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An Introduction to Skills for Life
LSIS: the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) and the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL)
have now come together to form the new sector-led organisation dedicated to supporting
excellence and leadership development in the further education and skills sector.
Aims
• To ensure that everyone in the organisation
knows about Skills for Life as an integral
part of Train to Gain.
• To ensure that all staff talk positively and
with confidence about:
- what Skills for Life covers
- how it fits within Train to Gain
- who might benefit from developing their
English and maths skills
- SfL qualifications.
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Skills for Life – clarifying definitions
Skills for Life, basic skills, key skills.
Literacy, language and numeracy (LLN).
The functional English and maths skills used in
everyday life and work at all levels up to and
including Level 2.
ESOL – English as a Second Language (language
and literacy).
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Skills for Life qualifications
• National Certificates at Entry Level, Level 1
and Level 2
• Multiple choice tests at L1 and L2 – the same
as the Key Skills tests and the same format for
all awarding bodies
• On line or on paper
• Entry Level Certificates have the same
standards, but different awarding bodies have
different forms of assessment
• ESOL and ESOL for Work qualifications
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Move On
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Level 2 – the benchmark for a modern society
44%
14.1 m
adults
25%
8 m adults
Level 2
20%
6.4 m adults
Level 2
56%
17.8 m
adults
75%
23.9 m
adults
80%
25.5 m
adults
Literacy
Numeracy
Literacy/numeracy
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The Level 2 challenge
NVQ Level 2 Trowel Occupations:
• 100% of units require Level 2 reading skills.
• 38% of construction workforce in East of England have
literacy skills at Level 2 or above.
• 70% of units require Level 2 numeracy skills.
• 24% of construction workforce in East of England have
numeracy skills at Level 2 or above.
Sources:
• DfES Essential Skills leaflets
• Approximate figures from graphs provided by East of
England Observatory
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National Qualifications Framework
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