Designed to enhance essential numeracy skills, these courses help learners apply maths effectively in daily tasks and workplace scenarios. Topics include managing finances, interpreting data, and problem-solving, ensuring practical and relevant learning.

Maths Qualifications

NCFE Maths Awards

Practical Numeracy Skills: Focuses on using numbers effectively in everyday contexts, such as budgeting, calculating bills, and understanding percentages or discounts.

Measurement and Data Handling: Develops skills in measuring, interpreting, and using data, including working with graphs, charts, and statistics for decision-making.

Problem-Solving with Maths: Encourages applying mathematical reasoning to real-world problems, such as planning journeys, managing finances, or estimating quantities.

Workplace Mathematics: Prepares learners to use maths in employment settings, including tasks like analysing numerical information, creating schedules, and calculating costs or profits.

About NCFE Maths Qualifications

NCFE qualifications span from entry level 1 through to level 2, allowing learners to build on their knowledge and skills. These qualifications help support learners with any identified gaps in Maths and have been designed using the Functional Skills subject content to develop essential skills for everyday life and support progression to Functional Skills. The qualification can also be used to progress to a GCSE in Maths.

What Are The Entry Requirements?

There are no specific prior skills and knowledge a learner must have for this qualification. However, learners may find it helpful to complete Level 1 and 2 if they have already achieved an entry level 3 qualification in Maths.

How Are They Assessed?

Completely portfolio based, assessed by Achieve with SAT.

Who Are They Suitable For?

This qualification is suitable for any learner who has not studied a Maths qualification at this level. It is specifically split into smaller units of learning and is assessed internally to help build confidence in essential skills and knowledge.

Pre-16 learners who are not following, or are not yet ready to follow, a traditional GCSE route in education for Maths could also study this qualification.