Functional Skills
Functional skills help develop important skills – like communication, team working, presentation, and problem solving. They are a key to success. They open doors to learning, to life and to work. They are a platform on which to build employability skills and the gateway to future well-being and prosperity. Functional skills are common to all our lives. They help make sense of daily life, from working out which deal is best value, to writing an application letter or getting the best out of a computer software package. They are about using English, maths and ICT in everyday situations.
At Swanmore College of Technology Functional Skills are taught as an integral part of the Diploma qualification at Key Stage 4. Functional skills have already been incorporated into the new Key Stage 3 Programme of Study and will be embedded within the revised Key Stage 4 Programme of Study for first teaching from September 2010.
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