Essential Skills
Do you want to improve your reading, writing, maths or ICT skills, or know someone who needs help with these essential skills? If you are over the age of 16 an Essential Skills course may help you to get on at home, work or in life.
Benefits of doing an Essential Skills course
An Essential Skills course will help you to improve your:
- Reading, writing, speaking and listening
- Working with numbers
- Use of computers and technology
All Essential Skills courses are free. You can do them in a college, at work or with a community organisation at different times of the day. The classes are small and informal. Crèche facilities may also be available.
You will be able to:
- Learn at your own pace
- Practise how to use the skills you learn in everyday situations
- Gain qualifications that employers will recognise
Why Essential Skills are important
Essential Skills courses can be really life changing. They have helped people to:
- Read a newspaper for the first time to find out what is happening in their community
- Fill in an application form and get a job as a result
- Read notes from their children’s school
- Help their children with their homework for the first time
- Use the internet to keep in touch with family and friends
Find an Essential Skills course
If you would like information on how to improve your ability to read, write, use mathematics and improve your computer skills, or have a friend or family member who would like help, the first step is to find an Essential Skill Course.
Essential Skills courses are delivered by further education colleges, both in their main campuses and in venues throughout the community. To find out when and where your nearest class is, contact the further education college in your area.
Phoenix Education Centre NI
English
Entry Levels
Activity pack – Click to download
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Entry level 1 English – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 1 English Answers – Click to download
Entry level 2 English – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 2 English – Answers – Click to download
Entry level 3 English – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 3 English – Answers – Click to download
Level 1
Level 1 English – Practice Paper – Click to download
Level 1 English Answers – Click to download
Level 2
Essential Skills Level 2 English – Practice Paper – Click to download
Level 2 English Answers – Click to download
Maths
Entry Levels
Entry level 1 Maths – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 1 Maths answers – Click to download
Entry level 2 – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 2 Maths – Answers – Click to download
Entry level 3 Maths – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 3 Maths – Answers – Click to download
Level 1
Level 1 Maths – Practice Paper – Click to download
Level 1 Maths – Answers – Click to download
Level 2
Level 2 Maths – Practice Paper – Click to download
Level 2 Maths – Answers – Click to download
ICT
Entry Levels
Entry level 1 ICT – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 1 ICT – Answers – Click to download
Entry level 2 ICT – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 2 ICT – Answers – Click to download
Entry level 3 ICT – Practice Paper – Click to download
Entry level 3 ICT – Answers – Click to download
Level 1
Level 1 ICT – Practice Paper – Click to download
LEVEL 1 ICT – Answers – Click to download
Level 2
Level 2 ICT – Practice Paper – Click to download
Level 2 ICT – answers – Click to download