Isle of Wight Council
Adult Learning Plan
2003-2004
Executive Summary
1.
Introduction
From 1st April 2001 the
funding for Adult Learning moved from the LEA to the Hampshire and Isle of
Wight Learning + Skills Council. Funding was guaranteed until July 2003 at the
previous level on submission of Adult Learning plans for the period 01/01/2001
– 31/07/2002 and 01/08/2002 – 31/07/2003 prior to the proposal to introduce
formula funding from 2003/4. The Learning + Skills Council have decided not to
move to formula funding in 2003/4 but to allocate funding at a similar level
including an inflationary element.
2.
Funding
The provisional allocation for the Isle
of Wight LEA for 03/04 is:-
Main ACL Grant 176,556
Family Learning 31,214
Family Literacy 50,064
Adult Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant 2,893
Total 260,727
3.
Format of Plan
The local LSC requested the Adult
Learning Plan of 2003/4 should include the following details:-
4.
Review of
01/02
The annual monitoring report for 01/02
submitted to the LSC details the individual targets set and actual numbers
achieved from all contracted provision. With the exception of the Adult
Education programme delivered by the Isle of Wight College all providers
exceeded their target learner numbers. In total 2251 learners participated in
01/02 with an average retention of 91.7%.
New programmes were introduced which
aimed to:-
The ALP 01/02 contracted with the
following providers:-
An external evaluation was commissioned
of all core and project programmes to evaluate achievement of overall aims, key
objectives and targets and to analyse the impact of the programmes in:-
The evaluations also made
recommendations for further development of the programmes.
5.
Review of
02/03 Autumn Term
There are no changes to the contracted
provision from 01/02 in the 02/03 Autumn Term. The following table details the
learner numbers at the end of the Autumn Term.
|
Learning
Provider |
Type
of Provision |
Learner No’s Autumn 2002 |
Target No’s 02/03 |
|
Isle of Wight College Adult Education Isle of Wight College Learning Opportunities East Cowes Family Learning Centre WEA Platform One Isle of Wight Council Arts Units |
Adult
Education Community
Basic Skills Family
Learning & Family Literacy & Numeracy Widening
participation & Social Inclusion Widening
participation & Social Inclusion Widening
participation & Social Inclusion Total: |
891 0 176 133 87 60 1347 |
1801 40 207 85 90 105 2328 |
The community
basic Skills programme is currently being developed and will commence in the
Spring Term. In addition the Creative ICT programme will also commence in the
Spring Term. The learner numbers on the WEA programme include learners on the
Keeping Up With The Kids ICT programme that commence late in 01/02.
6.
Proposed
Programme 03/04
Subject to
sufficient funding from the LSC it is proposed to continue with the current
contracted provision as detailed below. The Adult Education target has been
reduced on the 02/03 target and is based on a 3% growth on the 01/02 actual
learner numbers.
Leaning Type of Provision Target Approximate
Provider Organisation Learner No’s Contract Value
IW College FE Adult Education
1545 50,000
IW College FE Community Basic Skills 120 10,000
EC Family LEA Family Learning & Family 250 149,000
Learning
Centre Literacy & Numeracy
WEA Voluntary Widening Participation 90 10,000
Organisation & Social Inclusion
Platform
One
Non Profit Making Widening
Participation 120
22,000
&
Social Inclusion
IW
Council LA Widening Participation 100 3,000
Arts
Unit &
Social Inclusion
The
key priorities of the 03/04 ALP are:-
·
Widening participation.
·
Social Inclusion.
·
Family Learning.
·
Quality Assurance.
·
Partnership Working.
·
Developing Links with Community Development Service.
The planned 03/04 programme supports
the priorities of the Local Learning Partnership Business Plan objectives of:-
·
Basic Skills.
·
Achievement and Retention.
·
Quality.
·
Access to Learning.
And supports the Local LSC priorities
of :-
·
Widening Participation.
·
Family Learning.
·
Basic Skills.
·
Capacity Building.
7.
Business Plan
03/04
A Business Plan has been developed for
the 03/04 programme with the Key outcomes as detailed below:-
8.
Self
Assessment Review 2003
A self assessment review has been
completed which is to be submitted with the Adult Learning Plan to the LSC at
the end of March. The review identifies the Key objectives and weaknesses of
the LEA Adult & Community Learning Programme as detailed below and gives
overall grades for Leadership and Management (3), Equality of Opportunity (3),
Quality Assurance (3), Areas of Learning (3).
Key
Strengths
Key
Weaknesses
Other
Improvements Needed
A Development Plan for 03/04 has been
produced to work with ACL contracted providers to build on the strategies and
address the weaknesses and other improvements needed.
9.
Additional
Funding Requirements
During the initial planning meetings
with the LSC the need for additional funding was identifies for the following
areas:-
10.
Extension of
Programme
If additional LSC funding is made
available, programmes can be developed which build on the ESF/LIF funded
projects Carnival Island and Families Learning in Island Partnerships,
extension of creative arts projects i.e.: ‘Telling Tales’ and developing new
learning programmes with Isle of Wight Libraries utilising ‘Peoples Network’.
Prepared by: Jo Treagus, Lifelong Learning Officer. 18/02/03
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