ORGANISATION Basic Skills Agency
ROLE The BSA supports the Government’s Strategies to make sure that:

·        every young child will be prepared for learning on starting school

·        every child will leave primary school with literacy and numeracy skills that equip them to deal with the secondary curriculum

·        every young person will leave school with literacy and numeracy skills that equip them for adult life

every adult will have the ability to read, write, and speak in English [and in Wales, in English or Welsh] and use mathematics at a level necessary to function and progress at work and in society in general. 
CONTACT DETAILS Commonwealth House
1–19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1NU

Telephone 020 7405 4017

Website:
http://www.basic-skills.co.uk/site/page.php?cms=2&p=757