14 19 Education and Skills

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14 19 Education and Skills

• Functional Skills
• Improving choices
• Improving chances

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The Leitch Report (Dec 2006)
14-19 Education and Skills White Paper
Feb 2005
The Vision - Key Documents
14-19 Implementation Plan (Dec 2005)
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Functional skills the basics

• Functional skills will provide individuals
  with the essential knowledge, skills and
  understanding that will enable them to operate
  confidently, effectively and independently in
  life and work.
• 14-19 education and skills implementation plan
  (DfES 2005)

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Functional skills the basics

• There are three functional skills English,
  mathematics, ICT.
• They are for all learners.
• They are a core component of the reform of 1419
  education and training.
• QCA has developed draft standards at Entry Levels
  1, 2 and 3, and Levels 1 and 2.

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Functional skills the basics

• Functional skills are
• applied skills
• transferable
• relevant to all contexts.

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Functional skills the basics

• The draft standards draw on the National
  Curriculum, GCSEs, key skills, and Skills for
  Life.
• At Level 1, they are being embedded into the Key
  Stage 3 revised programmes of study from
  September 2008.
• Functional skills will be qualifications and will
  therefore be independently assessed.

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How will functional skills fit with other
qualifications?

• Functional skills will be
• stand-alone qualifications
• linked with GCSE
• an essential part of the Diploma.

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The pilot

• 1000 centres.
• Diploma Gateway centres, plus centres recruited
  by awarding bodies.
• Range of settings schools, colleges, adult
  learning, work-based, prisons, etc.
• Functional skills with GCSE, stand-alone, and
  (from 2008) in the Diploma.

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Functional Skills some key points

• 14-19 Education and Skills White Paper schools,
  colleges and training providers in each area to
  decide together how they will deliver the full
  range of 14-19 options.
• Functional Skills is the first part of this
  reform.
• Schools will need to consider how teachers of
  English, Maths and ICT work together to deliver
  Functional Skills.
• Schools will need to consider the development of
  applied learning across the school delivering
  English, Maths and ICT within a context.

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Implementation timeline