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Why can’t the Functional Skills assessment just be incorporated into the new GCSE? Why will there be a separate assessment?

April 26, 2017assessment Functional GCSE incorporated separate Skills

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Why can’t the Functional Skills assessment just be incorporated into the new GCSE? Why will there be a separate assessment?

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A. The new GCSEs have considerable functional content but, for technical reasons the GCSE cannot guarantee that a C grade or above is equivalent to a pass in a level 2 functional skills qualifications. That is why work on the assessment of functional skills in GCSE continues.