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title: Can assessments for Functional Skills English be taken in any order?
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# Can assessments for Functional Skills English be taken in any order?

## Yes! For Functional Skills English qualifications, TQUK does not prescribe a particular order and permits assessments to be taken in any order to support flexibility and to cater to individual needs and circumstances.

Yes! For Functional Skills English qualifications, TQUK does not prescribe a particular order and permits assessments to be taken in any order to support flexibility and to cater to individual needs and circumstances.

There are no dependencies between assessments, and a learner does not need to have passed one assessment to undertake another.

Remember: for Functional Skills Maths qualifications, there is only a single assessment.

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