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A 4-week course prior to starting functional skills.

Once completed please send back to your tutor.
Date completed
Your Name
Who is your tutor? Rebecca Sutton
Task 1: Who you are in your own words

In your own words explain why you have chosen to study
through Bedfordshire Employment and Skills Academy (BESA).
Say something about the following:
 Your previous experience of learning
 What qualification you are hoping to achieve
 How you think the qualification will help you in the future.
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Task 2: Be safe
Read the induction information which can be found by clicking of this link: Bedfordshire
Employment and Skills Academy | Central Bedfordshire Council
Check out the “Policies and documents” and “Safeguarding our

learners” links and see some information about Venue Safety.
You will be coming into our centre at Kingsland, Houghton Regis
for your exam when you course is completed. If you have
concerns about this, then please write it in the box below.
Prevent
Click on this YouTube link https://youtu.be/Ei3LIe7_mj8 to watch a 2-minute video that explains
what Prevent is. We ask you to watch it so you are aware of Prevent and ways it is used to help
keep people safe within the context of Further Education.
In your own words write a short paragraph about what Prevent is and how you can help.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding
If you feel unsafe or concerned when you are learning with us talk to your tutor, call 0300 300
8131 or email Paula.brown@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Any incidents, issues or concerns will be treated in confidence. If you have wider concerns about
yourself, another adult or a child please look at the Central Bedfordshire Council Protecting
vulnerable adults from harm | Central Bedfordshire Council where you will find information about
how to report an issue, incident or concern.
Who would you contact if you had a safeguarding concern?
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Online Safety
Online safety is important today. We often contact
you online and have online resources that we will
share. Your safety is important to us. We have sent
you information about being online and you can
watch this video:
https://youtu.be/iCs3aJYXLwo
What will you change about the way you work online to be safer?
Values
Values are important to us and something we take
account of when we are delivering learning.
The values we work with are:
 Respect and tolerance

 Democracy
 The rule of law
 Individual liberty
Give an example of how you will apply these values in your learning and what you expect the tutor
to do for you in lessons.
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Task 3: Initial assessments
Complete the diagnostic assessment on the BKSB platform.
You have already completed your initial assessment on BKSB as part of
the enrolment process. This helped us allocate you to the best course for
you. As a reminder this is the link:
https://centralbedfordshire.bksblive2.co.uk/
Open via Chrome or Microsoft Edge and login with your email address and password as you did
previously. If you don’t remember your password your tutor can reset this.
Please read through the attached information about how to access the platform and complete the
diagnostic assessments over the next two weeks.
These will help your tutor set the correct level for your Functional Skills course and provide a
bespoke learning plan via the platform to help with your learning.
How did you find these assessments? Explain in the box below.
Complete your Cognassist Assessment

If you haven’t already, please make sure this assessment is
completed.
The assessment helps us to understand the way you learn and

any additional learning support you may need through the
course and any potential exam access arrangements.
Please advise your tutor if you had support in previous learning or at school.
If you have had any issues connecting with the Cognassist please let us know:
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Financial support with barriers to learning.
In cases of hardship, we might be able to help with costs, for example travel and childcare, if they
are a barrier to you participating in learning.
To find out more please contact us via email at academy@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
During sessions
Sometimes during sessions, we might screen capture group work or make a short recording. This is
so we have what we need to evidence learning as you work towards your learning aims and
objectives. The material is not used in any way other than to evidence learning.
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to the promotion of equality, diversity, and inclusion in all its activities, and
seek to remove any barriers to learning that may exist, through:
 An inclusive and welcoming environment

 Provision of inclusive learning that meets individual and group needs.
 Respecting and valuing each other
 Co-operating and sharing ideas.
 Openness, honesty, integrity and trust
 Clear and effective communication
Learner feedback
After workshops and courses, we will ask you to complete an online learner satisfaction survey so
you can feedback about what worked well, what could be improved and to let us know about your
key learning achievements. Your feedback is important to us and helps us to develop and improve
our provision.
You can, of course, feedback to your tutor at any point during sessions or email
academy@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Please let us know it’s going well or whether there is an area we might improve on.
What to do if you have a problem

If, at any point in your learning journey with us, you have a problem, issue or concern or things just
aren’t working well for you please talk to your tutor, call 0300 300 8131 or email
academy@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
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Contact your tutor on
Call: 0300 300 8131
Email: academy@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Call: 0300 300 4181
Email: rebecca.sutton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

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Get Started with English

A 4-week course prior to starting functional skills.

Who is your tutor? Rebecca Sutton

Task 1: Who you are in your own words

 Your previous experience of learning

 What qualification you are hoping to achieve

Check out the “Policies and documents” and “Safeguarding our

Who would you contact if you had a safeguarding concern?

The values we work with are:

 Respect and tolerance

Complete your Cognassist Assessment

The assessment helps us to understand the way you learn and

To find out more please contact us via email at academy@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.

 An inclusive and welcoming environment

What to do if you have a problem

Call: 0300 300 4181

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