Skills for Life

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Skills for Life: what they are

Skills for Life qualifications are designed to help you develop the skills you use in everyday life, such as reading, writing or maths. They can also help you boost your CV or move on to further study.

You can take a Skills for Life qualification if you:

  • are over 16 years of age
  • have left compulsory full-time education
  • do not have an up-to-date English or maths qualification at level 2 on the National Qualifications Framework (such as a GCSE)

As well as 'Skills for Life', you may have also heard people talking about 'Basic Skills'. The two terms mean the same thing, and refer to the same qualifications.

 

Subjects available

Skills for Life Certificates are available in:

  • adult literacy
  • adult numeracy
  • information and communications technology (ICT)

There is also a Skills for Life qualification in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

 

Where and when you can take them

Skills for Life qualifications are offered on a regular basis, so you can take one whenever you are ready.