English Functional Skills C&G – Level 2

What will I learn?

This one year course develops your literacy skills to a level that is widely recognized by employers as well as providing an opportunity to progress on to further study at college.

The course is structured in to three different areas – Reading, Writing and Speaking & Listening. Within each of these sections, you will explore a range of topics:

Reading – analysis of how a writer achieves an effect, identifying devices and colloquial terms, comparing texts, their purpose and how the writer gets the point across
Writing – sophisticated use of language and punctuation, writing, in detail, a wide variety of written documents
Speaking & Listening – participating in a formal group discussion as well as a persuasive presentation

Entry Requirements

Enrolment based on initial assessment to ensure you are enrolled on the correct level qualification

Fee Details 2

Due to funding restrictions, anyone who doesn’t live in England, isn’t a UK resident^ or who lives in the local authority areas^ of:

Cambridge and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
North of Tyne
North East
South Yorkshire
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Note: for all courses with a start date on or after 1/8/25, the following local authority areas are being added to the list above:

Cornwall (new for 25/26)
East Midlands (new for 25/26)
York and North Yorkshire (new for 25/26)

Will be unable to apply for fee remission and may be subject to higher course fees than those published.
^go to this page on our website to check if your postcode is in a Devolved Funding Area or to check eligibility if you are a non-UK resident https://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/the-college/fees-and-funding/

If you don’t live in England or are not a UK resident or live in any of the above local authority areas and wish to enrol on the course, please contact us for information on tuition fees.

Fee Code

F

Fee Remission

Free if you don’t already have GCSE A*-C or grade 4 or higher in the subject

For further information on fee remission details linked to the above Fee Code – refer to our PT Application form on our website.

All fee remission is subject to availability of Government funding at the start date of a course and eligibility criteria.

Please Note

All fees are correct at the current time and may be subject to change. Any fee remission information quoted is correct at the current time but is dependent on government legislation and is subject to change. Please Note: at this current time, even though it may be detailed above, we are unable to confirm fee remission for courses with a start date on or after 1/8/25. Due to funding restrictions this course is not available to existing full time Sparsholt College/Andover College students aged 16, 17 or 18 (or 19-24 with an EHCP) on the 31/8 in the year they started/start their course.