The primary purpose of the Open Awards Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics at Level 2 is to support you to progress to the next level of learning in this subject. It could also support your entry to employment or your development within employment. The qualification was designed to help you develop your Mathematics skills in a practical, rather than academic, context.
This qualification is suitable for learners studying the following:
To achieve the qualification, you will be required to commit to approximately 55 hours of guided learning.
You will learn to deal with Mathematics problems that will help you develop and apply your mathematical skills, through appropriate reasoning and decision making, to solve realistic problems of increasing complexity.
Examples of the types of skills you will develop include:
There are no age restrictions for working towards this qualification and no specific prior achievements required. However, it may be useful to have completed a Mathematics qualification at Level 1/ Academy internal assessment.
The course covers the following assessments,
This qualification has one external assessment divided into 2 sections.
When you achieve your qualification, you will be able to show you have basic Maths skills.
These are important to
You could go on to study towards Maths qualifications at a higher level. The next level is Level 3.
| Start dates | February, May & September |
| Registration fee | £250.00 |
| Tuition fee | £3750.00 |