Category Archives: functional skills

Functional for who? A quick assessment of the new functional skills

Martin Allen   
Post-16 Educator  March-April 2008

‘Functional skills’ are being piloted in 1000 schools and colleges. Part of the Tomlinson working group proposals for 14-19 education, their introduction is a response to demands from employer representative for higher standards in literacy and numeracy amongst young people. Completing functional skills will be a necessary requirement for moving on [...]