Anne Milton
Vocational education
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Nov 15, 2017
AoC's David Hughes discusses Brexit and GCSE's at the AoC Annual Conference
Searchable Tags
AoC
Conferences
Brexit
GCSEs
Colleges
Resits
English
Maths
Functional Skills
Nov 14, 2017
National Numeracy responds to functional skills consultation
Searchable Tags
Numeracy
Functional Skills
Ofqual
DfE
Maths
Nov 13, 2017
Shaping success – the role of the ETF in maths and English
Searchable Tags
ETF
Maths
English
GCSEs
Resits
Grading
Functional Skills
CPD
Oct 12, 2017
Ofqual consults on reform of functional skills
Searchable Tags
FE News
Ofqual
Functional Skills
FE
Skills
Sep 27, 2017
Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 15 September 2017
Searchable Tags
Pearson
Policy Eye
Funding
National funding formula
NEU
Unions
16-19
OECD
Vocational education
Class sizes
Teachers' pay
Teacher workload
Public sector pay cap
Tuition fees
Student debt
Student loans
Brexit
OfS
Social mobility
Industrial strategy
Leaders
Colleges
Finances
Recruitment
Functional Skills
Maths
English
Primary assessment
Multiplication
Assessment
Teacher recruitment
Retention
Governance
Transitions
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Universities
Sep 15, 2017
Ofsted watch: Major retailer ‘requires improvement’
Searchable Tags
FE Week
Ofsted
Apprenticeships
Functional Skills
Apprentices
Employers
Training
Skills
English
Maths
Sep 15, 2017
Is Gibb to blame for functional skills reform?
Searchable Tags
FE Week
Functional Skills
Nick Gibb
Reforms
English
Numeracy
Phonics
Post-16
Sep 15, 2017
DfE consultation functional skills mathematics and English
Searchable Tags
feCompare
Functional Skills
Maths
English
DfE
Apprenticeships
Post-16
Sep 15, 2017
Consultation of reformed subject content of functional skills announced
Searchable Tags
The Staffroom
Functional Skills
Reforms
Sep 14, 2017
Maths and English functional skills: revised subject content
Searchable Tags
DfE
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Sep 12, 2017
Phonics included in reformed functional skills
Searchable Tags
TES
Functional Skills
Colleges
GCSEs
English
Maths
Sep 12, 2017
DfE consults on improving Functional Skills qualifications
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
DfE
Functional Skills
EYE
Maths
English
Literacy
Numeracy
Sep 12, 2017
Sector feels the strain after fall in new Level 3s
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
GCSEs
EYE
Early years
Nurseries
Childcare
Functional Skills
Apprenticeships
Training
Skills gap
Sep 4, 2017
Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 25 August 2017
Searchable Tags
Pearson
Policy Eye
Exam results
Secondary
GCSEs
Access
International students
Grading
Attainment
Subject choice
Reforms
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Colleges
Training providers
Universities
Ebacc
Accountability
Apprenticeships
League tables
Student migration
Student loans
Student debt
Tuition fees
Learndirect
Aug 25, 2017
2017 should be the last year for compulsory English & Maths GCSE resits
Searchable Tags
FE News
GCSEs
English
Maths
Resits
Exam results
Functional Skills
Aug 24, 2017
Functional Skills maths teachers needed for Ofqual study
Searchable Tags
NAHT
Functional Skills
Teachers
Maths
Ofqual
Aug 11, 2017
Are you a current Functional Skills maths teacher?
Searchable Tags
Ofqual
Functional Skills
Maths
Teachers
Research
Aug 9, 2017
Are you a current Functional Skills maths teacher?
Searchable Tags
FE News
Functional Skills
Maths
Teachers
Research
Aug 9, 2017
Achievement rates at Learndirect fall under minimum standards
Searchable Tags
FE Week
Learndirect
Achievement
Apprenticeships
Standards
ESFA
Funding
Redundancies
GCSEs
Functional Skills
Jun 24, 2017
NOCN expanding through new acquisition
Searchable Tags
FE Week
NOCN
CITB
AOs
Awarding organisations
CSkills
English
Maths
Functional Skills
T-levels
Technical education
Apprenticeships
Skills
May 26, 2017
Level 3 apprenticeship consultation is ‘flawed’
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
Early years
Nurseries
Childcare
Apprenticeships
Skills
Standards
Employers
Trailblazers
Teacher training
EYE
ICT
Assessment
Literacy
Numeracy
Functional Skills
May 14, 2017
Teaching practical functional English and maths as 'the standard' for all children and young people
Searchable Tags
FE News
English
Maths
Functional Skills
Literacy
Numeracy
Trailblazers
Apprenticeships
Skills
May 2, 2017
How small changes can make a big difference in student attendance
Searchable Tags
ETF
Attendance
Colleges
Functional Skills
Maths
English
Student support
Apr 26, 2017
DfE blasted for flip-flopping on GCSE maths and English resits
Searchable Tags
FE Week
GCSEs
Maths
English
Resits
16-18
Colleges
Functional Skills
DfE
Funding
Apr 24, 2017
English and maths - opportunity or threat?
