Skills for Life: Everyday Law
Everyday law is one 10 hour Pearson unit that learners combine with others into a Pearson Skills for Life or Skills for Work Award, Certificate or Diploma, at any level from Entry 1 to Level 2. Learners learn about human rights, responsibilities, types of law such as criminal and employment law, how laws affect daily life and different people, and what they would do in scenarios to contribute to a just and equitable society. The centre sets and marks the assessment. Literacy sits in using legal vocabulary, describing and explaining rights, laws and their impact, responding to scenarios, and research, discussion and presentation. Annexe C records no direct numeracy link.
- Awarding body
- Pearson
- Level
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Guided learning hours
- 10
- First taught
- September 2027
- Amount of literacy work
- Medium
- Amount of numeracy work
- Low
- Specification
- Open the specification
How this unit is assessed
- Entry Level (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3): One assessment criterion at each of Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3: state, outline or identify basic facts and concepts about everyday laws, rights and responsibilities, with set minimum numbers of rights, responsibilities, laws and ways to contribute to a fair society. There are no mandatory evidence requirements. Evidence is internally assessed by the centre, using the Pearson Authorised Assignment Brief or its own assignment, and quality assured through Pearson standards verification. 10 guided learning hours, graded Pass or Fail.
- Level 1 and Level 2: One assessment criterion at each of Level 1 and Level 2: describe (Level 1) or explain (Level 2) how legal concepts affect daily lives and how people can contribute to a just and equitable society, covering at least three rights, responsibilities and types of law, their impact, and decisions in real-life scenarios. There are no mandatory evidence requirements. Evidence is internally assessed by the centre and quality assured through Pearson standards verification. 10 guided learning hours, graded Pass or Fail.
Skills that use Vocabulary, spelling, grammar
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Using the vocabulary of rights, responsibilities and law
Learners state (Entry 1), outline in their own words (Entry 2) or identify (Entry 3) rights, responsibilities and laws, and from Entry 3 name types of law such as criminal and employment law with examples. Level 1 learners name and describe laws such as theft, assault, minimum wage and discrimination, and Level 2 learners may refer to Acts of Parliament. This is required by the assessment criteria.
Literacy: Vocabulary, spelling, grammar, Clarity and vocabulary
Getting pupils ready
- Year 7
- Pupils match key words such as right, responsibility, law and crime to their meanings and use each in a sentence about school.
- Year 8
- Pupils sort example laws into criminal law and employment law and write a one line definition of each type.
- Year 9
- Pupils write a glossary of ten legal terms, including Act of Parliament, discrimination and minimum wage, with an everyday example for each.
Show the specification wording and the LNF statements
Where it is in the specification: Unit SfL 9, assessment criteria Entry 1 to Level 2, page 46; Essential information for assessment decisions, pages 47 to 48
“Learners can name and describe different laws, such as criminal law”
Progression step 3
I can use varied, appropriate and precise vocabulary including area of learning and experience/discipline-specific words for different purposes.
I can express issues and ideas clearly using area of learning and experience/discipline-specific vocabulary and examples.
Progression step 4
I have experienced a range of area of learning and experience/discipline-specific and general academic vocabulary, and can use them in my own communication.
I have experienced a range of area of learning and experience/discipline-specific and general academic vocabulary, and can use them in my own communication.
Good to know
- The unit is Unit SfL 9 and the unit summary lists it at "10" guided learning hours, half the 20 hours of the WJEC unit of the same name (Unit summary, page 5).
- Entry 1 evidence can be very light on writing: it "may be demonstrated through matching or sorting activities" (Essential information for assessment decisions, page 47).
- Level 2 needs extended answers: learners "explain, with detailed accounts, at least three types of law, rights, and responsibilities" (Essential information for assessment decisions, page 48).
- Command words are defined in the glossary, for example Describe means learners "give a clear account in their own words" (Part B Glossary, page 152).
- Legal content must be current and relate to Wales: "centres must ensure that it is current, up to date and relates to the legislative context of Wales" (Units, page 11).
- AI use must be acknowledged: "If AI is used, the final submission must be in the learner's own words and reflect their own effort" (Requirements relating to permitted/prohibited resources, page 49).
- There is no assessed numeracy: Annexe B leaves the Numeracy Links column blank for SfL 9 and Annexe C records "No direct link" (pages 157 and 161), even though examples such as the minimum wage appear in the guidance.
Links with other qualifications
The WJEC Skills Suite has its own Everyday law unit at 20 guided learning hours, which asks learners to use legal terms such as contract and consent, compare sources of legal advice and justify a recommendation, and includes some cost and value numeracy; the Pearson unit is 10 hours, centres on human rights, criminal and employment law and decisions that contribute to a just society, and has no numeracy. Explaining rights and the impact of laws on different groups links with GCSE Social Studies and with the discussion and explanation in GCSE English Language. Within the WJEC Skills Suite the closest units are Rights and responsibilities in the workplace, Democracy in action and Equality, diversity and inclusion.
Source: Pearson Entry Level 1 to Level 2 Skills for Life Award, Certificate and Diploma Qualifications specification, Issue 1, August 2026, Unit SfL 9: Everyday law.