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Adult Learner-Responsive Funding
Funding Supportclass
Nick Linford
Special Adviser on Funding and Performance
2nd December 2009
Maple House - Birmingham
Adult funding in 2010/11
Skills for Growth and SIS
Published
11/11/09
Published
18/11/09
“Show me the money”
Budget line
(£000’s)
ALR
2010-11
(financial year)
£ shift from
09-10
% shift from
09-10
£1,604,150
- £81,395
SMO & YPG
£157,400
+ £109,400
19+ Apprentice
£398,410
+ £8,496
+ 2%
Train to Gain
£983,371
+ £57,710
+ 6%
ASL
£210,000
£0
OLASS
£134,828
+ £2,198
£3,488,159
+ £96,409
Total
- 5%
+ 128%
0%
+ 2%
+ 2.8%
Skills Investment Strategy
Reductions (contribute to £240m efficiency savings):
> Co-funding reduced from 52.5% to 50%
> 3% cut in Adult Learner-Responsive funding rates (excl. YPG and SMO)
> 3% cut in 19-24 Apprenticeship rates
> 6% cut in Train to Gain (T2G) funding rates
> 12.7% cut in funding rates for 25+ apprenticeships
> Skills for Life weighting down from 1.4 to 1.2 (excl. entry numeracy)
> Developmental learning cut 44% funding (£144m) & 63% (370k) learners
> Scrap TtG units, co-fund repeat TtG L2s & lower rate for large employers
Prioritisation
> Focus on Entry 3 numeracy (incl. new tenders for up to three providers)
> £266m for four types of adult employability programmes (up 178%)
> Apprenticeships at Level 3 for 16-30 year-olds (75% target incl. HE)
> Priority sectors (incl. advanced manufacturing, digital and low carbon)
> Prioritise training, as opposed to delivery models with assessment only
Skills Investment Strategy
Also:
> Employment White Paper due – change fee remission rules for unemployed?
> Strengthen role of SSCs and RDAs (SFA will ‘deliver’ RDA strategy)
> 1000 “golden hello” up to £1000 for best apprentices going to HE
> Fees review commissioned (mandatory minimum fees for 2011/12?)
> Total participation due to fall 80k, which would be more without
280k TtG increase, reliant on significant delivery of co-funding
> “greater autonomy for FE colleges that demonstrate excellence”……
> Priority QCF quals to be L2 or L3 certs or diplomas (not awards nor units)
> Skills Accounts offered in 10/11 to use in 11/12 “trebling the number
of places a learner can attend” (ending college monopoly of ALR?)
> Adult advancement and careers service (aacs) launched in August 2010
> Another new name for FLT? Was changed to FL, now FLC?
> New definition of developmental learning that excludes Level 4?
> Participation budget for 10-11 includes anticipated but unconfirmed £118m
> Last small print:“where tendering is required allocation may be after April”
Oh, and…
Do the numbers in the investment strategy add up?
> 2010/11 ALR funding components are £21m less than total
> 2010/11 Employability and Skills Programme is £58.9m on
page 10 and £67m on page 19
> TtG £983m financial (page 10) & academic (page 18) year
> Wishful thinking that TtG participation will rise by significant
co-funded non-target bearing L2s being delivered?
> Many TtG starts from Aug ’10 if tap turned on in Apr ’10?
> What’s the £117.6m unallocated and unconfirmed?