New Diploma Resources

Resources for everyone involved with the new diplomas

Guroo launches new functional skills resource posters and tutor packs

Guroo have mapped all their functional skills resources to the QCDA functional skills standards and produced a series of full colour A1 posters for classroom use.
At the same time, brand new and fully updated tutor packs have been produced for all guroo subscribers.
More info at www.guroo.info

Ministers drop pledge to test basic skills at GCSE

Teenagers will not have to pass basic skills tests to get a C grade

Anthea Lipsett
guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 April 2009 10.21 BST
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Ministers have abandoned their pledge to make all teenagers pass basic skills tests in English and maths in order to get a grade C or above at GCSE.
Exams regulator Ofqual has issued revised criteria [...]

Guide to Functional Skills

Guroo have put a single page all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask style guide to functional skills on their website.
Useful definitions, acronyms, your most common questions - everything you need for the “functional skills” round of the next staff outing to the local pub quiz!

What are Functional Skills?

The Functional Skills element of the new diplomas is an area that raises many questions - there are for example over 50 “Frequently Asked Questions” on the DCSF Functional Skills FAQ page alone!
Answers such as:
“Functional skills are those core elements of English, maths and ICT that provide an individual with the essential knowledge, skills and [...]

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