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ESOL Funding Workshop

October 2014

Agenda

10.35 Full overview of the ESOL qualification and funding rate changes

Nick Linford, Director at Lsect and author of the Hand-on guide to post-16 funding

11.50 Break for refreshments

12.10 Curriculum planning and funding implications for ESOL providers

Stephen Hewitt, Strategic funding, enrolments and examinations manager at Morley College

13.00 Break for lunch

13.50 Q&A session with awarding organisations

Patrick Craven, Head of Learning and Assessment Design, City and Guilds UK

Janet Golding, ESOL Development & Support, Trinity College London

Dawn Smith, ESOL Development Manager, Ascentis

14:30 Q&A session with the Skills Funding Agency

Ann Grant, Head of Funding Policy Implementation at the SFA

15:00 Sharing curriculum ESOL planning plans for the full range of learner needs

James Cupper (chair), NATECLA's new co-chair and the ESOL Manager for the Working Men's College

Jennie Turner, NATECLA Management Council and ESOL Manager at Greenwich Community College

Laila el-Metoui, NATECLA Management Council, London branch chair and Morley College ESOL teacher

15:30 End

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Do you have any concerns about

ESOL funding for this year (2014/15)?

35 delegate responses

yesterday afternoon (3/4

have some concern)

Full overview of the ESOL qualification

and funding rate changesNick Linford

Director at Lsect and author of the Hand-on guide to post-16 funding

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SFA funding arrangements for this year

Or tinurl:

http://tinyurl.com/

lwpevxv

Official link:

https://www.gov.uk/gov

ernment/publications/es

ol-qualifications-interim-

arrangements/new-

qualifications-and-credit-

framework-english-for-

speakers-of-other-

languages-skills-for-life-

qualifications-funding-

arrangements-for-2014-

to-2015#contents

2. This note sets out the funding arrangements for the new QCF

ESOL Skills for Life qualifications and confirms that the Skills

Funding Agency (the Agency) will stop funding the existing ESOL

qualifications from 31 December 2014. However, continuing

learners will be able to complete their existing qualifications.

http://tinyurl.com/lwpevxv

1. In May 2014 we issued a note setting out interim funding

arrangements, up to 31 December 2014, for the current suite of

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) qualifications

[£300 for one unit and £724 for full certificate]. Since that time

the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)

has accredited new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)

ESOL Skills for Life qualifications. These are operationally

available for delivery 2014 to 2015.

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You would expect to find these 20 new QCF ESOL qualifications per awarding org, such as these for Ascentis

Learning aim Learning aim title

60143265 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Reading) (Entry 1) (QCF)



60143277 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) (Entry 1) (QCF)

6014273X Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) (Entry 2) (QCF)


60143253 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and Listening) (Entry 1) (QCF)



60142819 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Reading) (QCF)

60142790 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) (QCF)

60142807 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and Listening) (QCF)




60143022 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (Entry 1) (QCF)

6014080X Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (Entry 2) (QCF)


60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF)



Level

E1

E2

E3

E1

E2

E3

E1

E2

E3

1

1

1

2

2

2

E1

E2

E3

1

2

https://hub.imservices.org.uk/Learning%20Aims/Pages/default.aspx

ESOL%skills for life%QCF

Currently there are 80 QCF

ESOL learning aim on LARS

(Ascentis, NOCN

Pearson/Edexcel, and C&G), but without funding rates

The 20 Trinity and 20 Cambridge

do not appear at all (but are on http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/)

Tips for finding the new QCF ESOL qualifications on the Learning Aims Search Facility

The QCF ESOL learning aims should be on the SFA catalogue by the November edition

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualifications-simplified-funding-rates-2014-to-2015

Expect this to be sorted bymiddle to end of November

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1.In the funding year 2014 to 2015, the Agency will fund new QCF ESOL

in line with single rates as set out in the funding matrix.

