Functional Skills resources creators who are passionate about using real life scenarios to help learners have reported employers still highly value vital skills in English and Maths – despite ...

News; UK News; Education; New maths test for teens could focus on real life scenarios like phone bills, rent and wages The proposed online test is not about simplifying maths but ensuring it's ...

The Government should review GCSE English as teachers say it is uninspiring and “too mechanistic”, the leader of a major exam board has said.. Colin Hughes, chief executive of AQA, said pupils ...

It is expected that pupils, from 14 year-olds to those in sixth-forms and further education colleges, could use a new platform to assess and improve on their real-life mathematics skills.

Because maths and English are the foundation on which other knowledge is built, they are the key to raising the skills and improving the quality and productivity of the Caribbean labour force.

Apprentices over the age of 19 will no longer be required to undertake English and maths functional skills qualifications in order to complete their course.. Up to 10,000 more apprentices would be ...