AELP Lobbies Skills Minister On GCSEs and Functional Skills

AELP has written to Skills Minister, Anne Milton making four demands in relation to policy on GCSEs and Functional Skills. These are:

1. Removal of the compulsory GCSE re-sit policy; instead, allowing those without maths and English to take functional skills as a robust alternative where appropriate.
2. Funding rates for functional skills within apprenticeships to be aligned with the standalone rates paid for all other learners.
3. AELP is calling for functional skills training to be included as part of the 20% off-the-job training time within an apprenticeship.
4. Greater support to be given to the development of the provider workforce to support this transition to the new functional skills curriculum and assessment.