I have a D grade in GCSE English (I do have other c+ GCSE's but not listing them all), as well as a BTEC in Music, an NVQ l3/apprenticeship completion as an Electrician, and a functional skills level 2 in English + IT, I was looking at the operator technical intelligence role, hopefully I can eventually train to be a linguist - I am particularly interested in this as I have a keen interest in languages and I like learning languages as a bit of a hobby, and so the thought of learning new languages and being paid, (albeit possibly not so useful operational ones) really interests me. I think I would be well suited to the role and I would enjoy it a lot, however I believe I am being let down by my lack of an English grade C, I know with testing I could probably test at a C or even higher, but I just didn't try hard enough when I was 16. Will the army recognise functional skills level 2 as an equivalent and is there any flexibility on this? (Given it's also a 'Priority' role?)