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BTEC Level 1 and below

Explore our flexible, Entry Level and Level 1 skills-based qualifications, designed to offer all your learners the practical skills and confidence they will need to progress to independent living, further study or employment.
Please note, WorkSkills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing offer level 2 qualifications.
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Important information: Entry Level and Level 1 (2010 and 2016 QCF)
Our 2010 and 2016 QCF qualifications are no longer available please see link below for replacement qualifications.
Useful documents
- Level 1 Centre Guidance (PDF|4.5 MB)
- Level 1 suite overview guide (PDF|2.2 MB)
- Delivery Guide Level 1 suite (PDF|8.3 MB)
- Delivering ICT through Pre-Vocational Studies Guide
- Delivering ICT through Vocational Studies guide (PDF|769.4 KB)
- Delivering E-Sports at Level 1 guide (PDF|1013.5 KB)
- Standards Verification 2023-2024 guide (PDF|310.8 KB)
- Delivering ICT Through WorkSkills - Assessment Guidance (PDF|583.4 KB)
- Delivering ICT Through WorkSkills - Centre Guidance E3-L2 (PDF|405.9 KB)
- Grade Calculator (XLSM|91.2 KB)
- Assessment for Learning Pack (PDF|229.1 KB)

Teaching BTEC Level 1 and below

Skills channel
Hosted by Kelly Adams and Chris Briggs Product Managers for BTEC Level 1 and Functional Skills and ESOL. This channel features practical and innovative teaching and learning on demand video content for use in the classroom to enhance provision for the Functional Skills and BTEC Level 1 Suite.

Podcast
Hosted by Kelly Adams the BTEC Workskills, Personal Growth and Wellbeing and Level 1 and below specialist at Pearson. This podcast series focuses on everything assessment, learning, inclusion and more across the BTEC Level 1, Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing Suite.

Video training channel
This video channel focuses on videos of past training event content and on demand video training on teaching and learning, assessment and verification across the BTEC Level 1, Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing Suite. Hosted by Kelly Adams the BTEC Below Level 2 Product Manager.