Traineeships

To fit with wider study programme principles, trainees will need to work towards GCSE A*-C in English and maths, including through the study of functional skills. In the majority of cases, we expect that functional skills will be the most appropriate qualifications for trainees to study in the first instance. As part of traineeships, young people can study these at Entry Level, Level 1 or Level 2 depending on their prior attainment. Where they have already achieved a functional skills qualification at Level 2, they will be required to work towards the achievement of a GCSE grade A* to C.

Extracted from Government Traineeship document May 2013.