Level 1 Functional Skills Maths

Key Facts

Level: 1

Attendance: Part Time (PT)

Duration: 20 weeks.

Course Code: PPFSMAT

Start Date: September 2027

Awarding Body: Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)

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Code: PPFSMAT

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The course is tailored to individual needs and sessions run in a supportive environment with experienced teachers. The course is suitable for people who want to increase their confidence, progress at work, get a job or help their children. The course will help you improve your general number skills, eg fractions, decimals and percentage as well as working with data, eg calculating averages and working with measurements. It will also teach you how to use maths to solve everyday problems. At the end of the course there will be an external exam.

Features and Benefits

Taught by an expert team of lecturers at our state-of-the-art Stephenson College site, these courses help students to gain those all-important qualifications, opening up increased opportunities for careers and progression.

Course Content

Number, Measure, Shape and Space, and Data Handling.

Entry Requirements

No qualifications are necessary, but an Entry Level 3 Maths qualification would be an advantage. Acceptance is by individual interview and assesssment.

This course is for adults. Applicants must be aged 19 or over.

Progression Opportunities

Progression would be to Level 2 Functional Skills Maths and could also be to selected vocational courses.

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