NCFE is a national Awarding Organisation, passionate about designing, developing and certificating diverse, nationally recognised qualifications and awards. These qualifications contribute to the success of millions of learners at all levels, bringing them closer to fulfilling their personal goals. Last year alone, over 340,000 learners from over 2,000 colleges, schools and training organisations chose NCFE as the Awarding Organisation to help them move their careers forward.
NCFE is a national Awarding Organisation, passionate about designing, developing and certificating diverse, nationally recognised qualifications and awards. These qualifications contribute to the success of millions of learners at all levels, bringing them closer to fulfilling their personal goals. Last year alone, over 340,000 learners from over 2,000 colleges, schools and training organisations chose NCFE as the Awarding Organisation to help them move their careers forward.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Entry Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in English.
For NCFE registered centres, this resource is available to download for free from the NCFE website.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Level 1 Functional Skills Qualification in English.
NCFE registered centres can download these resources for free from the NCFE website.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Qualification in English.
For NCFE registered centres, this resource is available to download for free from the NCFE website.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Entry Level 1 Functional Skills Qualification in English.
If you are a registered NCFE centre, this resource is available to download for free on the NCFE website
Session pack, including lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation and Activity Sheets covering 2 hours of learning.
General aim of this session:
The session aims are: Understand the harmful effects of alcohol and drug use, including possible health issues. Understand where to seek help and support on alcohol and drug misuse.
Learning objectives of the sessions:
By the end of this session learners must be able to:
•State what alcohol is and the unit strength of different types of alcohol drink.
•Identify types of substance which are misused.
•Identify why people may misuse alcohol and drugs and the effects of substance misuse.
•List the effects of withdrawing from alcohol and drugs.
•Identify sources of help and information in relation to alcohol and substance misuse.
Some learners should be able to:
•Produce a leaflet suitable for parents outlining the signs of substance misuse.
Some learners could be able to:
Prepare a talk to give in assembly explaining the effects of substance misuse on family and friends.
Session pack, including lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation and Activity Sheets covering 2 hours of learning.
General aim of this session
The session aims are: to recognize mental good and ill health and the causes of mental distress.
Learning objectives of the sessions:
By the end of this session, you must be able to:
•Outline what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health.
•State what mental health problems might be and what can lead to these.
•Identify some possible signs and symptoms of mental health issues.
•Explain why talking can often help with these issues.
•Select ways to promote positive mental health.
You should be able to:
•Identify causes of mental distress.
You could be able to:
•Devise a mnemonic, poem or poster promoting openness in talking about mental health issues.
Session pack, including lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation and Activity Sheets covering 2 hours of learning.
General aim of this session
To raise your awareness of sexual health and relationship issues and develop your understanding of contraception and sexually transmitted infections
Learning objectives of the sessions
By the end of this session, you must be able to:
•Outline what is meant by ‘friendships,’ ‘relationships,’ and ‘intimacy’
•State why most people want close relationships
•Identify different types of sexual health and relationship concerns
•Outline risky sexual behaviours
•Give reasons why a person may want to delay having a sexual relationship
•Define what ‘confidential’ means in reference to sexual health and relationships
You should be able to:
•Give examples of sexually transmitted infections
You could be able to:
•Research current legislation about sex and relationships
Session pack, including lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation and Activity Sheets covering 2 hours of learning.
General aim of this session
To know the value of true friendship and the importance of recognizing your own identity.
Learning objectives of the sessions:
By the end of this session, you must be able to:
•Identify what makes a true friend.
•Assess the qualities of good friends.
•Discuss the pitfalls of trusting the wrong person.
•Examine toxic friendships.
•Describe the role of family in your friendships.
•Express the importance of having your own identity.
You should be able to:
•Produce a mind map on your identity that highlights the role of family and friends.
You could be able to:
•Develop the mind map into an activity sheet for a younger person on the importance of having their own identity.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics.
NCFE registered centres can download this resource for free from the NCFE website.
Bespoke resources covering each of the five themes of the qualification, including 28 engaging PowerPoint presentations with embedded explanatory videos (transcripts included) and learner worksheets.
Five exemplary schemes of work covering each of the five themes of the Level 1 Digital Functional Skills Qualification. The schemes of work typically have sessions of 120 minutes and together cover all 55 GLH of the qualification.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in English.
NCFE registered centres can download this resource for free from the NCFE website.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Entry Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics.
NCFE registered centres can download this resource for free from the NCFE website.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Level 1 Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics.
NCFE registered centres can download this resource for free from the NCFE website.
Bespoke resources covering each of the five themes of the qualification, including 28 engaging PowerPoint presentations with embedded explanatory videos and learner worksheets.
Five exemplary schemes of work covering each of the five themes of the Entry Level 3 Digital Functional Skills Qualification. The schemes of work typically have sessions of 120 minutes and together cover all 55 GLH of the qualification.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Entry Level 1 Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics.
NCFE registered centres can download this resource from the NCFE website.
An exemplary scheme of work that defines the structure and overview of the content for the Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics.
NCFE registered centres can download this resource for free from the NCFE website.
A pack of resources that include powerpoint presentations, lesson plans and activity sheets covering 2 hours of teaching and learning for each of the following topics:-
Being Enterprising
Careers Part 1
Careers Part 2
Communication Skills
Employability Skills
Employee Rights and Responsibilities
Getting the most out of work experience
Interview Techniques
Presenting Yourself
Teamwork
This classroom resource pack contains 23 PowerPoints, worksheets and where relevant, spreadsheets and images to support in classroom delivery.
The resource pack covers all learning outcomes and complements the associated Schemes of Work available for free download via QualHub.
The PowerPoints are provided with a suggested order of the session that will match the freely downloadable Scheme of Work. You are free to change the order to suit your learners’ requirements. For example, there are suggested starter activities and can be completed either before or after outlining the session’s learning outcomes.
The PowerPoint slides can be altered providing flexibility for tutors to make more learner cohort-specific examples, weblinks, etc. An example might be that a local website, community forum, social media page is relevant to a specific group of learners and is a great opportunity to provide local application of the learning.
Please note: To support the introduction of this qualification we are offering this package at an introductory discounted rate. We will set fees for future years, early in 2022.
