Online Functional Skills English Level 2 Exam

In order to achieve the Functional Skills English Level 2 qualification, you must pass:

• Reading Exam
• Writing Exam
• Speaking & Listening Exam

Online Functional Skills Reading and Writing exams will be facilitated and invigilated by City & Guilds. Reading & Writing exams are computer-based and you can do these remotely.

Speaking & Listening Exam is delivered via Zoom. Date that you book will only be an indication for us.

Our tutor/assessor will contact you to agree on a date for your remote Speaking & Listening exam via zoom. Please note that we choose times suitable for majority of the candidates and we can not guarantee any special time or day requests.
Once agreed with the assessor, we will email you the ‘Discussion’ and ‘Presentation’ topics at least 7 days prior to your exam date. Please check your emails regularly to ensure you receive the email and if you haven’t received it, 7 days prior to your exam, please call us on 020 7354 5655.

IMPORTANT! If we do not have sufficient candidates for the Speaking & Listening exam, we will contact you to reschedule your exam.

ALL SPEAKING & LISTENING EXAMS WILL BE VIDEO RECORDED AND IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST SIGN A CONSENT FORM. FAILURE TO SIGN THE FORM WILL RESULT IN THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR EXAM AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY REFUND.

You must pass all 3 exams mentioned below to achieve Functional Skills English Level 2 certificate.

• Reading Exam – 1 hour computer-based exam
• Writing Exam – 1 hour 20 minutes computer-based exam
• Speaking & Listening Exam – Internally marked group based discussion and presentation exam

It may take up to 20 working days, on exceptional circumstances may take up to 32 working days, for City & Guilds to mark the exam and inform us.
It may then take up to 2 weeks for us to receive the actual certificate if the exam result is a pass.

Learners will be awarded either a pass or fail for each of the three components.

A Learner must achieve a Pass in all three components at the same level to achieve a Pass at qualification level.

“The following figures represent an early indication of the upper end of the range of pass marks for each subject and level. These may be updated as new exam papers are added to the bank of papers.”

• Functional Skills Reading Level 2 – 20/30 (Indicative Pass Mark)
• Functional Skills Writing Level 2 – 32/54 (Indicative Pass Mark)
• *Functional Skills Speaking & Listening Level 2 – Must meet 100% of the criteria

* Please note that for Speaking & Listening exam, centre assessor will provide the topics for Discussion and Presentation. You cannot choose your own topics.

For more information, please check City & Guilds – Indicative Pass Mark Guide

Below are the prices for each exam:

Reading Level 2 – £110
Writing Level 2 – £110
Speaking & Listening Exam – £90

If you are not successful on your test attempt, same fees and rules apply.

If you pass the exam and you want us to post the certificate to you, it will cost £10 (UK only).

Please check the Candidate Guide to understand the Online Functional Skills Maths Level 2 exam process.

*Online exams take place Monday to Friday at 8:00am, 11:30am and 4:00pm. Please note that City & Guilds may book the exam with 30 minutes flexibility. Please follow the timing in the Talview email.

Please make sure you put your details exactly as it stated on your ID. If there are mistakes, you will not be able to take the test and there will not be any refund. Please inform us at least 7 working days before the exam day to avoid additional charges.

IMPORTANT!
After you book, you will receive a PENDING Online Exam booking email from us.
Within 2 working days, we will process your exam and you will receive an APPROVAL email from us.

Once we approve your online exam booking, City & Guilds will send you a welcome email within 2 working days. The welcome email includes preparatory material, instructions on how to access the test and the system requirements. Please contact us after 2 working days if you did not receive the Welcome Email.

The welcome email will be sent directly from noreply@cg.talview.com. Please check your spam folder if not received within 2 working days. If the confirmation email has not been received within 2 working days, please contact us via info@intechcentre.com

ACTION REQUIRED! You must email us 2 working days after our approval email to confirm whether you received your exam login details from City & Guilds.

Please ensure following are done before the exam day:

• Prepared for the Functional Skills Maths Level 2 exam and watched the sample video
• Prepared your Windows computer, webcam and microphone and tested the network
• Taken the candidate reckoner
• Read the Candidate Guidance
• Arranged a suitable room for the test
• Have the Original and Valid ID to hand
• Watched the online test demonstration video
• You are aware that you will be recorded using your webcam and microphone

Here are links to materials that help make sure you are set up to take the test:
Navigation test – this test will help you check if your equipment is ready for remote invigilation test and will help you familiarise yourself with pre-test checks
Candidate ready reckoner – this gives further detail on how to prepare for the test
Information for candidates – this is the City & Guilds guide to the test rules and regulations that must be followed
Demonstration of an online live invigilation – this is a demonstration of a candidate sitting a live test with an invigilator

Please read the Candidate Guide for the full process!

PERMITTED MATERIALS
Reading: Pen, paper and Dictionary or bilingual dictionary
Writing: Pen and paper

PROHIBITED MATERIALS (Not Allowed)
Reading: prepared notes, smart devices
Writing: dictionary, spell checkers, prepared notes, smart devices

Please read the information provided on this exam page to understand and agree with the exam conditions.

Below, you can find the general Joint Council for Qualifications documents:

• Information for Candidates, Please note that these are general rules! All candidates are expected to comply by the centre’s specific exam conditions mention on this website including time of arrival, use of dictionary and calculator and cancellation policy.
  
• Awarding Body Privacy Notice
• Warning to Candidates
• No Mobile Phones

Please note that if you booked an exam, you must cancel at least 7 WORKING days before the exam time to get the full refund. There will be NO refund, under any circumstances, if you:

• cancel after this period
• don’t attend to your Online exam on time with required VALID ID
• have access/technical problems resulting from your side
• don’t show up
• breach any exam rules or conditions

For cancellation, please reply to booking email you received from us. We will process your eligible cancellations as soon as we can. Refunds may take up to 20 working days.

For rescheduling, you must inform us by emailing at least 7 working days before the exam time.

If there is a technical problem on the exam day due your computer, internet connection, room or any other factor caused from your side, there will not be any refund or rescheduling. Any issue must be reported to us immediately in writing so we can raise it with the awarding body for investigation. Please read the Candidate Guide carefully to avoid problems on the exam day.

If you buy the course with an exam (bundle package), there will not any refund under any circumstances. i.e. you won’t get full or partial refund if you buy the course and exam bundle and requesting a refund for the exam at later stage.

We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule the booking at any time.

If you cancelled your exam correctly, on some occasions, you may still receive email reminders from City & Guilds. Please disregard these emails if received.

Maximum of 3 rebookings allowed and exams must be taken within 6 months of the initial booking date. 

ALL SPEAKING & LISTENING EXAMS WILL BE VIDEO RECORDED AND IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST GIVE A CONSENT. FAILURE TO SIGN THE FORM WILL RESULT IN THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR EXAM AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY REFUND.