Functional Skills Maths, English and ICT

Functional Skills qualifications

Supporting your Functional Skills journey to success

We’ve been offering qualifications in maths, English and ICT for close to 50 years with the aim of helping young people and adults succeed in all that they choose to do in work and life.

Our Functional Skills maths and English qualifications, are designed to help learners of all ages and levels, supporting them to develop and demonstrate the practical skills needed in real-life situations confidently.

Why Functional Skills matter?

As we emerge from the pandemic, we are already starting to see a higher take-up of our Apprenticeships and Adult Education programmes. This leads to the need for further development in both basic and flexible functional skills in English and Maths from Entry level up to Level 2, where valuable skills for work and life are needed now more than ever.

Why choose City & Guilds for Functional Skills?

Flexible new assessments at 5 Levels – Entry Level 1 to Level 2 available on demand.
English and Mathematics Level 1 and 2 Functional Skills exams available on demand, on paper and on screen.
Digital teaching and learning support resources mapped to the qualification:
- e-Functional Skills: supports learners from Initial assessment right through to being exam ready.
- SmartScreen: supports tutors delivering Functional Skills.
Two points of registration for English and Mathematics – Entry Levels and Levels 1 and 2 4748-02.
Online sample practice tests on Open Assess - an open version of e-volve, our online test platform. Open Assess replicates real test environment.
Improved assessment feedback.

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