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This fact sheet looks at the question of the extent to which educational qualifications can be used to predict literacy and numeracy levels. This question arises in a number of contexts from recruiting staff, deciding who to target literacy and numeracy programmes to and understanding the overall literacy and numeracy skills of the population. The fact sheet shows that literacy and numeracy levels are related to educational qualifications. However, educational qualifications do not provide a robust way of predicting the literacy levels of individuals and should be used with caution. Educational qualifications can provide a limited means of determining the literacy and numeracy abilities of groups. For example, they can be used to identify potential target groups for literacy and numeracy programmes or to provide some understanding of the social and economic outcomes of different levels of literacy and numeracy.