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Key Information about Functional Skills & Useful Forms

When a centre wishes to join the NOCN Functional Skills pilot, they must agree to certain conditions and complete the NQ1 form.

It is intended that learners will take assessments for the qualifications when they are ready.

Assessment Information Entry Level

Assessments at all Levels are ‘on demand’ and can be taken when the learner is ready. At Entry level, centres may access the live assessments through a secure login to the NOCN website. Please contact functionalskills@nocn.org.uk for more information. Entry level assessments are internally marked and externally verified. Centres may contextualise the assessments based on the information provided in the assessment mark scheme.

Assessment Information Level 1 and 2

Functional Skills Level 1 and 2 Question Paper Order Form - NQ3:

This paper order form should be used to book the required assessment time and date. It must be submitted to the centre's regional OCN a minimum of 15 working days before the planned assessment date. Learners should have been registered prior to the form being submitted. Please contact your regional OCN for further details.

From September 2010, all assessments will be written to the 2009 Functional Skills standards which may be downloaded from the QCDA or Ofqual websites.

Level 1 and 2, with the exception of Speaking and Listening, is externally marked. At Level 1 and 2, centres may request up to 8 assessment dates for English, 8 for ICT and 8 for Mathematics. Assessment papers are booked no less than 15 working days before the planned assessment date. Assessments are then sent to NOCN for marking within 24 hours of completion. They will be then marked within the next marking period.

The cut off dates for the receipt of completed assessments at NOCN for 09/10 and 10/11 marking periods are shown below and the results will be with centres by the date indicated.

Dates for 2009/10:

Assessments to Arrive at NOCN by:	Results released to centres
9 April 2010	7 May 2010
4 June 2010	2 July 2010
16 July 2010	13 August 2010
27 August 2010	24 September 2010

Dates for 2010/11:

Cut off date for Assessments to Arrive at NOCN by:	Results released to centres
13 September 2010	11 October 2010
11 October 2010	8 November 2010
15 November 2010	13 December 2010
20 December 2010	17 January 2011
17 January 2011	14 February 2011
14 February 2011	14 March 2011
14 March 2011	11 April 2011
18 April 2011	16 May 2011
23 May 2011	20 June 2011
20 June 2011	18 July 2011 * last date for Year 2 Diploma students (unless Diploma Aggregation Dates change)
18 July 2011	15 August 2011
22 August 2011	19 September 2011

NQ12/13 form

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Key Information about Functional Skills & Useful Forms

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