Matrix funding band Base rate

Awards (1 credit) £50

Awards (2 credits) £100

Awards (3-5 credits) £150




Certificate (13-24 credits) £724

Certificate (25-36 credits) £1,265

Diploma (37 to 48 credits) £1,987



Diploma 133 credits or more) £6,602

Ascentis | Cambridge | NOCN

Pearson/Edexcel | Trinity

Reading (6 credits)

Writing (9 credits)

Speaking and listening (12 credits)

Full certificate (27 credits)

Learning aim Learning aim title





6014273X Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) (Entry 2) (QCF)












6014080X Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (Entry 2) (QCF)




Level Credits Rate

E1 6 £300

E2 6 £300

E3 6 £300

E1 9 £450

E2 9 £450

E3 9 £450

E1 12 £600

E2 12 £600

E3 12 £600

1 6 £300

1 9 £450

1 12 £600

2 6 £300

2 9 £450

2 12 £600

E1 27 £1,265

E2 27 £1,265

E3 27 £1,265

1 27 £1,265

2 27 £1,265




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Matrix funding band Base rate

Awards (1 credit) £50






Certificate (13-24 credits) £724

Certificate (25-36 credits) £1,265




Diploma 133 credits or more) £6,602

City and Guilds

Writing E1-E2 (9 credits) E3-L2 (11 credits)

Speaking and listening E1-E2 (11 credits)

Full certificate E1-L2 (29, 32 or 34 credits)

Reading E1-E3 (9 credits) L1-L2 (11 credits)

Speaking and listening E3-L2 (12 credits)

ESB and EMD ESOL

qualifications?



BUT…

The new full QCF ESOL certificate has a funding rate of just £1,265.

If you delivered this 450 hours when loadbanded in 2012/13 the rate

would have been £2,615

£2,615 / 450 hours = £5.81 per hour in 2012/13

So to earn the £5.81 rate you would only need to deliver

£1,265 / 5.81 = 218 hours

SFA challenge…how to pay providers more for the new qualifications

when they are delivered over a long duration?

Matrix rateHours (at 2012/13

£5.81 per hour)

£300 52

£450 77

£600 103

£1,265 218

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1. In addition to these [matrix] rates, colleges and training

organisations (providers) offering these new qualifications can claim

additional funding using the ‘non-regulated’ funding mechanism to take

account of any shortfall in funding resulting from the rates matrix. This

means that for learners undertaking their QCF ESOL qualification,

where single rates do not provide enough funding to cover costs, the

provider can add to this using the ‘non-regulated’ mechanism.

SFA solution…

2. You can record the additional funding using ‘learning aim class codes’

and as such we will fund it using providers’ planned guided learning hours.

This is the same approach used for non-regulated ESOL provision and is

explained in the Funding Rates 2014 to 2015 and Appendix H of the

Individualised Learner Record (ILR) specification. Learning support is also

available for ESOL learners where required, in accordance with our

Funding Rules.

3. We have agreed this approach following consultation with the

Agency’s Funding External Technical Advisory Group (FETAG) and it is

intended to reflect the diverse nature of the ESOL learner intake. It

retains the use of the matrix but enables ‘top-up’ where necessary, and

only for those learners where the single rate is insufficient to complete

their QCF ESOL qualification.


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4. These ‘top up’ arrangements do not apply to learners whose

main learning aim is non-regulated provision.

5. The new QCF ESOL qualifications will be approved automatically

for delivery and included in the Simplified Funding Rates Catalogue,

due for publication in November 2014. They will also appear on

the Learning Aims Search Facility in the Hub two to three weeks after

publication of the Catalogue. Qualifications will be backdated to

their operational start date.


