Gateway Qualifications Level 2 Certificate In Progression

Rules of Combination

Learners must achieve 24 credits overall.
6 credits must be achieved from the Core Skills (A) Unit Group.
Learners may achieve the remaining credits from either the Core or Optional Group – English, maths and digital.
A maximum of 6 credits can be achieved at Level 1.

Units

What is the purpose of this qualification?

The Gateway Qualifications suite of Progression qualifications is categorised as having the following objective as defined by Ofqual: Giving Learners personal growth and engagement in learning.

What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?

These qualifications are a flexible and responsive range of general and pre-vocational qualifications. The qualifications have been devised with the aim to progress learners into further learning and/or employment. The vast range of units available can be used to create individualised learning programmes tailored to learners’ needs whilst enabling those learners to achieve or work towards a national qualification and improve their opportunities for progression.

The qualification consist of a range of core units to provide opportunities for learners to develop skills in the areas such as literacy, numeracy, ICT, employability, learning to learn and personal development; plus a range of ‘taster’ units in different sector specific areas providing opportunities for learners to test out their abilities and personal preferences before selecting a chosen career or employment route.

These qualifications will be of particular benefit to those learners who:

• want to progress into other further or higher education courses, or into new work area
• are returning, or planning to return, to work and who are seeking to update and/or add to their employment skills
• would benefit from alternative approaches to curriculum and learning
• want to test out a vocational area to inform their career/employment choices
• for whatever reason, have not previously achieved in education
• need to develop their literacy and/or numeracy skills.

The qualifications allow learners to achieve the size and level of qualification most suitable for their needs and relevant to their stage of learning, providing an opportunity to work towards qualifications in small steps.

Progression & entry requirements

Funding information

There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.

The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:

View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website

The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).

View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search

How to find a learning aim

If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:

How to Use: Find a learning Aim

We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.

This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.