The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) Regulations 2000

Key Skills

5.  In these Regulations “key skills” means those skills known as—

(a)application of number;

(b)communication;

(c)information technology;

(d)working with others;

(e)improving own learning and performance; and

(f)problem solving,

which are taken into account by the Secretary of State in approving qualifications under section 400 of the Act.