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Mathematics Functional Skills

Various Levels

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Availability & Details

Maths Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 SPY-MATHE1/C01

Venue
South Downs Campus

Type of study
Functional Skills

Dates
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Examination board
Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)
Fees
Course Fee Overseas 941.00

How to apply

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Overview

This course is designed to assess your current working level and then to progress you from that level forward. You can work through a range of smaller stepping stone units to help grow your confidence in areas such as number, measure, shape, space and data. This will then give you the opportunity to work up the levels from Entry 1 to Level 2. You will be required to come in for an initial assessment before you can enrol on this course.Please contact our Admissions Team on 023 9387 9999 to arrange your initial assessment before applying.

This course is for students who do not have a grade C/4 or above in GCSE Maths. If you have already achieved a Level 2 Functional Skill in Maths it is suggested that you progress to a GCSE Maths Course. You will be required to come in for an initial assessment before you can enrol on this course.

The course covers: number – this includes place value, four rules, fractions, percentages, decimals and moneymeasure, shape and space – this includes metric and imperial measurements, conversions, perimeter area and volume, shapes, time, scales and scale drawings and formulaedata – this includes charts, graphs and tables, averages/range, interpreting and analysing data

The course is run on the main College campus and at various off-site venues in the local area. We have daytime and evening courses, run in two semesters. The first is September-February and then February-June.We use a variety of teaching methods including:Group workKineasthic activities1:1 teachingUsing new technologiesClassroom based assessment work

In class and external based assessments.

To a higher level Functional Skill or GCSE.


Everyone at the College was really helpful, and there’s lots of facilities, meaning it’s very easy to get your work done on time, and get good grades. The teaching and support was excellent, they were always on top of it, and made sure you got work done on time and you were challenged. Everyone is friendly and its really diverse, meaning you can get involved in lots of different things.

Conor Ward, BTEC student

I’m very, very happy, I didn’t expect to do so well. The College has been helpful and supportive. I loved my courses, and the teachers were really good – every single one of them. The facilities are great, but it’s the staff that really make this place.

Matthew Randell, A Level student

The teaching and support was really great, the quality was really great, all the teachers really care about your education as well as your wellbeing, they take everything into consideration and they’re great.

Katie Whittingham, A Level student