I think that your Apprenticeship Manager is contradictory in that he is saying 2012 in the second paragraph (which fits, because students starting a two year GCSE course in September 2009 could have been on the old specification and would have had retake opportunities in November 2011 and January 2012). Then in the forth paragraph he says June 2011 which is clearly contradicting what he said earlier.

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Our Apprenticeship manager has sent out the following email below. I'm not sure that this is correct - from my understanding not all students will have sat the new specification GCSE English since September 2010 that incorporates the Functional Skills. I believe that there are still some of the old GCSE's still running that do not have the FS embedded in them. As you can see from the email below our apprenticeship manager is telling all staff that anyone who has sat a GCSE since 2010 will be exempt from having to do their FS exams as part of their apprenticeship.

Hi All

As part of the apprenticeship framework, as you already are aware, is the transferable skills (ie now functional skills). At the intermediate level the level for functional skills is Level 1.

As from Summer 2012 GCSE's for Maths and English to at least a grade E acts as a total exemption against a Level 1 functional skill.

This is because the GCSE qualification specifications were revised in 2010 to include 'enhanced functional content'. GCSEs awarded in/after summer 2012 are based on these new specifications.

How do I know if my GCSE has 'enhanced functional content'?

The revised GCSE was introduced in September 2010 with first certificates due in summer 2011. Any GCSE certificate dated June 2011 onwards will be the new GCSE with enhanced functional content. This includes GCSE Short Courses.

For Level 2 functional skill exemption the GCSE must be C or above and within 5 years of apprenticeship start date.

Please see below a list of your learners that may have exemptions. If they have completed functional skills or are working towards them at present then this is not a problem. This may help with those that are struggling with obtaining their Level 1 functional skill achievement.

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