Pass Functional Skills

Functional skills qualifications in maths and English enable learners to develop essential numeracy and literacy skills. Most importantly, the level 2 functional skills are equivalent to GCSEs. Most people take the level 2 exams to get into university to improve employment chances.

Yes, we are the only provider to offer free initial assessments for functional skills which can be used to determine RPL for maths and English. We have a dedicated service for further education institutions and training providers looking to support their learners in passing functional skills.

Yes, you can sign up to a free trial of our functional skills level 2 courses by going to the dedicated course pages.

The course covers every topic and question type that can come up in the exam. Each topic is covered with video tutorials, practice questions, exam style questions and model solutions. The course also contains a pre-assessment to help you determine which areas you need to work on. Finally, there are 30 full mock exams to help you get ready for exam day.

In general, results for functional skills examinations can be obtained within 2 weeks. However, this varies depending on the time of year and which exam board you use.
Our exams team will always provide you with the exam board which provides the fastest results at the time. If you would like to specify an exam board, please let the exams team know when booking.

Our course materials are the very best things you can use to prepare for the exam. You can also make use of our free materials and past papers that we provide to learners.

Yes, you can resit your exam. Our resit support team will contact you to guide you through booking and preparing for a resit. In most cases our learners pass first time, so hopefully you won’t have to use our resit service.

Our examinations are Ofqual regulated so are universally accepted as level 2 qualifications that are equivalent to GCSE grade C.

Our examinations are Ofqual regulated so are universally accepted as level 2 qualifications that are equivalent to GCSE grade C.

The pass mark can vary from exam to exam. The functional skills maths level 2 pass mark is usually around 50% to 55%.

Yes, you can sign up to the free version of our level 2 courses, and get access to free resources, past papers and the pre-assessments for both maths and English.

Yes, we offer City & Guilds functional skills resources and exams. We also have online functional skills exams for Open Awards. We offer resources for all the other major exam boards including Edexcel (Pearson), AQA, NCFE and others.

Yes, we run all our exams in the UK.