Report Archives

New to ESOL and New to Literacy Learning Report

The report summarises the research stage of the ‘Learners New to ESOL’ project. Review of existing research and policy as well as discussion of original practitioner research on the provision of ‘pre-Entry’ and Entry Level 1 ESOL.

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Board Composition Survey

A survey of board composition across FE and Sixth Form Colleges.

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Innovation in FE

This report is based on fifteen interviews conducted by the team into the topic of Innovation. They reviewed practices and successes both inside the FE sector and outside it.

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Organisational Resilience toolkit

Based on an organisational resilience tool developed for the Australian Government, as part of the Strategic Leadership Programme.

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CAVTL One year on review

The CAVTL report articulated a vision of a first-class VET system, which develops the ability to perform in a job, and provides a platform for occupational, personal and educational progression.

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Summary paper and conclusions: the characteristics of pre-vocational programme design and delivery

The Foundation, with active support from Ofsted and guided by a small external Steering Group, conducted a focused inquiry into the design and delivery of pre-vocational programmes.

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It’s about work: Excellent adult vocational teaching and learning

The summary report of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning about the future, not about the past, and the role of vocational teaching and learning in supporting individuals, businesses and communities to grow and succeed.

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International perspectives on prison education: reducing reoffending

This report brings together the findings of a review of relevant literature, contact with the national administration of statistics of the country and interviews with a range of stakeholders associated with prison education.

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SIR Interim Dashboard – Offender Learning – 2015

This report analyses offender learning workforce data from the academic year 2014-15.

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Successfully using ICT to support learning in the secure estate (link is external)

The recommendations from the report build on where digital literacy is being successfully taught and how this should be rolled out across the whole prison/secure estate.

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