Non-regulated ESOL learning aims

Learning Aim Title Hour Value Funding Rate £

Z0004306

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Entry Level, ESOL,

Up to 12 hrs Up to 12 £50

Z0004307


13 to 20 hrs 13 to 20 £100

Z0004308


21 to 44 hrs 21 to 44 £150

Z0004309


45 to 68 hrs 45 to 68 £300

Z0004310


69 to 92 hrs 69 to 92 £450

Z0004311


93 to 100 hrs 93 to 100 £600

Z0004312


101 to 196 hrs 101 to 196 £724

Z0004313


197 to 292 hrs 197 to 292 £1,265

Z0004314


293 to 388 hrs 293 to 388 £1,987

Z0004315


389 to 580 hrs 389 to 580 £2,573

Z0004316


581 to 1060 hrs 581 to 1060 £4,170

Z0004317


1061 + hrs 1061 + £6,602

Entry Level

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Z0004318

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 1, ESOL, Up to

12 hrs Up to 12 £50

Z0004319

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 1, ESOL, 13 to

20 hrs 13 to 20 £100

Z0004320


44 hrs 21 to 44 £150

Z0004321


68 hrs 45 to 68 £300

Z0004322


92 hrs 69 to 92 £450

Z0004323


100 hrs 93 to 100 £600

Z0004324

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 1, ESOL, 101

to 196 hrs 101 to 196 £724

Z0004325


to 292 hrs 197 to 292 £1,265

Z0004326


to 388 hrs 293 to 388 £1,987

Z0004327


to 580 hrs 389 to 580 £2,573

Z0004328


to 1060 hrs 581 to 1060 £4,170

Z0004329


+ hrs 1061 + £6,602

Level 1



Z0004330

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 2, ESOL, Up to

12 hrs Up to 12 £50

Z0004331


20 hrs 13 to 20 £100

Z0004332


44 hrs 21 to 44 £150

Z0004333


68 hrs 45 to 68 £300

Z0004334


92 hrs 69 to 92 £450

Z0004335


100 hrs 93 to 100 £600

Z0004336


to 196 hrs 101 to 196 £724

Z0004337


to 292 hrs 197 to 292 £1,265

Z0004338


to 388 hrs 293 to 388 £1,987

Z0004339


to 580 hrs 389 to 580 £2,573

Z0004340


to 1060 hrs 581 to 1060 £4,170

Z0004341


+ hrs 1061 + £6,602

Level 2

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Topping up example 1

Learning aim Title Level Matrix rate

60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) 1 £1,265

Provider plans = 450 hours

Matrix rate £1,265 / £5.81 = 218 hours

Amount of topping up needed = 232 hours

Learning aim Qualification and top-up Matrix rate

60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) £1,265

Z0004325

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 1,

ESOL, 197 to 292 hrs £1,265

£2,530


Learning aim Title Level Matrix rate

60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) 1 £1,265





60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) £1,265

Z0004324

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 1,

ESOL, 101 to 196 hrs £724

£1,989

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Learning aim Title Matrix rate

6014273X Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) E2 £450

60142674 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and Listening) E2 £600





6014273X Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) E2 £450

60142674

Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and

Listening) E2 £600

Z0004310

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision,

Entry Level, ESOL, 69 to 92 hrs £450

£1,500



60142704 Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Reading) (Entry 2) (QCF) £300


Matrix rate £300 / £5.81 = 52 hours



60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) £300

Z0004309

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Entry

Level, ESOL, 45 to 68 hrs £300

£600


60140823 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) £300

Z0004310

Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Entry

Level, ESOL, 69 to 92 hrs £450

£750

But plan an extra hour (121 total = 69 hours topping up) and funding would rise by £150 per enrolment (same as extra £3k for an hour with a group of 20!)

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The topping up value graph and efficiencies

Planned hours Rate

Up to 12 £50

13 to 20 £100

21 to 44 £150

45 to 68 £300

69 to 92 £450

93 to 100 £600

101 to 196 £724

197 to 292 £1,265

293 to 388 £1,987

389 to 580 £2,573

Planned top-up hours

Most efficient top-up

Topping up hours Rate per hour

1 £50

13 £8

21 £7

45 £7

69 £7

93 £6

101 £7

197 £6

293 £7

389 £7

Least efficient top-up

Topping up hours Rate per hour

12 £4

20 £5

44 £3

68 £4

92 £5

100 £6

196 £4

292 £4

388 £5

580 £4

Q&A

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Break for refreshments

Curriculum planning and funding

implications for ESOL providersStephen Hewitt

Strategic funding, enrolments and examinations manager at Morley College

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ESOL – A Brave New World?

Stephen Hewitt

Strategic Funding & Examinations Manager, Morley College

@stevehewittmis

ESOL

• Let’s not get carried away

• Funding cut from £10/hr (£12 in London) in

2009/10 to under £7/hr for 2014/15

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£-

£500.00

£1,000.00

£1,500.00

£2,000.00

£2,500.00

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

unemployed ESOL

working on benefits ESOL

working ESOL

The average Morley ESOL learner in 12/13

did 193 hours, according to SFA.

How would that be funded over the years?

All rates assume learner is doing Full

Certificate ESOL

07/08 Automatic full

funding removed, still OK

on Working Benefits

11/12 full funding for

unemployed only, also

removal of Programme

Weighting

13/14 Transitional fudge

means funding will match

12/13, also removal of

separate Basic Skills

Disadvantage category

Fudges: don't have 06/07 loadband rate so averaged,

have gone with "pure values" rather than provider factor

for the PF years for consistency, assumes completing and

achieving throughout

08/09 move from

Loadbands to per hour

funding

15/16

assumes

new,

larger QCF

progs will

be on

matrix

ESOL

• I AM NOT A TEACHER!

