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Mathematics Functional Skills

Various Levels

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Availability & Details

Maths Functional Skills - Level 1 SPY-MATHL1/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 -

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.


“I owe the staff a lot and I wouldn't be where I am today without them.”

Tom Andrews, A Level Student

The teaching has been really good, I’ve loved all of my teachers, they’ve all been really nice and supportive.

Jodie Hook

I would say it’s a college that really balances academia with fun, there is lots of extra-curricular stuff that you can get involved in. It has a really good work/life balance.

Laura Hagedorn, A Level student