Annual Report 2018/19 Our Mission: To provide outstanding community and skills learning that meets the needs of learners, communities and local businesses.

Our Values: Our Strategic Objectives: Outstanding Learning & Support Learners Professional staff 1. Providing learning which is enjoyable, To keep learners at the To develop a motivated, successful and promotes health and centre of all we do ensuring committed, caring and wellbeing as well as progression to their safety and wellbeing, professionally qualified further study or work providing effective support workforce delivering 2. Providing outstanding guidance and and involving them in outstanding results. support at all stages of the learner planning and improving our journey services. Inclusivity & Innovation Curriculum and Quality Governance and Leadership 3. Promoting an inclusive and supportive To provide easy access to high To be a high performing, culture of high expectations in which quality provision which meets ambitious provider through diversity is valued and learners are the local needs and provides strong governance and safe and can excel clear progression routes for inspiring leadership and learners. management. 4. Aspiring to excellence and innovation in everything we do; involving Teaching, Learning and Finance and Resources learners and stakeholders in decision Assessment making and improving services To ensure a robust financial To develop inclusive, position in a time of reducing Achieve & Celebrate inspirational and innovative Government funding 5. Celebrating learner and staff teaching, learning and through efficiencies, targeted achievement and success assessment which enables growth, diversification and 6. Achieving high learner and employer learners to thrive and make development of shared satisfaction, providing excellent value substantial and sustained services. for money progress. Collaborate & Invest 7. Investing in the development of our staff so they can best contribute to our success 8. Collaborating and leading in strategic partnerships with local communities and businesses 9. Providing excellent learning facilities and a flexible service responsive to local priorities

Page 2 Annual Report 2018/19 Chair and Principal’s report

Welcome

We are pleased to present our report for 2018- We have an inclusive group of learners. Two thirds 19. This has been an exciting and inspiring year. of our learners are from a black, Asian or minority We are proud to have won not just the TES Adult ethnic (BAME) background, a quarter of learners and Community Learning Provider of the Year have a learning difficulty or disability and three out Award 2019 but also the TES Overall FE Provider of 5 are studying at entry level. The proportion of the Year Award 2019. This is the first time this of learners gaining qualifications has remained accolade has gone to an adult education provider. consistently very high and over 91% for the last The judges described the Institute as a great place three years. Different groups of learners achieve to learn. Learners value the open and welcoming equally well irrespective of their gender, level of atmosphere which encourages a mix of different study, disability or ethnicity. groups of people to work together. The quality of teaching and learning has been We have been deeply embedded within our outstanding with interactive and lively lessons. community providing adult learning right across the Learners have been highly motivated, worked borough. We have worked in 44 settings, as well as collaboratively together, gained in confidence our main centre, bringing educational opportunities and most have made excellent progress. A high to those who might otherwise miss out. A great quality curriculum and well established internal example of the work our Family Learning Team progression routes have ensured many learners have done is the development of the Chill with your progress to the next level of study and gain relevant Child programme delivered at primary schools, jobs. giving parents the skills to help support their child’s mental wellbeing. We would like to thank our committed and talented staff, as well as our partners and governors who give their time and expertise throughout the year in the interests of our learners.

Joni Cunningham Margaret Partridge Principal Chair of Governors

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 3 Redbridge Institute has a board of 12 Governors with responsibilities for setting the strategic direction of the Institute. Governors have an essential role in raising standards, ensuring accountability and monitoring Institute performance.

