Functional Skills English Level 2

Achieve your Functional Skills Level 2 English qualification with our online exam. This gives you the knowledge and understanding for reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and improve your confidence and abilities in English in everyday life and in further/higher education or employment settings.

Functional Skills English Level 2 qualification is nationally recognised and equivalent to GCSE Grade C (Grade 4). To sit your exam, you will need to complete a short enrolment and a practice test first.  You will get access to multiple practice tests and additional resources too.

• Enrolment checklist consisting of an initial assessment, two documents (proof of identity and address) and an enrolment form to upload.

• Practice past papers and mark schemes for you to pass before you book your official examinations. This will give you the confidence in your current capability before taking the examinations. An experienced tutor will mark them and give you feedback.

• Our test centre exam includes a computer-based exam or a paper-based version of the non-calculator and calculator exams if needed. The paper-based version takes 10 working days to arrive at the centre.

• Your final certificate

Yes, this exam and certificate is Ofqual regulated and accepted by universities and employers as a GCSE Equivalent.

For our exams, the awarding body is NCFE, one of the UK’s top awarding bodies.

• 1 Hour Examination: Reading
• 1 Hour Examination: Writing
• Assessment: 10 Minute Presentation
• Assessment: 10 Minute Question & Answer session, from the Presentation
• Assessment: 10 Minute Group Discussion
• Assessment: 10 Minute Presentation Feedback 

In-centre Online Examinations

Examinations are run every weekday (Mon-Fri) at the following times:

10 am – 6.00 pm

Including occasional Saturday morning slots at the following times:

10 am – 2.00 pm

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We provide past exam papers and mark schemes to help you in your preparation.

If you cannot attend your exam or miss your exam with less than 2-working days’ notice, you will need to pay the retake fee if you wish to reschedule your exam.

If you can provide 2-working days’ notice, we can reschedule your exam with no extra fees. You must receive a confirmation email that your exam has been rescheduled. If you have not received an email with a changed exam date, your exam has not been rescheduled. Please ensure you receive this email.

If you are not successful with your examination, you can retake as many times as you like within your 3-month exam duration. If you pass the Speaking & Listening, and Reading exams, but fail the Writing exam, then you only Retake the Writing exam.

You can get extra time providing you email the evidence to admin@dtkcollege.co.uk. The subject line should read: ‘Extra time needed in exam’. An example of evidence would be a GP’s letter stating the reason/s for the extra time requested in the exam. The extra times available vary from 25% to 50%, however 50% extra time is only available in exceptional circumstances.

You must complete the full enrolment as it is part of our enrolment procedure and compliance before booking and sitting the exam. They are important because they tell us what level you’re currently working at.

When you are ready for your exam, simply choose a date and inform us by email to admin@dtkcollege.co.uk.

Results can take anything up to 7 working days to be generated.

Your electronic certificate is automatically generated and will be sent by email once your results are in and you are informed. We also provide a paper certificate at no extra charge.

Fill out the form and we’ll get straight back to you with help within 24 hours.