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We had a different experience than you Kate. Our online functional skills have run really well with Edexcel. No problems apart from us having to re-start our College servers every morning to make sure the tests pull through but that’s no big deal. One down side is that they are pretty inflexible but we book them all for 12noon so they are able to be opened for most of the day. C&G I understand are more flexible but our teaching staff won’t have them. Functional skills are not on the POP Platform, but may migrate to this next year.

If you want to give me a ring I will be happy to discuss.

Thanks

Shirley

From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kate Oliver
Sent: 12 June 2015 09:36
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Subject: Re: Functional Skills

You will never be able to get their online testing system to run properly….don’t do it!!!!!!

It took us 6 hours yesterday to get just one test up and running and had to speak to 6 people at Edexcel, 2 calls we had the phone put down on us, we were told the test was an ESM test, then it was a POP test, then it was ESM and so on!!! The test couldn’t be seen on either system and then we were accused of not booking it even though we had the confirmation report and attendance register.

The poor kid finally sat it at 3.47pm instead of 10am!!! (good job he was one of our internal apprentices in the Print Room). Even our Account Manager was worse than useless

Kate

Kate Oliver
Examinations Manager
020 8326 2298

West Thames College
London Road
Isleworth
TW7 4HS

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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cath Smith
Sent: 12 June 2015 09:18
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Subject: Functional Skills

I have just been told by our head of Funky Skills that we will be moving from City and Guilds to Edexcel for FS Maths. Can anyone give me an idea of the implications of this for the exams team.

We have run some online tests for the new BTEC tests this year is this the same system they use for FS?

Cath Smith

Examinations Officer

MIS/Exams

Tel: 01780 484300 Ext: 368

Fax: 01780 484301

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