July 2024
Reflecting Back & Moving Forward - (YouTube)
Reflecting Back & Moving Forward - download the slides (PDF)
June 2024
Digital Resources: Interpreting Results – (YouTube)
Digital Resources: Interpreting Results – download the slides (PDF)
April 2024
Changes to Employability Skills (5546) – (YouTube)
Changes to Employability Skills (5546) – download the slides (PDF)
New Instructions for Conducting FS Exams documents – (YouTube)
New Instructions for Conducting FS Exams documents – download the slides (PDF)
March 2024
Digital Resources- Being Exam Ready – (YouTube)
Digital Resources- Being Exam Ready – download the slides (PDF)
January 2024
Support with Curriculum Planning – (YouTube)
Support with Curriculum Planning – download the slides (PDF)
December 2023
Digital Resources: Supporting a blended maths and English delivery – (YouTube)
Digital Resources: Supporting a blended maths and English delivery – download the slides (PDF)
November 2023
ESOL and beyond – (YouTube)
ESOL and beyond – download the slides (PDF)
October 2023
Digital Resources: Initial and diagnostic assessments – (YouTube)
Digital Resources: Initial and diagnostic assessments – download the slides (PDF)
September 2023
Welcome back to 2023/2024 (England) – (YouTube)
Welcome back to 2023/2024 (England) – download the slides (PDF)
Welcome back to 2023/2024 (Wales) – (YouTube)
Welcome back to 2023/2024 (Wales) – download the slides (PDF)
Watch all of our recent #CGMathsEnglish webinars.
Here you can find recordings and slides from each of our webinar updates. They’ll normally be added shortly after the live session has taken place.
To register for any of our live webinars or other online events, please visit our Events and Webinars page.
July 2023
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward - (YouTube)
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward - download the slides (PDF)
An introduction to Digital Functional Skills – (YouTube)
An introduction to Digital Functional Skills – download the slides (PDF)
June 2023
Digital Resources: Interpreting results – (YouTube)
Digital Resources: Interpreting results – download the slides (PDF)
May 2023
Getting the best from Open Assess - (YouTube)
Getting the best from Open Assess - download the slides (PDF)
April 2023
Employability - (YouTube)
Employability - download the slides (PDF)
March 2023
Digital Resources: Being exam ready – (YouTube)
Digital Resources: Being exam ready – download the slides (PDF)
February 2023
Guidance for Delivery – (YouTube)
Guidance for Delivery – download the slides (PDF)
January 2023
Performance feedback – (YouTube)
Performance feedback – download the slides (PDF)
ESOL - (YouTube)
ESOL - download the slides (PDF)
December 2022
Digital Resources: Teaching and learning - (YouTube)
Digital Resources: Teaching and learning – download the slides (PDF)
November 2022
Bite-sized qualifications and units – (YouTube)
Bite-sized qualifications and units – download the slides (PDF)
October 2022
The Exam Journey – (YouTube)
The Exam Journey – download the slides (PDF)
September 2022
Welcome back – (YouTube)
Welcome back – download the slides (PDF)
Changes to Entry Level – (YouTube)
Changes to Entry Level – download the slides (PDF)
Digital Resources - watch the recording
Our specialist maths, English, ESOL and employability Technical Advisors provide:
- Regular update webinars to share all that’s new in Skills for Work and Life
- Webinars to launch new features, products and services
- In-person and online networking events for connecting and sharing of good practice
- Email/online and in-person guidance to individual centres – tailored to their specific needs
Find out more about our Technical Advisors:
Katherine Reid >
Alicja Twarowska >
Visit our qualification pages for additional resources such as qualification handbooks, assessment materials, Chief Examiner reports and Guidance for Delivery documents.
4748 Functional Skills
4692 ESOL Skills for Life
5546 Employability Skills
3868 Essential Skills Wales
4800 Essential Skills Northern Ireland
Our customer updates page is the home for all the updates and announcements about City & Guilds’ Skills for Work and Life programmes, including Functional Skills, Maths, English, ESOL and employability.
Our 2023 research identified that improving quality, increasing learner engagement and enhancing the life chances of learners are the top priorities for those involved in the delivery of maths and English programmes.
Take a look at our guides for tips and hints on these topics, as well as how City & Guilds can support you and your objectives.
Improving quality in maths and English
Increasing learner engagement in maths and English
Improving the life changes of learners with maths and English