Press release: Equal opportunities for people who use British Sign Language

For the first time, British Sign Language (BSL) will be accepted as an alternative qualification to functional skills in English for apprentices where BSL is their first language.Functional skills are qualifications that help people gain the essential, practical skills in maths and English they need and enable them to be confident in life and work.This change will mean that apprentices will be able to take BSL as an alternative to functional skills in English - removing the unnecessary barrier t