Functional+skills+-+keeping+you+informed

=**Links to useful resources**= We will endeavour to provide you with links to any relevant and useful resources relating to functional skills developments. If you come across any yourself then why not let us know any we'll add it to the page.

**Latest News** QCA has now developed //Functional skills guidance: amplification of the standards// to provide guidance on the requirements of the functional skills standards. The guidance elaborates on the knowledge, skills and understanding required at each level (entry level to level 2) for each of the functional skills qualifications (English, mathematics and ICT) [|FS Amplification of Standards.pdf]

Websites QCA http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_6062.aspx

Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) http://excellence.qia.org.uk/page.aspx?o=functionalskills

NDAQ (Functional Skills section) [|National Database of Accredited Qualifications]

NDAQ (Diploma and link to Functional Skills section) Check here for principal learning and project qualifications available within each Line of Learning and at each level, as well as a full listing of the functional skills and additional and specialist learning relevant to each Diploma. [|Diplomas and Functional skills links in the NDAQ]

Copy of the updated functional skills standards [|QCA-functional-skills_standards.pdf]
 * Useful documents**

QIA Teaching and learning guides to support the functional skills pilot [|T&LFunctional English.pdf] [|T&LFunctionalMathematics.pdf] [|T&FunctionalLICT.pdf] [|ManagingFSDelivery.pdf]

QCA Functional skills Bulletins [|QCA FS Bulletin 1.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 2.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 3.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 4.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 5.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 6.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 7.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 8.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 9.pdf] [|QCA FS Bulletin 10.pdf]