# Standards

Two national frameworks, two different licences.


## AI foundation skills for work

Skills England · 28 January 2026 · https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-foundation-skills-for-work

- Three domains: technical, non-technical, and responsible and ethical AI foundation skills, with six competencies across them

Open Government Licence v3.0 — reusable and adaptable, including commercially, with attribution. The exact competency-to-domain mapping is pending a check against the published benchmark.


## Essential digital skills standards: 2026

Department for Education · 15 July 2026 · https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-digital-skills-standards-2026

- Five levels, Entry 1 to Level 2, updated and expanded in response to technological change, including artificial intelligence

Crown copyright. The qualifications behind it have not been rewritten and no implementation date has been set. Read the licence statement before adapting rather than citing.


## What is tagged so far

- What AI at work actually means — Skills England: Technical AI foundation skills
- Try one for the first time without giving anything away — Skills England: Technical AI foundation skills
- Is it safe to put this in? — Skills England: Responsible and ethical AI foundation skills; Department for Education: Being safe and legal online, Level 2
- Asking for something and getting it first time — Skills England: Technical AI foundation skills
- Checking the answer before you send it — Skills England: Responsible and ethical AI foundation skills
- Find a file you saved and cannot find again — Department for Education: Handling information and content, Entry Level 3
- Tell a real message from a fake one — Department for Education: Being safe and legal online, Level 1

**The gap, stated.** A statement-by-statement mapping that anybody could audit does not exist yet. No page here claims alignment until it does.