Delivering National Skills Test to Level 2 online. Students are given Initial Assessment & diagnostics
Skills for Life is the name of the Government’s original national strategy for improving the literacy, English language and numeracy skills of adults, aged 16 and upwards, through the delivery of literacy, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and numeracy provision. The original strategy document and related background information can be found on the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) website. The original strategy was published in 2001 and on 9th March 2009 the Government published an update to this strategy called Skills for Life: Changing Lives. On 7th of May 2009 they also announced their new approach to ESOL.
Skills for Life is also the umbrella term used for the literacy, ESOL and numeracy provision that delivers the aims of the original strategy. It includes different learning aims and qualifications which all help learners to improve their literacy, English language and numeracy skills.
Skills for Life provision covers non-approved pre-entry and entry level literacy, ESOL and numeracy courses and four different types of approved qualifications, as follows:
GCSEs:
* GCSE in English (A* - C = Level 2, D - G = Level 1)
* GCSE in Maths (A* - C = Level 2, D - G = Level 1)
Key Skills:
* Key Skills in Application of Number (Levels 1 and 2)
* Key Skills in Communication (Levels 1 and 2)
Adult Basic Skills
* Certificate in Adult Literacy (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
* Certificate in Adult Numeracy (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
* Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
* Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (speaking and listening) (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
Functional Skills
* Award in Functional Skills English (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
* Award in Functional Skills Mathematics (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
