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This competition has been designed to focus on all the essential skills needed for a successful career within the Digital Skills industries. The competition provides an opportunity for young people who may be aspiring to work in the IT industry, or in any job where it’s important to have good Digital, IT skills and knowledge, to showcase their talent and demonstrate their journey towards work-readiness. Some examples of the job roles available might be:
The competition is largely practical and are open to people working up to Level 1 and are designed so that there is a clear line of sight to appropriate jobs, impacting on economic growth and personal success
Word-Processing
Formatting Content
Organising Content
Organising and Analysing Data
Formatting Data and Content
Managing Data and Workbooks
Enhance learner preparation for competition with pressure tests (part of our benchmarking resources) to help master their technical skills, and mindset masterclasses to build personal skills.
The Foundation Skills competitions have been created to showcase the skills of students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), additional learning needs (ALN), or who require additional support for learning (ASL), who are currently undertaking a course with an FE or training provider at Entry level or level 1.
This is an individual competition.
Registrations open at 9am on Monday 3 March and will close midnight Friday 28 March.
Entry Stage will be open between Wednesday 9 April with a final deadline of 30 April, 2025.
Qualifiers will take place in June 2025 at the Nuneaton.
To help finalists prepare ahead of the UK Final, we will provide relevant technical training and share mindset development techniques, to support them to remain focused on achieving success.
Prepare students and apprentices by engaging with our benchmarking resources to master their skills and mindset masterclasses to build confidence and resilience on the WorldSkills UK Learning Lab.
The National Finals are scheduled to take place in Wales during the week beginning 24 November, 2025.
Competitors who are age eligible and have achieved the benchmark score will be invited to opt into Squad UK during December 2025 for the WorldSkills 2028 Cycle, subject to the skill progressing to the international competition cycle.