Kathy Atkins Indu Barot Cllr Stuart Bellwood Deanna Clarke Student Governor Student Governor Elected Member Vice Chair Community Interest Governor

Joni Cunningham Olive Hamilton- David O’Donoghue Christina Norman Principal Andrews Business Interest Staff Governor Community Governor

Governance Interest Governor

Margaret Partridge Mo Rahee Cllr. Joyce Ryan Cllr. Anne Marie Chair Business Interest Elected Member Sachs Business Interest Governor Elected Member Governor

Janis Lane Clerk to Governors

Page 4 Annual Report 2018/19 Local challenges in Redbridge

Redbridge is one of the most diverse boroughs in the country with a high percentage of the population (64.5%) coming from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background (average BAME population for London 43.1%). 43.4% of residents were born outside the UK. There are areas of affluence and also areas of deprivation where residents are struggling to meet the rising costs of living. The population is growing and projected to increase by 11% to 336,097 by 2027. • Seven of our 21 wards are among the 20% • Numbers of people accepted as homeless most deprived in England; and and a priority is 4.23 per 1,000 households Clementswood in the south of the borough just below the London average of 5.03 (DCLG are the most deprived wards. The Orchard 2016-17) Housing Estate is in the 10% most deprived • There has been an increase in the number of areas in England children under 16 living in poverty (14.7%) • Economic inactivity (24%)is higher than the London figures (21.9%) The learners benefitting the most from our adult education funding include those learners: • Overall the employment rate is higher ‒‒ who are unemployed for males 80.0% than for females 59.3%; roiis o 2018/19 for Priorities for ethnic minorities, the working age ‒‒ in low paid-paid employment employment rate is 65.3%. ‒‒ economically inactive, needing to retrain including those returning to work • Low pay is a particular issue. 28-32% of jobs being low paid compared to 19% across the ‒‒ with poor spoken and/or written English and whole of London. Women receive only 80% no or low level qualifications of the hourly rate for men working for a ‒‒ with a government entitlement to English similar number of hours per week compared and/or maths qualifications up to level 2 to an average of 87% in the Local London ‒‒ with learning difficulties and/or disabilities sub region. 23% of the employed population ‒‒ with barriers to learning who live in wards were paid below the London Living Wage and neighbourhoods identified as a priority (Trust of London 2018) and 48.7% of by the Council employee jobs were paid below the London ‒‒ who are digitally excluded Living Wage (ONS 2018) ‒‒ with health and wellbeing issues including • 7.9%, of residents have no qualifications, mild to moderate mental ill health higher than the London average of 6.8% with ‒‒ supporting their children’s progress in school a significant divide between South particularly in English, maths, science and and the more affluent Ilford north wellbeing. • 10.5% of Redbridge’s population cannot Other fee paying learners benefit from learning speak English well or at all. (GLA ESOL report which supports their personal development 2017) through enrichment provision including the arts • Just 43% of over 65s have basic digital skills, and languages. compared to 93% of 15 to 24 year olds; this Health priorities and concerns in Redbridge prevents people benefitting from services include: such as banking, shopping and government ‒‒ Increasing trend in recorded diabetes 7.9% tools which are increasingly moving online against 6.1% for London • 25.19% of residents lived in poverty (Trust ‒‒ Increasing trend in obesity in children (year of London) despite 61% of the population 6) 23.8% against 23.6% for London being in employment (GLA 2017) ‒‒ High incidence of TB (value 41.5) against London (value 27)

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 5 7,016 enrolments 83% female 3,946 learners learners

ethnic minority 69% learners 17% male learners with learning learners 26% disability/difficulty

Adult Skills Community Qualification Learning 91.4% Achievement 91.5% Achievement In numbers Community Adult Skills Learning 94.5% retention 94.9% retention National Learner 98% satisfaction score

Community 44 settings

daytime81% learners evening13% learners

Saturday 6% learners

Page 6 Annual Report 2018/19 Income

We were funded by

Expenditure Finance

Enrolments by fee category

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 7 Learners by funding model Adult Loans Other Funding Number of 1.5% 4.4% learners Adult Skills 1,413

24+ advanced 61 Adult Skills learning loans 33.7% Other 183 Community 2,535 Community Learning Learning 60.5% Total 4,192

