Learning for Life and Work
Learning for Life and Work is a compulsory Area of Learning at Key Stage 4. Schools must offer access to at least one course that leads to a qualification in this Area of Learning.
Learning for Life and Work helps young people develop the fundamental skills, knowledge, qualities and dispositions that are prerequisites for life and work.
Learning for Life and Work at Key Stage 4 builds on the learning from Key Stage 3 and has three subject strands: Employability, Local and Global Citizenship, and Personal Development. Home Economics is not part of Learning for Life and Work at Key Stage 4, so it is not compulsory. However, schools can offer Home Economics as an optional course.
Schools have considerable flexibility in how to interpret the Statutory Minimum Content for Learning for Life and Work at Key Stage 4.
Whole Curriculum Skills and Capabilities
Pupils must have opportunities to develop the Cross-Curricular Skills of Communication, Using Mathematics and Using ICT, and the Other Skills through Learning for Life and Work. Teaching should promote the relevance of learning to everyday life and work.
Qualifications
School Boards of Governors should decide if their pupils must study for a qualification in Learning for Life and Work.
We have embedded the curriculum requirements in our qualifications as appropriate. Therefore if they choose to offer our GCSE or Entry Level in Learning for Life and Work, Schools can be confident that they are contributing to meeting their statutory curriculum requirements.
We provide a range of qualifications that build on the knowledge, understanding and skills developed through this Area of Learning. These include:
Contacts
For qualifications queries, contact:
For curriculum queries, contact: