About Kingston and Richmond NHS FT Functional Skills

Functional Skills are the fundamental English and math's skills that people need for their working and personal lives. People can study for the qualifications in practical ways and apply core skills to real-life situations.

Successive governments have championed these flexible courses to equip people with the essential skills they need to succeed. Anyone can access functional skills and offers many opportunities for individuals for apprenticeships, any other further learning and career development opportunities.  Staff will be required to start by registering onto a free online functional practice website titled BKSB.

BKSB is designed to test learners on their English skills via a series of exercises. Learners are required to reached a Level 2 standard or above on BKSB to be eligible to arrange a final assessment. If a pass score is achieved the learner will be awarded with a GCSE equivalent and certificate.

The final English assessment which takes place online consists of 3 separate assessments:

• Reading 1 hour
• Writing 1 hour
• SLC (speaking, listening and communicating) 90 minute group discussion

Additional support is available such as workbooks and mock exam papers. The trust also provides free tutoring via an external ex-English tutor.

For further information or to register please email:

 krft.apprenticeships@nhs.net 

Functional Skills are the fundamental English and math's skills that people need for their working and personal lives. People can study for the qualifications in practical ways and apply core skills to real-life situations.

Successive governments have championed these flexible courses to equip people with the essential skills they need to succeed. Anyone can access functional skills and offers many opportunities for individuals for apprenticeships, any other further learning and career development opportunities.  Staff will be required to start by registering onto a free online functional practice website titled BKSB.

BKSB is designed to test learners on their math skills via a series of exercises. Learners are required to reached a Level 2 standard or above on BKSB to be eligible to arrange a final math assessment. If a pass score is achieved the learner will be awarded with a GCSE equivalent and certificate.

The final math assessment which takes place online consists of a 2 hour assessment and will cover subject areas for example:

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplying
• Division

Additional support is available such as workbooks and mock exam papers.

For further information or to register please email

 krft.apprenticeships@nhs.net 

FREE MATHS COURSES.

Not all of us have great memories of studying Math at school and the thought of returning to the classroom to study this subject again may fill some with fear! Tutors at Sutton College understand this and will use different methods to help you learn the rules of Math in a fun and relevant way and they will teach at a pace that suits your learning style. 

Having a Functional Skills Math qualification or a good grade at Math GCSE can open so many doors for you, both in employment and for Higher Education.

It is becoming more and more vital in today’s society to have a Math Functional Skills/GCSE qualification. On a Sutton College Math course you will receive the tuition and support to help you gain your qualification and move forward in your work and/or studies. 

Funded courses may be free if you live in a London Borough, earn less than £28,860. If you do not live in a London Borough, please contact the Enrolments & Customer Service Centre: 0208289 4700 / Free Qualifications - Sutton College for Adult Learning 

Read through the course details before enrolling. Maths Functional Skills / GCSE - Sutton College for Adult Learning 

For more info please email: krft.apprenticeships@nhs.net
 

For more information please email krft.apprenticeships@nhs.net

ENGLISH SKILLS TEACHING..

There is a new opportunity for all staff to improve their English skills free of charge via face-to-face teaching.

These teaching sessions will be individually devised and include:

• · Spelling
• · Writing
• · Grammar
• · Reading
• · Punctuation
• · Pronunciation 

For more information please email: krft.apprenticeships@nhs.net