• Functional Skills are a mandatory component of Foundation Learning. Learners should complete Functional English, Mathematics and ICT at the appropriate level based on initial assessment of the learners’ skills in each subject. 

No Age Restrictions

E1, E2, E3

L1, L2

• Our qualifications in Independent Living (QCF) are aimed at learners working at Entry Level, including those with learning difficulties and disabilities, who want to develop a range of personal and interpersonal skills.

• Our qualifications in Media Literacy introduce learners to the media and aim to provide them with a basic understanding which will allows them to actively engage with, question and interpret the information presented to them in many forms of media.

• Our qualifications in Personal Progress have been designed to address the needs of learners working at Entry 1 or below and in particular those with learning difficulties and disabilities.

• Our qualifications in Progression are devised to progress learners into further learning and/or employment. Over 600 units can be combined to create individualised learning programmes tailored to learners' needs whilst also enabling learners to work towards and achieve a national qualification.

• Our qualifications in Skills Towards Enabling Progression (Step-UP) are an innovative range of credit-based qualifications, designed to accredit a wide range of activities engaged in by learners aged 14 plus. Units can be combined to create individualised learning programmes tailored to learners' needs whilst also enabling learners to work towards and achieve a national qualification.