© Crown copyright 2008 Functional Skills Chris Jones Senior Adviser – ICT Functional Skills

© Crown copyright 2008

Functional Skills

Chris JonesSenior Adviser – ICT Functional Skills


Apprenticeships

The landscape of 11-19 reform

A Levels GCSEs

Diplomas Extended project

KS 4 Engagement

Project

Secondary Curriculum

Review

Foundation Learning

Tier

RoSLA 2

Functional Skills


Functional Skills – where we are

• Year 2 of pilot– Diploma consortia– QCA selected centres– Awarding Body selected centres

• 12 awarding bodies: therefore range of assessments on offer …

• Start small …


Implementation2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Year 7 Current KS3 New KS3

Year 8 Current KS3Current or

new KS3

New KS3

Year 9 Current KS3Current or

new KS3

Current or new KS3

New KS3

Year 10Current GCSEs

Current GCSEs

Current GCSEsDiploma

Lines

Functional skills

New GCSEsDiploma

Lines

Functional skills New

GCSEsDiploma

Lines

Year 11CurrentGCSEs

Current GCSEs


Lines


Lines

Functional skills New

GCSEsDiploma

Lines

Functional skills

New GCSEsDiploma

Lines

Impact on Current Y8


Renewed Frameworks

• FS embedded at Level 1 through KS3

• FS embedded at Level 2 through KS4

BUT …


1911

Progress towards Level 2 qualifications

How many learners?

85% by 2013

1614


Functional Skills Points

Level 2 = 23 points

Level 1 = 12.5 points

Entry 3 = 7 points

Entry 2 = 6 points

Entry 1= 5 points


Relationship to GCSE

2010 – must pass FS

Therefore En, Ma and ICT would equal 4.5 GCSEs

Don’t know yet how this impacts on threshold

Unclear about other ICT L2 qualifications


Requirements

• Must have all three FS at L1 for Foundation Diploma

• Must have all three FS at L2 for Higher and Advanced Diplomas

• Must have FS at L2 in order to gain A*- C in each of English, mathematics and ICT


Myths and legends

• Accept no substitutes …

– Colin was explicitly told that ICT Diploma students do not need to do the ICT Functional Skills – and this was at a National Diploma conference

– The school SLT lead for the Diploma hadn’t thought about Functional ICT but is running separate Functional mathematics and English classes

– If kids are doing OCR National ICT and the Creative and Media Diploma we don’t need to do FS ICT

– The other said we don’t need to enter the Diploma pupils for FS ICT assessment because they are doing ECDL…


37.5% of curriculum time


50% of curriculum time


70% of curriculum time

Progression Diploma = 2.5 A Levels


Assessment

• The focus of the pilot is on the assessment model

• We do not know what the final shape of assessment will be

• Any models currently on offer may not exist in 2010


Getting the right support

NS Support:4 Core ModulesLA Consultants

LSN Support:Post-16 modules

Regional Advisers

SSAT Support:Diploma

Development

Awarding Bodies:Examination and Assessment


Training - support

• National Strategies: FS support – through LA consultants – school centres

• LSN: FS support – regional co-ordinators – Further Education and Work Based Providers and other settings

• SSAT – Diploma• Awarding Bodies – assessment training


Delivering 14–19 Reform: Next Steps

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