Skills for Life qualifications

If you want to improve your reading, writing and numeracy skills a Skills for Life qualification could be for you.

Skills for Life: what they are
Skills for Life qualifications are designed to help you develop the skills you use in everyday life, such as reading, writing or maths. They can also help you boost your CV or move on to further study.

You can take a Skills for Life qualification if you:
• are over 16 years of age
• have left compulsory full-time education
• do not have an up-to-date English or maths qualification at level 2 on the National
Qualifications Framework (such as a GCSE)

As well as 'Skills for Life', you may have also heard people talking about 'Basic Skills'. The two terms mean the same thing, and refer to the same qualifications.

Subjects available
Skills for Life Certificates are available in:
• adult literacy
• adult numeracy

We also offer a Skills for Life qualification in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).