A college viewpoint

Lisa O’Loughlin

Principal

The Manchester College

The Manchester College

MOL

Novus

Total People

LTE group

KEY THE LTE GROUPGM HQNATIONAL DELIVERY

Total People13 Locations

N West, Cheshire & GM

£22 million turnover

Staff

Novus National Delivery including London

Prisons£95 million

turnover6 Regions

2,500 Staff

The Manchester College 10 Campuses in Manchester

£65 million turnover20,000 Students

1,200 staff

MOLNational Delivery

£4 million turnover1,200 staff

Core team of 30 with over 100 associates

Already exists as a commercial entity–wholly owned company limited by

shares

Proposed company limited by guarantee, with charitableStatus & designated FE status

Proposed company limited by guarantee, withcharitable Status & designated FE status

Group services – proposed company limited by shares

Commercial entity – proposedcompany limited by sharesProposed company limited by guarantee, with

charitable Status & designated FE status

Interim Board structure now in place

Board of Governors

(Statutory Corporation)

15 Sep 2015, 8 Dec 2015

22 March 2016, 19 July2016

FE

18 Nov 2015

24 Feb 2016

15 Jun 2016

22 Jul 2016*

HE

24 Nov 2015

10 Feb 2016

8 Jun 2016

22 Jul 2016*

Apprenticeships

29 Sep 2015

12 Jan 2016

27 Apr 2016

5 Aug 2016

MOL

30 Sep 2015

13 Jan 2016

4 May 2016

12 Aug 2016

Justice

6 Oct 2015

19 Jan 2016

19 April 2016

26 July 2016

Remco (as necessary)

Appointments (as necessary)

Audit (4 Govs)25 Nov 15, 3 Mar 16,

29 Jun 16Cross group

committees

Division boards (remit of quality, HR,

performance, risk management and finance as it

relates to each division)

Investments (tbc)

Estates Strategy (tbc)

Policy to implementation – Context

Since the 2010 Coalition, there has been a major shift in public policy which has both directly affected FE directly or indirectly particularly when set against the backdrop of local challenges

Local:

Population challenges and

competition / new entrants

Deprivation and low

attainment challenges

Economic challenges such

as: Higher level skills gap

Devolution and Economic

development

National:

Qualification Reform

Quality expectations

Reductions in funding

Reductions across the Public Sector

New policies around Economic

Development, Devolution and Mayors

Population trends – GM consolidated 2012 – 2020 (16-18 year olds)

• ‘Pop Group’ population data is used as the basis for future enrolment assumptions.

• Demographic data analysed by cohort (16,17 and 18 year olds) and by GM Borough

• Annual movements calculated between 2015 and 2020.

• Population trend across GM is for declining 16-18 numbers.

• After 2020 there is an upward trend in the population

• Different population trajectories across authorities

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Devolution the Greater Manchester population challenge

Increasing competition

based on reputation:

Buildings

Ofsted

Transport Offer

Location

Devolution and the Manchester challenge

Changed LMI and skills needs

Demographic Youth & Adult + 20%

Troubled Families

Historical Schools Performance

Economic Growth & Infrastructure

Development

Level 4+ Gaps

Extremes e.g. HE participation 6% - 62%

Wage of Manchester Residents vs.

Manchester Workers

Working tax credit bill and employment

benefit bill

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Level 4+

Entry to Level 2

Exit Academies, new schools liaison team

Treble apprentice provision, develop traineeships

Curriculum review, & reshape

Pathways Level 2 to Level 7

Subsidised Programmes from Commercial Income

Youth offending, troubled families, end to end

Partnerships & Collaborations• MMU• College Cambria

Timeline of the challenge

2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

• English and maths funding condition introduced

• Common qualifications and technical qualifications introduced

• Nearly 30% reduction in AEB

• GCSE EBACC introduced

• ABR

• FE Commissioner

• IoT first mooted

• AEB skills partially devolved

• Learner loans

• New Ofsted CIF

• New Ofsted CIF

• Free schools and academies expansion

• FE, HE and skills moved from BIS to DfE

• Reform of functional skills

• National Colleges

• FDAP/TDAP

• Reform of GCSE and A level

• Merger of EFA and SFA

• Reform of Functional skills

• Technical and Further Education Act 2017:

IfA/insolvency regime for FE

• Changes to sub-contracting guidance

• Office for Students (Higher education and

Research Act 2017)

• RoATP

• TEF

• Loss of transitional funding protection

• Capacity Building for Technical and Professional

• Switch from apprentice standards to frameworks

• Implementation of work placement pilot

• GDPR impact

The 3 Year Leadership Challenge

A 24% REDUCTION IN FUNDING (£4M) TO

AEB MAY 2015, FURTHER 5% IN JULY.

• Announcement in May – >100 staff to lose by

August / 90 day notice period

• Curriculum planning revisions across > 100

programmes

• Resource challenges of mixed groups

• Stakeholder engagement

• Economic impact – cuts and changes look like

failure to stakeholders

• Infrastructure/capacity building to deliver

12,000 entries to English and maths

qualifications

• 3,000 GCSE qualifications

• The transition and data sharing challenge

• The E&M teacher recruitment challenge

MATHS & ENGLISH MANDATION

The 3 Year Leadership Challenge

STUDY PROGRAMME – WORK

EXPERIENCE

• Curriculum planning and reshape

• Infrastructure/ capacity building to deliver

5,000 study programmes

• Capacity building to deliver work experience

for > 3,000 students

• Adult and Youth staff are the same

team…rapid staffing reductions/growth

destabilise

• Qualification reform

• E&m achievement

• New CIF expectations – Capacity takes time to

build

• New performance measures

QUALITY

A consideration for policy makers

Change in policy is to be expected, however the

frequency and speed of change has been extensive

ABR: Larger colleges are able to

achieve financial sustainability

Resource change well and

insulate against future economic

challenges

Ofsted: Medium to large

colleges take longer to

implement change

The frequency and pace of

change impacts quality

SUSTAINABILITY QUALITY

PACE AND FREQUENCY

vs

Work Placements

Design & Development

Delivery of T levels

Sept – Dec 17 Jan – July 18 July –

Dec 18

Sept

2020

Sept

2021

Sept

2022

Implementation plans Funding Work placements launched

Development of Principles

Development of Outline content

Procurement

Initial launch x T levels

Launch 6 T levels

Full rollout of T levels

T-Level Timeline

Next steps:

• Public consultations (to be confirmed);

• Continued engagement with providers, employers and the sector.

THANK YOU

ANY QUESTIONS?