Deliver Functional Skills (4748) in 10 easy steps
This guide is designed to get you quickly up to speed in delivering City & Guilds Functional Skills (4748) qualifications. It covers:
• how to navigate the website
• access all of the key information
• utilise the guidance we offer
Go to Functional Skills >
Download the 10 Step Guide >
New to working with us?
New to Functional Skills, new to working with City & Guilds, new to our bite-sized maths and English qualifications, or to our ESOL qualifications?
Each month we run a short introductory webinar where we go through the fundamentals if you're delivering any of our maths, English or ESOL qualifications in England: where to find key documents, how assessments can be accessed/booked, the teaching/learning resources we offer, our practice-sharing networks, details of our regular series of update webinars, etc.
Facilitated by one of our Maths and English Technical Advisors, it's a safe environment where you're free to ask questions and confirm your understanding. It's also a chance to network with others with similar experiences.
Register today
Please only book onto one of these sessions - although you're welcome to share the registration details with others within your organisation who might also benefit from attending.
New to working with us content
Maths, English and ESOL funding guides (England)
We’ve produced a set of funding guides listing every City & Guilds maths, English and ESOL qualification and unit that is eligible for public funding in England. There are two documents: one covering 16+ study programmes, the other covering adult skills.
To make it easier to confirm the status of any qualification or unit you plan to deliver, in each case we’ve included links to the relevant Find a Learning Aim (FaLA) listing.
Access our maths, English and ESOL funding guides
Digital resources to support your Maths and English delivery
From our e-Functional Skills Reloaded learning platform to SmartScreen, we have a range of digital resources which will support your blended delivery and help you give your learners an independent learning experience.
This webinar will:
- guide you through how to plan your delivery
- show you how you can devise individual learning plans for either face to face, virtual or blended delivery
- show you how you can prepare learners for testing, including mock tests, and sample papers.
Whatever resources or support you need, we’ll walk you through how to use them.
Watch our webinar to discover how our digital resources can support your blended maths and English delivery.
Register for our webinar on 25 January
September 2021
Digital resources to support delivery – watch the recording
Digital resources to support delivery – download the slides (PDF)
July 2021
Digital resources to support delivery – watch the recording
Digital resources to support delivery – download the slides (PDF)
e-Functional Skills Reloaded
A digital solution that fully compliments our new Reformed Functional Skills (4748), all the content is mapped to our qualification offer. Supporting in guiding learners from Initial Assessment and Diagnostic Testing all the way through to being exam ready, covering English, Maths and ICT from Entry 3 to Level 2.
SmartScreen
SmartScreen is the City & Guilds tutor and learner support website. It supports learners, tutors and assessors by providing specific support materials for City & Guilds' qualifications.
SmartScreen Maths And English show reel >
SmartScreen Maths and English Walkthrough >
For more information please visit our SmartScreen page.
Journey 2 English
We have partnered with Klik2Learn to offer Journey 2 English, a digital course for intermediate learners of English. It is aligned to City & Guilds ESOL Skills for Life (4692) qualification and available through our SmartScreen platform at a per-learner licencing model.
For a limited time until September, this product is available free to support teachers and learners managing remote delivery
Connect~Share~Network – Functional Skills
A space for teachers/tutors and co-ordinators of Functional Skills qualifications with City & Guilds to network, share insights and reflect on their experiences.
Each of these sessions has a maximum of 20 attendees, so there’s plenty of opportunity to talk about your ideas, resources, successes and challenges. They’re facilitated by one of our Maths and English Technical Advisors, but it's not a 'training' session – more a chance to learn from each other.
We’re currently holding Connect~Share~Network sessions on the following topic areas (click on the registration link in each case for details of available dates):
Functional Skills Mathematics
Functional Skills English (Reading and Writing)
Functional Skills English (Speaking, Listening and Communicating)
Connect~Share~Network – ‘Bite-sized’ maths and English qualifications/units
A space for teachers/tutors and co-ordinators delivering City & Guilds’ English/Mathematics Skills (3847) qualifications and units in England to network, share insights and reflect on their experiences.
Each of these sessions has a maximum of 20 attendees, so there’s plenty of opportunity to talk about your ideas, resources, successes and challenges. They’re facilitated by one of our Maths and English Technical Advisors, but it's not a 'training' session – more a chance to learn from each other.
See available dates, and register
Connect~Share~Network – ESOL
A space for teachers/tutors and co-ordinators delivering City & Guilds’ ESOL Skills for Life (4692) qualifications (in England, Northern Ireland and Wales) to network, share insights and reflect on their experiences.
Each of these sessions has a maximum of 20 attendees, so there’s plenty of opportunity to talk about your ideas, resources, successes and challenges. They’re facilitated by one of our Maths and English Technical Advisors, but it's not a 'training' session – more a chance to learn from each other.
See available dates, and register
Connect~Share~Network – Employability
A space for teachers/tutors and co-ordinators delivering City & Guilds’ Employability Skills and Personal/Social Skills (5546) qualifications (in England, Northern Ireland and Wales) to network, share insights and reflect on their experiences.
Each of these sessions has a maximum of 20 attendees, so there’s plenty of opportunity to talk about your ideas, resources, successes and challenges. They’re facilitated by one of our Technical Advisors, but it's not a 'training' session – more a chance to learn from each other.
See available dates, and register
Connect~Share~Network – Essential Skills (Northern Ireland)
A regular space for tutors and co-ordinators of Essential Skills (Northern Ireland) (4800) qualifications with City & Guilds to meet up, touch base, share news and good practice.
Register now
Connect~Share~Network – Essential Skills Wales
A regular space for tutors and co-ordinators of Essential Skills Wales (3868) and Essential Skills for Life and Work (3846) qualifications with City & Guilds to meet up, touch base, share news and good practice.
Register now
Materials from recent Connect~Share~Network sessions
Where applicable, slides from our Connect~Share~Network sessions will be available here.