Skills for Work and Life Updates

(2 December) - Functional Skills results release Quarter 1 2024/25

(27 November) - Essential Skills (Wales) E3 EAoNS assessment: "Mobile Phone"

(9 September) - Functional Skills results release time

(10 September) - Employability Skills - changes and survey link

(23 September) - Further information about changes to our ESOL Skills for Life GLH/TQT

(13 August) - Essential Skills Wales - Qualification Handbook and Certificate Qual numbers updated

(13 August) - Functional Skills - New Entry Level FS Assessments for September

(23 July) Essential Skills (Wales) - removal of E3 EAoNS 'Mobile Phone' task

(22 July) DFSQ - Maximum File Size + Section 1&2 combined timing reminder

(12 July) ESOL - Removal of an Entry 3 and a Level 1 Assessment pack

(10 July) New Chief Examiner's reports for Essential Skills (NI) 4800 

(19 June) Functional Skills ICT Key dates for closure

(19 June) ESOL Skills for Life - amendment to GLH  

(7 June) Functional Skills results release times

(30 May) Open Assess - updated guide, Password protecting sample materials and FS events update

(20 May) E1 Maths Assessment amendment

(25 April) Last registration dates for Essential Skills (NI) (4800)

(23 April) ESOL – Removal of L1 & L2 Travel & Tourism assessments 

(22 April) New Instructions for Conducting FS Exams guidance

(16 April) Changes to Employability Skills (5546)

(11 April) Improving our ESOL Skills for Life Offer

(19 March) Essential Skills Wales – Removal of L1 ECommS task – Exercising Outdoors

(21 March) Functional Skills results release and indicative pass marks

(14 February) Update for Essential Application of Number Skills (Cymraeg)

(9 February) Updates to Essential Application of Number Skills

(22 January) Updates to Essential Application of Number Skills

December 2023

(19 December) ESOL assessment update

(19 December) Functional Skills processing times

November 2023

(20 November) Essential Digital Literacy Skills update

(16 November) ESOL assessment update

(14 November) New documents for Functional Skills

October 2023

(9 October) Update on Essential Skills ICT Northern Ireland (4800-60)

(5 October) Functional Skills England - Guidance for Delivery

September 2023

(15 September) ESOL assessment update

(11 September) Functional Skills - Flash to html update

(7 September) Essential Skills Wales - Digital literacy skills

(7 September) Functional Skills results release update

August 2023

(22 August) Important Alert for Functional Skills ICT

(10 August) Important Alert for Workplace Core Skills

(3 August) Functional Skills Assessment Amendment

July 2023

(24 July) Important Alert for Essential Digital Literacy Skills 

June 2023

(13 June) Migration of Functional Skills from Flash to HTML

(13 June) Functional Skills ICT

(9 June) Document update for Essential Skills Application of Number

(7 June) Functional Skills results processing 

May 2023

(4 May) Speaking and Listening assessments

April 2023

(25 April) 4748 Digital Functional Skills

(18 April) Remote supervision - Essential Skills Wales

March 2023

(13 March) Document update - Level 2 English Reading Sample Paper 1

(6 March) Results Release for Functional Skills English, Mathematics and ICT at Levels 1 and 2

(2 March) Registration and booking window closed for English and Maths Skills 3850