AQA Certificate, Functional Skills

None – this qualification is available to private candidates.

None – this qualification is available to private candidates.

The qualification has the following condition:

Component 3 – Speaking, Listening and Communication (controlled assessment)

This component must be taken at an AQA-approved school/college that will supervise, authenticate and mark the work.

Please note the following for components 1 (Reading) and 2 (Writing)

There is an on-screen assessment option to these components. Please liaise with your accommodating centre, who may offer the on-screen route. You can not enter for both on-screen and paper-based routes for the same component in the same exam series.

Withdrawal of specification

This specification will be withdrawn after the November 2019 series. It will then be replaced by the new specification (8725) from January 2020 onwards (see below).

None – this qualification is available to private candidates. However, please note the following:

• pre-release data sheets will be sent to your accommodating centre about four working weeks before the timetabled exam and you should arrange to collect this from the exams officer
• you will be able to familiarise yourself with the contexts, clarifying any specialised vocabulary and considering the possible mathematics in the situation presented
• the pre-release data sheets can not be taken into the exam room
• a clean copy of the data along with any further data required for the other questions will be issued to you at the start of the exam
• this sheet will not be collected in and marked, so you should ensure that all working is presented in the question paper/answer booklet.

Withdrawal of specification

This specification will be withdrawn after the November 2019 series. It will then be replaced by the new specification (8361) from January 2020 onwards (see below).

None – this qualification is available to private candidates. However, please note the following:

• pre-release data sheets will be sent to your accommodating centre about four working weeks before the timetabled exam and you should arrange to collect this from the exams officer
• you will be able to familiarise yourself with the contexts, clarifying any specialised vocabulary and considering the possible mathematics in the situation presented
• the pre-release data sheets can not be taken into the exam room
• a clean copy of the data along with any further data required for the other questions will be issued to you at the start of the exam
• this sheet will not be collected in and marked, so you should ensure that all working is presented in the question paper/answer booklet.

Withdrawal of specification

This specification will be withdrawn after the November 2019 series. It will then be replaced by the new specification (8362) from January 2020 onwards (see below).