Community Learning learners by provision type Learner Numbers

Proportion of new learners

Page 8 Annual Report 2018/19 Learning Areas

Enrolments in: 2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 Health, Public Services and Care 458 500 477 Science and Mathematics 281 251 165 Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care 25 68 59 Informantion and Communication Technology 828 1,244 772 Retail and Commercial Enterprise 14 72 106 Leisure, Travel and Tourism 578 371 509 Arts, Media and Publishing 984 1,155 1,527 Languages, Literature and Culture 376 373 343 Education and Training 90 51 49 Preparation for Life and Work 2,922 2,902 2,136 Business Administration and Law 269 367 322

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 9 Community Learning Achievement Overall achievement for Community Learning is 91.5%. There is no national benchmark for this provision 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 Enrolments 4,017 4,662 4,471 Retention rate % 94.9% 93.0% 95.6% Success rate % 91.5% 89.3% 91.9% Adult Skills Achievement The overall qualification achievement rate (QAR) for our learners in adult skills provision has improved to 91.4%. This is above the national rate of84% 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 National Rate Learner numbers 2,753 2,692 2,001

QAR 91.4% 92.7% 91.2% 84%

The qualification achievement rates (QAR) for our learners on every level are higher than the national rate. 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 National Learner numbers 1,729 1,656 1,083 Entry level QAR 92.2% 94.7% 93.5% 84.9% Learner numbers 593 571 549 Level 1 QAR 90.7% 90.4% 90.5% 84.9% Learner numbers 431 465 369 Level 2 QAR 89.3% 88.6% 85.4% 81.9% Level 3 Learner numbers - - 33 (fundable) QAR - 87.9%

Adult Skills Achievement and progression and Achievement Destination

Page 10 Annual Report 2018/19 Redbridge Institute London Local Authorities Age Group 2018-19 2015-16 Learners % Learners % Under 20 28 1% 910 1%

20-24 88 2% 4,030 5% Age band 25-29 269 7% 8,670 11% 30-39 1,438 37% 22,290 28% 40-49 946 24% 16,350 20% 50-59 569 14% 11,860 15% 60-69 397 10% 9,950 12% 70+ 194 5% 6,610 8%

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 11 Ethnicity

Ethnicity Gender English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British 1,473 Irish 39 Any Other White background 598 Diversity White and Black Caribbean 55 White and Black African 18 White and Asian 19 Any Other Mixed / multiple ethnic background 69 Indian 1,082 Pakistani 999 Bangladeshi 987 Chinese 72 Gender Any other Asian background 540 Female 5,684 African 304 Male 1,132 Caribbean 264 Any other Black/African/ Caribbean background 52 Arab 58 Any other ethnic group 155

Page 12 Annual Report 2018/19 Learning difficulties and disabilities Learning difficulties and disabilities

Learning difficulties and disabilities Proportion of learners Other medical condition 396 with learning difficulties e.g. epilepsy, asthma, diabetes (22.1%) Mental health difficulty (18.8%) 337 or disabilities Not provided (9.9%) 177 Moderate learning difficulty (8.5%) 152 Disability affecting mobility (7.6%) 136 Dyslexia (7%) 125 Other physical disability (4.2%) 75 Other disability (4%) 71 Visual impairment (2.9%) 52 Severe learning difficulty (2.9%) 52 Hearing impairment (2.8%) 50 Prefer not to say (2.8%) 50 Autism spectrum disorder (1.5%) 27 Other learning difficulty (1.5%) 26 Speech, language and communication needs(1.1%) 20 Social and emotional difficulties (0.8%) 15 Profound complex disabilities (0.6%) 10 Other specific learning difficulty (0.5%) 9 Aspergers syndrome (0.3%) 5 Temporary disability after illness or accident(0.3%) 5 Dyscalculia (0.1%) 2

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 13 of our learners said they of our learners said they 87% are satisfied with the 98% would recommend their teaching on their course course to a friend

Redbridge Institute ranked 6th in London and Nationally on the National Learner Satisfaction Survery 2019 Source: National Learner Satisfaction Survey 2019

How learners rated their course At the end of their course learners reported that learning benefitted them in the following ways

Social benefits Taken up a volunteering opportunity (11%) Made new friends (65%) Helped their children with school work (42%)

