How do you measure outcomes for the 80 per cent of the Adult Education Budget that is distributed through grant funding to FE colleges and other providers?

All GLA-funded adult education providers report data on learners through the Department for Education’s Individualised Learner Record (ILR). The ILR details how many learners successfully complete their course and provides some limited information on learner destinations if populated by the provider. See here for previous publications of AEB data.

To improve the data collected on learner destinations and the social outcomes of adult learning I have launched my pioneering London Learner Survey. The survey is delivered in two parts – a baseline survey completed at the start of the course and a follow-up survey completed five months after the end of the course to capture the changes in learners’ lives post learning.

There are seven priority learner outcomes areas measured through the survey. These are progression into employment, progression in work, progression in further education, improved wellbeing, improved social integration, improved self-efficacy and participation in volunteering.