Natspec Principals’ Event
Looking to the Future
12 October
Peter Lauener
Chief Executive, Young People’s Learning Agency
Chief Executive Designate, Education Funding Agency
Championing Young People’s Learning
Provision for learners with LDD
post 16 – facts and figures
Learners accessing provision in general FE
Additional Learning Support (16-18 year olds):
2008/09 - 846,327 learners - total ALS spend = £222,317,736
• 128,474 learners in receipt of ALS (15%)
• 6,593 in receipt of ALS over £5,500 (5% of ALS learners)
• Average ALS for those in receipt of ALS over £5,500 = £9,327
2009/10 – 869,435 learners - total ALS spend = £228,517,920
• 135,245 learners in receipt of ALS (15%)
• 6,975 in receipt of ALS over £5,500 (5% of ALS learners)
• Average ALS for those in receipt of ALS over £5,500 = £9,339
Provision for learners with LDD
post 16 – facts and figures
Placements
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Total LDD Budget
£236M
£250M
£258M
Placements (includes
independent specialist providers,
specialist placements at FE,
£19k+ Additional Learning
Support in GFE)
£215.7M
£246.7M
£251.3M
Provision for learners with LDD
post 16 – facts and figures
Independent Specialist Providers - location
Provision for learners with LDD
post 16 – facts and figures
Placements at Independent Specialist
Providers
2009/10
2010/11
Day
Residential
Total
Placements
Placements
Learners
1,068
2,591
3,659
1,244
2,441
3,685
Average Cost
per Learner
2009/10
2010/11
Day
Residential
Placements
Placements
£41,515.67
£63,383.16
£42,023.53
£64,964.81
Learners
Provision for learners with LDD
post 16 – facts and figures
Placements at Independent Specialist Providers
Funding
2009/10
2010/11
Funding
2009/10
2010/11
Day Placements
Total
Placement
£44,338,738.43
£52,277,273.24
YPLA/LSC
£43,656,306.00
£51,302,479.00
Residential Placements
Total
YPLA/LSC
Placement
£164,225,759.98 £151,766,746.00
£158,579,112.09 £143,585,996.00
Other Agency
£682,432.43
£974,794.24
Other Agency
£12,459,013.98
£14,993,116.09
Note: Total Placement is the full cost of the placement which is funded by YPLA (LSC for
2009/10) and other agencies eg Social Care, Primary Care Trusts.
SEN/Disabilities Green Paper
Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational
needs and disability
Consultation: 9 March to 30 June 2011 - 2,378 responses received
Vision: to put in place a radically different system to support better life outcomes
for young people; give parents confidence by giving them more control; and
transfer power to professionals on the front line and to local communities
• 0-25 system including more aligned funding pre and post 16
• Education Health and Care Plan (EH&C Plan)
• Greater control and choice for learners and their parents/carers
Green Paper Pathfinders: In September, the Government announced there
would be 20 pathfinders, covering 31 local authorities and their Primary Care Trust
(PCT) partners. They will test out the main proposals in the Green Paper.
SEN/Disabilities Green Paper
Chapter 4: Preparing for adulthood
‘Too often, professionals are not encouraged to focus on
young people’s ambitions for adulthood and how best to
help them prepare. Poor planning of support is
exacerbated by a lack of choice and opportunities, for
example, a limited choice of entry-level courses in FE that
do not build on what has gone before, or prepare for life
and work; poor quality work experience; and a lack of
supported employment opportunities to help them
prepare for, find and retain work.’
SEN/Disabilities Green Paper
Chapter 4: Preparing for adulthood
It is proposed to take forward a programme of action across government
and with local partners, setting out more detail by the end of this year, so
that by 2015 disabled young people and young people with SEN will have:
• early and well-integrated support for, and advice on, their future as part of
the proposed birth to 25 single assessment spanning education, health,
social care, and support into employment;
• access to better quality vocational and work-related learning options to
enable young people to progress in their learning post-16;
• good opportunities and support in order to get and keep a job; and a wellcoordinated transition from children’s to adult health services.
Progression post-16 for learners
with LDD – Ofsted, August 2011
‘Too few young people with learning difficulties and/or
disabilities progress from school to complete programmes of
learning in post-16 settings which develop greater
independence; lead to further study, supported or open
employment; or provide skills for independent living’
Progression post-16 for learners
with LDD – Ofsted, August 2011
Key findings include:
•
Information provided by focus groups and local authorities, and evidence
from visits to providers, demonstrated that the availability of provision at
post-16 varied considerably.
•
Learners on mainstream provision, including apprenticeship programmes,
who were receiving additional support, were well supported.
•
Foundation learning programmes were successful for learners whose main
goal was to progress to level 2 provision or higher. But for those learners for
whom this was not a main goal, they were too narrowly focused on
accreditation.
•
Where learners had made the transition to the post-16 sector, the success
rates for supported learners in the providers visited compared well with
those of their peers.
•
Too little is known about the destinations of learners once they leave post16 provision, particularly once they reach the age of 19 or 20.
Progression post-16 for learners
with LDD – Ofsted, August 2011
Recommendations include:
DfE together with BIS should:
• ensure that learners can access equitable funding and quality of provision
irrespective of the post-16 setting in which they study
• ensure that outcomes from all types of provision are monitored locally and
nationally, so that the effectiveness of the provision in different settings can be
evaluated.
Local authorities should:
• ensure, where applicable, that social services and health services are fully involved
in the transition process at all stages
• build on the expertise within the post-16 sector and the third sector, to improve
local capacity, particularly for learners with the most profound and complex needs.
Providers should:
• offer programmes which provide an appropriate level of challenge and prepare
learners for progression to the destinations that match their long term goals
• continue to work in partnership with other providers and third sector organisations
to maximise the specialist resources in the locality, and increase the range of
options for learners with the most complex needs
National Audit Office study on LLDD
The approved study concept focuses on whether government has sufficient
assurance about the value for money achieved from funding special
educational provision for young people aged 16-25. It will focus primarily on
the Department for Education, but will also cover the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills, since the latter provides some additional funding to this
area. It will aim to assess:
1) whether, consistent with their roles, the Departments, the YPLA/SFA and
Local Authorities have sufficient and appropriate information to support
decision-making;
2) whether the available information indicates that, overall, value for money
is being achieved; and
3) the indicative impact on life outcomes for students, and on the public
purse, of any current limitations in achieving value for money.
Public accounts committee – 9 November 2011
Discussion/summary
1. Reduced bureaucracy/simplification including a joined up system pre and post
16 (YPLA/EFA are also to combine the three current LDD budgets) – greater
clarity and control for young people and their parents/carers including
personalised budgets
2. Education, health and care plan – joined up approach to meeting the needs of
the young person and enabling better planning/development of the provision
needed with a clear focus on the enabling the young person’s long term
goals/outcomes and increased learner/parental choice
3. Greater focus on partnership working: providers with other providers; providers
and agencies; interagency working to develop the provision needed and to
make best use of the resources and expertise available and ensuring value for
money
4. And more generally – the changing landscape - Government’s commitment to
competition – Free Schools, Academies etc, funding simplification, local
authority commissioning….
Natspec Principals’ Event
Looking to the Future
12 October
Peter Lauener
Chief Executive, Young People’s Learning Agency
Chief Executive Designate, Education Funding Agency
Championing Young People’s Learning