The extent to which learners’ personal objectives have been met Personal benefits Learnt new skills (85%) Became more active (44%)

Work and career Found a job (6.5%) Learner Evaluations Promotion at work (1.2%) Started a new business (1.4%) How learners rated information, advice and guidance at the end Emotional benefits of their course Improved my confidence (70%) Improved my mental health (28%)

Source: Learner End of Course Survey 2018/19

“… learners to develop their confidence, pride in their work, and motivation to learn, as well as a strong sense of belonging and well-being” Source: Learner End of Course Survey 2018/19 Ofsted report, May 2018

Page 14 Annual Report 2018/19 What our learners said

Shamaila Shahid - Diploma in Early Years Workforce Level 3 My tutor made the course very exciting, she was well organised, knowledgeable and patient. I was always guided all the way through. My tutor always reminded me to be on track and meet the deadlines. Whilst on the course I was offered a part-time job as an early years practitioner in a preschool which fitted round my studies. Level 3 was an intense journey which demanded time, energy, enthusiasm, dedication and motivation. The journey was worth it.

Rumeen Zaman - Diploma for the Children’s Julie Sudhakar - Diploma for the Workforce Level 3 Children’s Workforce Level 3 Redbridge Institute has been my second home for The support and guidance provided the past three years. My perseverance has paid off. I by my tutor helped me immensely to have made friends for life and bonded well with the further my awareness of interpreting nurturing tutors, who have motivated me to progress my skills. It also helped me gain further and next year I will be doing my degree in confidence and when I am at work, Early Years Leadership and Management. I will also if in doubt about anything, I know be starting a new placement as a Learning Mentor at exactly which policies, procedures or a primary school. legislations to look at. Yes, education is important but having the My enhanced understanding of appropriate encouragement, reassurance and Childcare has opened the opportunity confidence from tutors is very important too. to progress further in my career. I have Let the awards keep coming... Redbridge Institute recently been offered the position of deserves it! Deputy Preschool Leader at my setting. This is mainly due to the successful Gulay Rowson - Business Admin Level 2 completion of the Level 3 Childcare The ICT section really helped my with my day to day course. report and my ongoing study. Now I am studying International Business Management at Anglia Ruskin university.

Tanjina Siddique - Preparing to Work in Community Interpreting - Level 2 Undertaking the course has contributed to gaining knowledge about doing community interpreting professionally. I often am in an advantageous position in my organisation because of having a proper award in this specific field which in can implement appropriately when needed.

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 15 Where do our learners live

838 12%

254 4%

Redbridge 5,734 84% Other London boroughs Outside London

Where do our learners learn Live in - Learn

Page 16 Annual Report 2018/19 Monkhams 1 % Hainault 4 % Bridge 2 % Church End 4 % 2 % Roding Fullwell 2 % 6 % 7 % Aldborough 5 % 10 % 2 % Chadwell 8 % Cranbrook 4 % Newbury 6 % 4 % 6 % 3 % Valentines 6 %

Clementswood Wards

6 % May eld 4 % Loxford 6 %

*As from April 2019, ward boundaries have changed

Ward Learners % The seven most deprived Barkingside 581 10% wards in Redbrige Cranbrook 437 8% (which are amongst the 20% Aldborough 412 7% most deprived in England) Newbury 359 6% Ward Learners % Fullwell 355 6% Valentines 369 6% Goodmayes 348 6% Clementswood 357 6% Clayhall 283 5% Loxford 339 6% Chadwell 248 4% Seven Kings 246 4% Fairlop 239 4% Mayfield 242 4% Wanstead 158 3% Hainault 215 4% Snaresbrook 131 2% Roding 124 2% Church End 124 2% Bridge 105 2% Monkhams 62 1%