• All the following applies to 19+ ONLY

• All funding values are Matrix values which isn’t what a learner actually generates!

• New quals will need thinking about carefully

• How many hours will it take to teach a credit?

• Will “lean” providers need more hours?

• …and therefore fewer learners?

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Speaking &

Listening

Speaking &

Listening

Speaking &

Listening

Writing

Writing

Writing

Reading

Reading

Reading

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

QCF

Model

Termly

model

NQF

Model

ESOL

• If you’ve always done 3 sets of

exams/assessments:

– Can you fit all of S&L in before Christmas?

– If you can, that’s great!

– If not, what’s the plan?

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Morley’s NQF Structure 13/14

Term 1

Non-Regulated

c. 50 hrs

£300

Term 2

NQF Speaking & Listening

c. 60 hrs

£300

Term 3

NQF Full Certificate

c. 60 hrs

£724-300

Morley’s 14/15 Structure

Term 1

Non-Regulated

c. 50 hrs

£300

Term 2

QCF Award in S&L

c. 60 hrs

£724-300?

Term 3

QCF Cert in ESOL

c. 60 hrs

£1265-724?

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Morley’s 15/16 Structure???

16 September – 24 January

QCF Award in S&L

£600

27 January –25 April

QCF Award in Writing

£450

28 April – 11 July

QCF Award in Reading

£300*

*actually, what happens here?

Don’t Over-claim!

• S&L generates £600

• Writing generates £450

• Reading (and therefore full cert) generates

£1265 – (£600+450) = £215!!!

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Big programme?

• Watch out for the loadbands!

• Delivering 180 hours non-reg on top of 220

hrs for the Cert is a bad idea!

• If it’s more than 340 total it needs to be 420

– But then probably no more than 440…

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£/GLH 13/14

Unlisted 12/13

Graph to show where

“loadbands” are above

and below 12/13 funding

of £5.81 per hour

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GLH Bands point at which band is

below 12/13 funding

0-12 9

13-20 18

21-44 26

45-68 52

69-92 79

93-100 n/a

101-196 125

197-292 218

Q&A session with

awarding organisationsPaul Craven, Head of Learning and Assessment Design, City and Guilds UKJanet Golding, ESOL Development & Support, Trinity College LondonDawn Smith, ESOL Development Manager, Ascentis

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Q&A with awarding organisations

2. When will the new qualifications be ready for tutors/managers to

have a look at? Will any training for tutors be available and if so when?

1. What are the main changes to the qualifications?

3. Why did City and Guilds develop difference sizes?

5. If a learner has completed E2 speaking and listening, for example

in previous years, can they now 'go back' and take the reading and

writing at E1 if they never achieved E1 full award?

4. How do ‘spikey profiles’ work with the new ESOL qualifications

Q&A session with the

Skills Funding AgencyAnn Grant, Head of Funding Policy Implementation at the SFA

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Q&A with the SFA

1. After how many hours can we start adding top ups?

2. How will you monitor and or audit ESOL topping up?

3. Will the topping up option be available in the

future? Will ESOL funding be stable now for a while or

are there any other anticipated changes?

Q&A with the SFA

4. For 16 to 18 year olds on the current ESOL

aims….what is the impact of the changes?

Learning aim Learning Aim title Level

Z0002130 Non regulated provision, Entry Level, ESOL E

Z0002131 Non regulated provision, Level 1, ESOL 1

Z0002132 Non regulated provision, Level 2, ESOL 2

The 16-18 non regulated aims

5. What does the SFA think the impact on success rates will

be from using non-regulated aims to top up the funding. Or

will these be excluded from success rate calculations?

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Sharing curriculum ESOL planning plans

for the full range of learner needsJames Cupper, NATECLA's new co-chair and the ESOL Manager for the Working Men's College

Jennie Turner, NATECLA Management Council and ESOL Manager at Greenwich Community College

Laila el-Metoui, NATECLA Management Council, London branch chair and Morley College ESOL teacher

Q&A with colleges

2. What are your models of delivery and fees?

1. I'd like to know how other colleges are structuring their

courses; whether they are tending to use standalone

qualifications or full qualifications

3. How do ESOL learners fare when they progress to

Literacy curriculum area? Are they re-assessed and come

out at a much lower level? what exams can they take?

4. Are any providers offering both (free) Functional Skills

and (co-funded) quals to ESOL learners? If so how is this

managed in terms of recruitment to the right courses?

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