Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 37034

English Language: Assessments

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 29 March 2025

Question

Jonathan Davies

LabourMid Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of recent changes to the Functional Skills Level 2 English exam on students with autism and other learning disabilities.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Reformed mathematics and English Functional Skills qualifications (FSQs) were introduced for first teaching from September 2019. As is standard practice, the department worked alongside Ofqual to evaluate the reforms in 2023. The department’s evaluation o...

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