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Inspection Report Neath Port Talbot Community Learning Partnership 2012 A report on Neath Port Talbot Community Learning Partnership Theodore Road Port Talbot SA13 1SP Date of inspection: November 2012 by Estyn, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales During each inspection, inspectors aim to answer three key questions: Key Question 1: How good are the outcomes? Key Question 2: How good is provision? Key Question 3: How good are leadership and management? Inspectors also provide an overall judgement on the provider’s current performance and on its prospects for improvement. In these evaluations, inspectors use a four-point scale: Judgement What the judgement means Many strengths, including significant Excellent examples of sector-leading practice Many strengths and no important areas Good requiring significant improvement Adequate Strengths outweigh areas for improvement Important areas for improvement outweigh Unsatisfactory strengths The report was produced in accordance with section 77 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000. Every possible care has been taken to ensure that the information in this document is accurate at the time of going to press. Any enquiries or comments regarding this document/publication should be addressed to: Publication Section Estyn Anchor Court, Keen Road Cardiff CF24 5JW or by email to [email protected] This and other Estyn publications are available on our website: www.estyn.gov.uk © Crown Copyright 2013: This report may be re-used free of charge in any format or medium provided that it is re-used accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the report specified. Publication date: 28/02//2013 A report on Neath Port Talbot Adult Community Learning Partnership November 2012 Context The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot has a population of 137,392. The largest town is Neath with a population of 47,020, followed by Port Talbot (35,633), Briton Ferry (7,186), Pontardawe (5,035), and Glynneath (4,368). The majority of the population live in the coastal plain around Port Talbot and the land around the River Neath in the vicinity of Neath. The upland areas are cut by five valleys: Vale of Neath, Dulais Valley, Afan Valley, Swansea Valley, and the Upper Amman Valley. At March 2012 the employment rate in Neath Port Talbot was 60.2% compared to the Wales average of 66.7%. The largest employment sectors in the County Borough are Public Administration, Wholesale, Retail, Transport, Hotels and Food, followed by Production. However, at 29.5% Neath Port Talbot has the highest economic inactivity rate in Wales (22.9%). According to the Office for National Statistics the level of qualifications held by people aged 16-64 in Neath Port Talbot at December 2011 was lower than the Welsh average across all levels. Additionally, 15.5% of this age group have no qualifications, which is higher than the Wales average of 12.3%. Just over 15% of the 91 areas in Neath Port Talbot are in the 10% most deprived areas in Wales (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2011). A major challenge is tackling poor health. The Health, Social Care and Wellbeing plan for Neath Port Talbot (March 2011) identifies that residents experience poorer health than is average for both Wales and neighbouring local authority areas. The area has higher than average rates of stroke attacks, coronary disease and respiratory illnesses. Neath Port Talbot has the second highest ratio per population of the 22 local authorities of people registered as disabled. In Neath Port Talbot, 22% of people over the age of three say they can speak Welsh compared to the Wales average of 26.3%. However, the local authority identifies that there are areas within the County Borough where more than 60% of the population are Welsh speakers. Ethnic minorities account for 2.4% of the population, lower than the Wales average of 3.6%. Neath Port Talbot has a higher number of gypsy travellers than most other local authorities in Wales. The Neath Port Talbot Adult Learning Network The network involves a range of public and voluntary-sector organisations in Neath Port Talbot County Borough including: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council; Neath Port Talbot College; Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services; Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) South Wales; Swansea University Department of Adult Continuing Education; and South West Wales Welsh for Adults Centre. 1 A report on Neath Port Talbot Adult Community Learning Partnership November 2012 The strategic direction for adult community learning provision in the County Borough is overseen by the Adult Learning Network executive involving the Director of Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services, the local authority’s Director of Education, Lifelong Learning and Leisure and the Principal of Neath Port Talbot College. The Neath Port Talbot Adult Community Learning Partnership was last inspected in February 2007. In 2010-2011, providers in the area delivered 4,479 learning activities, funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Neath Port Talbot College was responsible for 80% of these activities and the Workers Education Association delivered 11% of these activities. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council delivered 8% of these activities and YMCA Community College Cymru delivered the remaining 1%. 2 A report on Neath Port Talbot Adult Community Learning Partnership November 2012 Summary The provider’s current performance Adequate The provider’s prospects for improvement Good Current performance The partnership is judged adequate because: learners’ wellbeing is good; in just over half of the sessions seen, teaching is good; strategic management helps providers to work together well; the partnership works well with specialist services to help learners overcome barriers to learning; there is a good ethos of inclusion across the provision, with tutors and staff creating friendly and welcoming learning environments; the partnerships arrangements for planning the curriculum are good and take account of local and national priorities; and the partnership has good arrangements for using resources and securing provision; in particular, most community centres used to deliver adult community learning have good facilities and a few are excellent. However: successful completion rates vary too much between different aspects of the provision; strategic managers do not use performance management information well enough to improve the standards achieved by learners or to inform how well they address their priorities; the partnership does not assess the additional learning needs of learners systematically enough, and as a result they do not always get the support they need to make progress; the partnership has unsatisfactory arrangements for improving quality; the partnership has not carried out a comprehensive analysis of need at a strategic level; the partnership does not have an overarching plan to improve the standards of literacy and numeracy of learners; and the partnership is judged to provide adequate value for money. Prospects for improvement Prospects for improvement are good because: the most senior leaders in the partnership have shown strong commitment to securing the future of adult learning, and as a result the partnership has increased its provision since the last inspection during a period of retraction across the sector; 3 A report on Neath Port Talbot Adult Community Learning Partnership November 2012 partners have improved completion, attainment and success rates across the partnership over the last two years; there is a high level of trust, commitment and co-operation between partners; the two lead partners – Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and Neath Port Talbot College – have a good track record of leading partnerships that improve the quality of education and training and outcomes for learners; there is effective joint planning of the curriculum, involving a wide range of local agencies; the partnership has recently implemented a learner voice and learner involvement strategy, which helps learners to play a part in planning; and the partnership has recently put in place new arrangements to improve how it monitors the impact and implementation of its quality development plan. Recommendations R1 Improve successful completion rates for all learners and make sure that all learners make good progress; R2 improve the quality of teaching across the partnership; R3 improve how well tutors and learners use individual learning plans to plan learning, set realistic goals and monitor progress; R4 improve the use of performance management information to raise the standards achieved by learners and to evaluate how well the partnership achieves its priorities and gives value for money; R5 improve arrangements for the strategic analysis and planning to meet learners’ needs, including raising standards of literacy and numeracy; R6 improve systems for assessing learners’ additional learning needs, making sure that those learners gain appropriate support, and monitor the progress made by learners receiving support; and R7 improve arrangements for monitoring equal opportunities and diversity. What happens next? A team of up to five inspectors will undertake a visit in about one year, for three days, to monitor the network’s progress in implementing the recommendations of the inspection. Inspectors will also carry out observations of teaching and learning and evaluate learner outcome reports. 4 A report on Neath Port Talbot Adult Community Learning
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