Welcome to Functional Skills 4U

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What are functional skills?

Functional skills are a set of qualifications that are offered at schools, colleges and at workplaces in England.
Everyone needs functional skills to do well in life, they are the skills you need for learning, working and to be confident.

There are three functional skills ICT, Maths and English.

Practice tests

This website features fun tests on the following subjects:

You can also use any of the course selector on the right to find full information about each skill including more practice quizes!


  • They are available as qualifications at Entry level, Level 1 and Level 2.  You may do functional skills as standalone exams or you may also be studying for the new 14-19 Diploma, GCSEs or A levels.

    How will you be assessed?

    There are a number of different awarding bodies (also known as exam boards).  Your teacher should be able to tell you which one your functional skills will be awarded by.  Look on the awarding body website and you may find past papers or sample papers.  Most of these have notes for teachers.

    Practice tests and past papers may be useful as part of your revision.  The most appropriate ones will be those produced by your awarding body, but others may be useful to improve your general knowledge.

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