Correspondence

Functional skills review: Nick Boles letter to Glenys Stacey

Nick Boles writes to Ofqual to discuss English and maths functional skills qualifications.

• From: Department for Education, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Nick Boles
• Published: 7 October 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Nick Boles to Glenys Stacey: functional skills review letter

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Minister of State for Skills and Equalities Nick Boles asks for advice on the findings of Ofqual’s review and help on rebranding the qualifications. In the letter, he emphasizes the importance of a reliable test of literacy and numeracy skills for students who are not able to achieve a GCSE.

This relates to:

• the conditions of funding for post-16 students without GCSE grade C in maths and/or English
• Minister Hancock’s written ministerial statement on improving post-16 numeracy and literacy and increasing the uptake of reformed GCSEs in these subjects

Published 7 October 2014