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<p>The Army provides excellent employment opportunities across the United Kingdom.
It is Britain’s biggest provider of apprenticeships and offers chances not just for
a job, but for a career and ongoing training supporting Her Majesty’s Government’s
social mobility agenda.</p><p> </p><p>All Army training establishments support personnel
in gaining basic Functional Skills (FS) in literacy and numeracy in preparation for
further training, where over 95% receive nationally recognised apprenticeship training
and as part of that complete literacy and numeracy FS up to Level 2.</p><p> </p><p>Many
trainees at Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright and Infantry Training Centre (ITC)
Catterick already hold FS qualifications on arrival and, since 2016, these individuals
will undertake a BTEC in Public Services. The table below shows the details of FS
qualifications in English and Mathematics obtained by Army Trainees 18 and under at
ITC Catterick in the last three years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>English</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Mathematics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Entry Level 3</p></td><td><p>Level 1</p></td><td><p>Entry Level 3</p></td><td><p>Level
1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Over the same period at ATC Pirbright less than 5 FS qualifications
in English were achieved at Entry Level 3 by a trainee aged 18 or under.</p><p> </p><p>The
Army has completed some initial work to consider the provision of GCSE resits for
trainees and options for optimising their delivery and the balance with other training
courses</p><p>provided, such as apprenticeships and BTECs. Consideration of these
options is being taken forward as part of a broader Junior Entry Review due to report
in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that numbers have been rounded according to Ministry
of Defence Disclosure Control and Rounding Policy to the nearest 5. ~ denotes less
than 5. These figures are single service estimates only and are not official statistics.
Rounding is necessary as a means of disclosure control and for the preservation of
anonymity</p>
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