Teaching my child Functional Skills

[bobby67346]

Hi All,

My daughter is showing interest in doing Function skills for maths and English. Has anyone here taught their own child either of these, and if so, how did you go about it, are there books you can buy, past papers on the internet etc? Any info greatly appreciated, thanks

There are definitely lots of resources on he internet such as past papers and practice books.
How old is she? What has she been studying so far? Is this instead of gcse or as a stepping stone?

Hi Smartiepants79, thank you.
She is 15 and not been studying anything really since she came out of school 2 years ago. This would be instead of GCSE as I feel she would be able to get to grips with them a bit more than GCSEs. Have you had experience of your child taking functional skills?

There are Govt guidelines. Lots of resources around managing money with Barclays and Money Supermarket in conjunction with the NAS.
You might also find resources on TES resources or Twinkl.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/functional-skills-subject-content-english/english-functional-skills-subject-content

The easiest way is to buy the course at PassFunctionalSkills for the correct level and work through it, they have it all set up to identify your weakest areas, practice, revise and do past papers. Then you sit the exam online from home.

My DD had a tutor for L2 FS English and sat in person (she doesn't like online stuff). The spec is much more accessible than English Language GCSE. (Quite hard finding somewhere to sit in person however.)