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Skills Assessment Tools

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Assess your learners' journeys from start to finish.

As part of our commitment to shaping smarter learning, we proudly offer skills assessment and diagnostic tools.

Whether you're delivering apprenticeships, traineeships or employment programmes, we offer initial assessment tools and learning resources to support your provision and help to set your learners up for success and prepare them for the working world.

Resource Samples

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You can purchase our teacher packs from the "Teaching materials" tab on any of the Functional Skills qualification pages.

Our comprehensive delivery packs include interactive presentations, worksheets and a detailed scheme of work.

You can download a sample resource from the "Find out more" button or from the links below:

Level 2 English FS Resource Sample

Level 1 English FS Resource Sample

Entry Level 3 English FS Resource Sample

Entry Level 2 English FS Resource Sample

Entry Level 1 English FS Resource Sample

Free Schemes of Work

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In the Teaching materials section, we have schemes of work for every Functional Skills level in English and Maths. These are available for use by centres and contain a coherent teaching order.

Although these were designed specifically to go alongside our new suite of resources, you may choose to use them as a starting point for organising your own resources.

You will need a portal login to access the schemes of work from the links below:

Level 2 English Scheme of Work Link

Level 1 English Scheme of Work Link

Entry Level 3 English Scheme of Work Link

Entry Level 2 English Scheme of Work Link

Entry Level 1 English Scheme of Work Link

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Kahoot

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As well as holding timed quizzes with a class or group altogether, you can adjust the settings to assign Kahoot quizzes without a timer for learners to complete in their own time.

Training and events

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Functional Skills events

Knowing where to start is often the most daunting part of delivering a new qualification, so this is where our Provider Development team can help.

If you’re delivering a Functional Skills qualification our team will be able to help you get started with planning and delivery as well as guiding you through the assessment requirements.

On Demand Recordings

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Access on demand recordings from our YouTube Playlist

EdPuzzle

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Set questions within videos.

Whiteboard.fi

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Plickers

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Diagnostic Questions

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TES

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Skills Workshop

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On-Boarding Support

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Once approved for NCFE Functional Skills qualifications we will be in touch to offer free support over the first year of your delivery.

You can request a consultation call from our consultation booking form

Training and events

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Functional Skills events

Knowing where to start is often the most daunting part of delivering a new qualification, so this is where our Provider Development team can help.

If you’re delivering a Functional Skills qualification our team will be able to help you get started with planning and delivery as well as guiding you through the assessment requirements.

On Demand Recordings

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Access on demand recordings from our YouTube Playlist

2025 improvements

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Following your valuable feedback and a thorough review of our English and maths qualifications, we’ve made improvements to our assessments, resources and practice papers.

Key dates information

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The new-style assessment papers will be released on 17 October 2025

Skills Builder

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Skills Builder is a comprehensive initial assessment and diagnostic solution. It enables you to develop your learners’ skills with industry-leading assessments and access to the highest quality curriculum, while collecting the data and evidence needed to demonstrate compliance and learner progression.

FAST

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One product, one solution, at one price

We’ve designed an integrated solution for delivering Level 1 and 2 Functional Skills. One that supports your delivery journey from start to finish, with careful consideration about the tools and resources that you’ll need to succeed along the way.

In browser practice assessment materials

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Our practice assessment materials are available as:

Paper-based: Downloadable from the qualification information pages. You will find them under the ‘Assessment materials' tab on each qualification page.
Onscreen: Practice papers are available to schedule via Surpass. A keycode is generated and it must be sat via SecureClient.
In-browser: Accessible using the links below. Simply click the link and the assessment will open in your browser.