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Spanish educación secundaria obligatoria (eso) vs uk gcse (years 10 & 11)

We have an apprentice who is a British National that has studied the Key Stage 4 GCSE equivalkent of the Spanish Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) and passed English and Maths with grade 7 and 6 respectively. Research of several Government education web sites clearly suggest that their Spanish grades are equivalent to grades in the UK GCSE system. However the apprentice is being asked to sit functional skills level 2 exams (not even a GCSE resit type exam) as part their apprenticeship. I am trying to get an answer from the ESFA but making the lad do this does not seem logical. What is the rule regarding this please?