Adult Learning and Skills Framework

Creation of a new open Framework using Light Touch Regime (LTR) For Adult Learning and Skills. Please follow this link to register and apply https://atamis-7669.my.site.com/s/Welcome

The Adult Skills curriculum focusses on providing individuals with ‘routeways to success’, primarily into employment / more sustainable employment, but also to further learning as part of an individual’s progression.

It includes:

support for 4 legal entitlements for eligible adult learners as set out in the Apprenticeships, Skills and Children Learning Act 2009, and enables eligible learners to be fully funded for the following qualifications:

English and maths up to and including level 2 for individuals aged 19 and over who have not previously achieved a GCSE grade A* to C or grade 4 or higher, and/or have been assessed as having an existing skill level lower than grade 4 (even if they have previously achieved a GCSE or equivalent qualification in English or maths)

first full qualification at level 2 for individuals aged 19 to 23, and/or

first full qualification at level 3 for individuals aged 19 to 23

Essential Digital Skills qualifications (EDSQs) or Digital Functional Skills qualifications (DFSQs), up to and including level 1, for individuals aged 19 and over, who have digital skills assessed at below level 1

our “Routes into…” programme which focusses on a range of employment sectors / vocations which align to those identified in the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), by West Sussex Department of Work and Pensions and Jobcentre Plus colleagues and WSCC colleagues.

Adult Skills is primarily focussed on regulated qualifications but may include specific non-regulated provision, particularly English, Maths, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Essential Digital Skills for individuals who:

are assessed as requiring additional support and development in order to be ready to progress to a qualification or engage with employment,

require independent living skills or engagement in learning which supports them to operate confidently and effectively in life and work.

Adult Skills learning aims must be approved for use by the DfE.

Adult skills fund: funding rules for 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)