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 17 Community Settings Venue Enrol- % Venue Enrol- % ments ments Aldborough Primary 25 0.34% Keith Axon Centre 45 0.61% School Loxford Children’s Centre 25 0.34% Avanti Court Primary 3 0.04% Loxford Primary School 44 0.60% School Newbury Hall Children’s 8 0.11% Barley Lane Primary 108 1.46% Centre Central Library 86 1.16% Manford Primary School 4 0.05% Centre For Excellence 11 0.15% Mayespark Primary School 48 0.65% Christchurch Primary 41 0.55% Mildmay Neighbourhood 857 11.6% School Learning Centre Churchfields Nursery 12 0.16% Mildmay Nursery 8 0.11% Cranbrook Primary School 96 1.30% Mossford Green Primary 15 0.20% Farnham Green Primary 31 0.42% School School Newbury Park Primary 40 0.54% Library 72 0.97% RedbridgeCVS 146 1.97% Fullwood Primary School 22 0.30% Redbridge School Childrens 19 0.26% Library 29 0.39% Centre Gearies 4529 61.3% Salvation Army Church 13 0.18% Gearies Primary School 92 1.24% Library 8 0.11% St Lukes Hall 12 0.16% Gilbert Colvin Primary 20 0.27% School St Peter And St Paul’s RC 15 0.20% Primary Goodmayes Library 47 0.64% Tesco Extra, Goodmayes 11 0.15% Goodmayes Primary 210 2.84% Uphall Primary School 70 0.95% School Wanstead House 240 3.25% 88 1.19% Community Association Community Association Community Settings Wanstead Library 26 0.35% Hainault Library 24 0.32% Welcome Centre 9 0.12% Highlands Primary School 104 1.41% Winston Way Children's 22 0.30% John Bramston Primary 9 0.12% Centre School Woodlands Primary School 49 0.66%

Redbridge Institute Learning Centres

Subcontractor

“Leaders and managers maintain highly effective regional partnerships and subcontracting arrangements; this helps ensure that the curriculum addresses local priorities, and that courses take place in a wide range of high-quality and accessible venues within the community” Ofsted report, May 2018

Page 18 Annual Report 2018/19 Redbridge Institute is an established UK Online Centre Centre number: 3453711

Future Digital Inclusion NHS Service

Learners have been supported 67 learners have completed the online through the Good Things Foundation GP services module Learning Platform, Learn my Way. 51 learners have completed the online In 2018/19 there were over 402 NHS Choices guide module registrations and 909 unique logins. Learners completed units such as: • Smart Internet (158 learners) • Keeping your personal information secure online (123 Online Safety learners) • Online shopping (109 learners) 123 learners completed the keeping • Money management (82 your personal information secure learners) online module • Online and mobile banking (95 learners) 71 learners completed the staying • Socialising online (84 learners) safe in the digital world module

• Using a digital camera (74 241 learners completed the evaluate UK Online learners) which websites to trust module • Using online forms (151 learners)

Job searching

73 learners completed the staying Job hunting online module 51 learners completed the National Careers Service website guide module 119 learners completed the search for jobs module

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 19 Projects

Page 20 Annual Report 2018/19 The Worshipful the Mayor of Redbridge, presented awards to the learners they were Councillor Zulfiqar Hussain presented sponsporing. certificates to 30 award winners nominated by Goodmayes Primary School was presented the Institute, RedbridgeCVS and the WEA. with the Redbridge Institute Community Two representatives from the University of Learning Champion Cup and Barley Lane East London, Dr Caroline McGlynn - Academic Primary School with the Redbridge Institute Lead for Pre-Entry Programmes and Gillian Family Learning Champion Cup. Woolley - IAG Manager attended the event and Festival of Learning Awards 2019

Thank you to our sponsors

Annual Report 2018/19 Page 21 Redbridge Institute wins two top awards Overall FE Provider of the Year and Adult and Community Learning Provider of the Year The judges were unanimous in their decision to award overall provider of the year to Redbridge Institute – the first time this accolade has gone to an adult and community learning provider. As the judges put it: “Redbridge Institute has proved you can put the fun back into learning.” TES Awards 2019 The judges described Redbridge Institute as a “great place for adults to learn. “Learners value their open and welcoming atmosphere which encourages a mix of different groups of people to work together,” they added.

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