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An interesting Ofsted comment

270,000 students leave school with low levels of maths or English or both EACH YEAR Source Ofsted 2014. An interesting Ofsted comment. “It’s not about preparing learners simply for exams but much more important to develop work related skills”.

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An interesting Ofsted comment

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  1. 270,000 students leave school with low levels of maths or English or both EACH YEARSource Ofsted 2014

  2. An interesting Ofsted comment “It’s not about preparing learners simply for exams but much more important to develop work related skills” Taken from Karen Adriaanse/AELP Webinar presentation Sept 2014

  3. How well do we understand policy?

  4. How well do we understand policy?

  5. Policy

  6. Nick Boles on Functional Skills • Nick Boles speech extract about maths and English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCDJs1yVlGU&feature=youtu.be • Nick Boles FENews video on Functional Skills http://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-video/skills-minister-nick-boles-on-employer-contributions-functional-skills-and-careers-advice

  7. Nick Boles Quotes • “I have asked Ofqual to look at Functional Skills (now 7 years old) to ensure the brand has value that everyone understands and can respect.” • “For those without GCSE passes, they need new ways to gain mastery of English and maths … and Functional Skills is the best way to do it” • “It isn’t going to work to make students take more classes that are basically the same … I am very keen to make Functional Skills consistent, valuable, understood and to command respect alongside GCSE.”

  8. Ofsted

  9. Ofsted areas for improvement (English) • Learners progress not monitored well enough • Too many learners still put on Level 1, even if they have a grade D at GSCE • Use of initial assessment is especially weak • Integration of English into vocational teaching and the teaching of reading is weak • Grammatical errors are not always corrected

  10. Ofsted areas for improvement (maths) • Learners progress not monitored well enough • Use of initial assessment is generally good, but information is not well used • Too much provision is classroom based • Weaker provision tends to focus too much teaching technical skills without underpinning concepts and learners understanding

  11. Ofsted areas identified as good • The overwhelming majority achieve Functional Skills • Support to develop apprentices is highly effective • Learners understand why they need good English and maths

  12. 2014 Annual Functional Skills SurveyEarly results based on 150 responses

  13. 2014 Functional Skills Survey early findings

  14. 2014 Functional Skills Survey early findings

  15. Help Nick Boles choose a new name – just for fun

  16. Fun only - New name early results Based on 60 responses Selected other comments English and maths skills Then you would have English and maths GCSE and English and maths skills - more egalitarian. Call it Language and Maths. It could be a GCSE when combined. Essential Everyday Life Skills (EELS) Problem solving skills Foundation Skills Progression Skills Vital Skills Maths and English CE (Certificate of Education) Stop changing the name! Functional Skills has built on ABE, Basic Skills, Key Skills and Skills for Life. Now just leave it at that. Based on a score of 0-10 – average 3.7

  17. Useful Links • Free GCSE Screener http://gcsescreener.co.uk/ • Nick Boles AELP full speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSdddUTDDDg • Nick Boles speech extract about maths and English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCDJs1yVlGU&feature=youtu.be • Nick Boles FENews video on Functional Skills http://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-video/skills-minister-nick-boles-on-employer-contributions-functional-skills-and-careers-advice • 2014 Functional Skills Annual Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7VHBC9J • Help Nick Boles choose a new name for Functional Skills (Fun) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9PZGLTC • Kirstie Donnelly (UK C&G Managing Director) talks about GCSE and Functional Skills FENews video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SijcUr0iHCg

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  19. “Perhaps the most important business event to affect the post-16 maths and English sector”

  20. October 23rd 2014

  21. “Perhaps the most important business event to affect the post-16 maths and English sector”

  22. ForSkills and Guroo • Combined development teams • Combined management teams • Combined content and resources • Combined support and knowledge • Combined standardisation data ForSkills and Guroo where 1+1 really does make more than 2!

  23. Supporting the sector – Free GCSE Screener Brought to you, completely free of charge, with the direct support of ForSkills and Guroo – the new force in post-16 e-learning Available free and now – simply gotohttp://gcsescreener.co.uk

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