Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18

Skills & Learning Adult Community Education holds a contract for the delivery of Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) funded provision for Adult Skills provision and 16-18 programmes within Dorset. Some of the funding received is allocated to third parties to enable the Service to increase its reach to priority learners. This is what the Service wishes to tender.

The funding paid to the supplier will be 80% of the funding received from the ESFA for each learner recruited. Skills & Learning retain 20% of the funding and this figure represents the total cost that the Service incurs in effectively identifying, selecting and managing all sub-contracted provision. Skills & Learning is looking for bidders, with a proven track record of ESFA delivery to Young People, who can :•Recruit priority learners aged 16-18 (or up to 24 with EHCP) who are or are at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training).

This may include learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities . •Deliver a high-quality provision that will increase their employability and wellbeing. For example, by improving their: English, Maths and digital skills, work-skills and general employability behaviours, as relevant to the workplace.

•Understand the priorities and workings of the ESFA •Contribute to local area skills needs as identified by Skills & Learning ACE in the Accountability Agreement and the Dorset Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) •Maintain a quality of delivery that will be judged at least ‘good’ by Ofsted •Achieve a high level of learner outcomes, both in terms of success rates and positive progressions from their programmes for learners.

1 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 24 months in total