PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United Kingdom · Record · Petition

Petition 772347

Create an applied pathway within GCSE English and Maths, like Functional Skills

openUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

Introduced

10 June 2026

Last action

Status

1115 signatures

Sponsors

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

6 September 2026

Summary

Create an applied assessment pathway within GCSE English and Maths based on existing Functional Skills assessment methods. Students would still achieve a GCSE qualification, but could demonstrate the same literacy and numeracy skills through an applied, criterion-referenced assessment pathway. Over 200,000 young people each year leave school without a Grade 4 pass in GCSE English and maths. Many later pass Functional Skills qualifications, showing they have the required skills but struggle with the assessment format. We want GCSE English and maths to include an applied assessment pathway, based on existing Functional Skills methods, so students can demonstrate the same skills and still achieve a GCSE qualification.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.