Searchable Tags
FE News
English
Maths
Colleges
Qualifications
GCSEs
Functional Skills
Exams
Assessment
Apr 20, 2017
English and maths GCSE resits not scrapped for 2017-18
Searchable Tags
TES
English
Maths
GCSEs
Resits
Colleges
ESFA
Funding
Functional Skills
Apr 10, 2017
Decision to retain forced maths and English GCSE resits ‘extremely’ disappointing
Searchable Tags
FE Week
GCSEs
Maths
English
Resits
Funding
16-18
Providers
Functional Skills
ESFA
Apr 10, 2017
Ofqual unveils corporate plan 2017 to 2020
Searchable Tags
Ofqual
Qualifications
Technical education
Vocational education
Assessment
Standards
GCSEs
A-levels
Exams
Functional Skills
Employers
FE
T-levels
Apprenticeships
Primary assessment
Regulation
Mar 31, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in March 2017
Searchable Tags
Pearson
Policy
SATS
PSHE
SEND
Funding
Budget
Behaviour
Exams
GCSEs
Grading
Ebacc
UCAS
Applied general qualifications
Short inspections
Unions
Merger
NUT
ATL
NEU
Training
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship training providers
RoATP
National Apprenticeship Week
Resits
English
Maths
Functional Skills
SFA
EFA
ESFA
T-levels
Lifelong learning
Student loans
Digital skills
HEFCE
HE
FE
Colleges
Universities
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Industrial strategy
Disadvantaged pupils
Digital strategy
NCS
Apprenticeship reforms
National funding formula
NFF
Catchment area
Work experience
IfS
Brexit
PAC
Finances
Mar 31, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 31 March 2017
Searchable Tags
Pearson
Policy Eye
SATS
Grading
Resits
Brexit
Primary assessment
GCSEs
English
Maths
Applied general qualifications
Apprenticeships
Functional Skills
SFA
EFA
Funding
Finances
ESFA
A-levels
EU nationals
International students
Nudge letters
HEPI
Research
Media
HEFCE
FE
HE
Universities
Colleges
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Progress measures
ETF
Area reviews
LocatED
School places
School sites
School buildings
ECDL
Breakfast clubs
School meals
Mar 31, 2017
Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
Functional Skills
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship frameworks
Early years
Training providers
GCSEs
DfE
EYE
Mar 30, 2017
Government to drop forced GCSE resits
Searchable Tags
National Numeracy
GCSEs
Resits
Grading
Functional Skills
Maths
Numeracy
Mar 29, 2017
DfE will scrap forced resits for GCSE English and maths
Searchable Tags
FE Week
FE
Colleges
Resits
GCSEs
English
Maths
DfE
Functional Skills
Mar 28, 2017
GCSEs U-turn praised, but questions remain
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
GCSEs
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Early Years Workforce Strategy
EYE
Early years
Nursery
Mar 20, 2017
Response to the Workforce Strategy
Searchable Tags
Early education
Early years
Workforce strategy
EYT
EYPS
QTS
Teachers
Qualifications
Training
Functional Skills
Mar 3, 2017
GCSE requirement for early years trainees scrapped as workforce strategy is unveiled
Searchable Tags
CYPN
Early years
Workforce
Qualifications
EYE
GCSEs
Functional Skills
Mar 3, 2017
GCSE Level 3 rules scrapped as Early Years Workforce Strategy is released
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
Early years
Nursery
Workforce
Functional Skills
Qualifications
Recruitment
Mar 3, 2017
Ofqual conference 2017 - presentations from the day
Searchable Tags
Ofqual
GOV.UK
Awarding organisations
FE
Colleges
Functional Skills
EQA
Apprenticeships
Vocational education
Technical education
Mar 3, 2017
AELP collects evidence ahead of lobbying on funding for maths and English
Searchable Tags
AELP
Funding
FE
Colleges
English
Maths
Apprentices
Functional Skills
Mar 1, 2017
What’s happening to Functional Skills?
Searchable Tags
ATL
Functional Skills
ETF
FSQs
Adult education
NALN
Ofqual
Jan 30, 2017
Equal opportunities for people who use British Sign Language
Searchable Tags
DfE
FE
Training
BSL
Sign language
Apprentices
Functional Skills
Apprenticeships
Jan 5, 2017
Sign Language qualifications accepted as English functional skills alternative for apprenticeships
Searchable Tags
FE Week
FE
Colleges
Functional Skills
BSL
Sign language
Deaf
Apprenticeships
GCSEs
Jan 5, 2017
British Sign Language qualifications to be accepted in apprenticeships
Searchable Tags
TES
FE
Colleges
Apprenticeships
BSL
Functional Skills
Sign language
Jan 5, 2017
Removing adult literacy and numeracy criteria
Searchable Tags
Ofqual
GOV.UK
Adult education
QCA
Functional Skills
FE
Colleges
Dec 5, 2016
Prisoners’ basic skills: what happened to the Government’s commitment?
Searchable Tags
IoE
FE
Training
Functional Skills
English
Maths
Prison learning
Dec 2, 2016
Ministers give ‘biggest hints yet’ of GCSEs U-turn
Searchable Tags
Nursery World
FE
Colleges
GCSEs
AoC
Functional Skills
Assessment
EYE
Nov 18, 2016
Strong indication of English and maths post-16 requirement change
Searchable Tags
FE Week
FE
Colleges
English
Maths
Post-16
DfE
GCSEs
AoC
Functional Skills
Nov 17, 2016
Justine Greening: Don't let young people 'hit a brick wall' in English and maths
Searchable Tags
TES
Vocational
FE
Colleges
AoC
Assessment
Resits
GCSEs
Functional Skills
Maths
English
Nov 17, 2016
Making maths relevant now and in the future
Searchable Tags
Schools
FE
Skills
Functional Skills
Unionlearn
Oct 13, 2016
Archive
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Search Archive
(pre Sept 2016)