The policy timeline presented in this document is a working document which forms part of a mixed methods study of Mathematics in Further Education Colleges (MiFEC) funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The documentary evidence includes reports published over a 22-year period between 1996 and 2018 by a range of stakeholders. Through a process of selection and review, the aim was to identify the key findings and how they may, or may not, have shaped the course of mathematics policy in post-16 education. Documents were selected according to their relevance to either post-16 mathematics education, or vocational education, or relevant wider reforms. These fell into four broad categories: • legislation and government consultation; • published reports led or commissioned by government; • published reports from other national organisations and stakeholder groups; • published documents on curriculum developments from a range of sources. The documents have been assembled into a timeline and the key messages summarised for each report (although these are not reported here). Other contextual changes have also been added to the timeline. Carefully chosen sector experts, each with specific knowledge and long experience in a relevant area (e.g. mathematics education, vocational education, government policy), reviewed and validated the timeline. This resulted in the following core dataset of 116 documents. The results of this study of mathematics policy in Further Education over time are reported in two academic papers (See Dalby, D. and Noyes, A. 2020. The waxing and waning of functional skills mathematics . Journal of Vocational Education & Training, pp.1-20. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13636820.2020.1772856). Since this is a working document, we would welcome comments and suggestions for improvement by email to Diane Dalby [email protected]. YEAR 1996/1997 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 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 2016/17 2017/18 Coalition: David Conservative: John Labour: Tony Blair; Labour: Gordon Brown; Conservative: David Cameron: Conservative: Conservative: Theresa Conservative: Theresa Government Major; Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Labour: Tony Blair Gordon Brown Labour: Gordon Brown Labour: Gordon Brown Coalition: David Cameron Coalition: David Cameron Coalition: David Cameron Coalition: David Cameron Coalition: David Cameron Cameron; Theresa May David Cameron (May May May (May 1997) (July 2007) (May 2010) (July 2016) 2015) Secretary of State for Gillian Shephard/David David Blunkett/Estelle Estelle Morris/Charles Charles Clarke/Ruth Kelly Ruth Kelly; Alan Johnson Alan Johnson/Ed Balls Ed Balls/Michael Gove Michael Gove/Nicky Nicky Morgan/Justine Justine Greening/Damian David Blunkett David Blunkett David Blunkett Charles Clarke Ruth Kelly Ed Balls Ed Balls Michael Gove Michael Gove Michael Gove Nicky Morgan Justine Greening Education Blunkett (May 1997) Morris (June 2001) Clarke (Oct 2002) (Dec 2004) (May 2006) (July 2007) (May 2010) Morgan (July 2014) Greening (July 2016) Hinds (Jan 2018) 1999 June White paper, 2000 Learning and Skills 2001 White Paper, 2002 Education Act 2003. Green Paper, 14- 2005 February White 2006 White paper, 2007 Further Education 2008 Education and Skills 2010 Children, Schools 2011 Education Act 2014 Children and 2016 July White paper 2017 January Green Learning to succeed: a Act Schools: Achieving 19: Opportunity and paper, 14-19 Education Raising skills, improving and Training Act Act and Families Act Famiies Act Post-16 skills plan paper Building our 1996 July Education Act new framework for post- Success excellence. and Skills life choices Industrial Strategy 16 learning 2002 Green Paper, 14-19: 2003 July White paper 2005 Education Act 2006 Education and 2007 Green paper, Legislation and Extending opportunities, 21st century skills: Inspections Act Raising expectations: 1997 Education Act consultation raising standards. realising our potential staying in education and training post-16. 2005 March White paper, Getting on in business, getting on at work. 1996 March. Dearing. 1997 June Kennedy 2000 August DfEE 2001. DfEE. Skills for Life: 2001 DfES Payne Patterns 2003 DfES Payne 2004. February. Smith. 2006 December 2007 November Queen's 2009 November BIS Skills 2010 October BIS FE and 2011 December 2012 October Lingfield 2013 October BIS 2014 September BIS October 2015 CSEC&BIS 2017 January DfE Post-16 2017 Nov DFE Effective Review of Qualifications Learning works: widening Learning to succeed: The National Strategy for of Participation in full- Vocational pathways at Making Mathematics Prosperity for all in the speech Intention to raise for growth: the national Skills STEM data report Employer ownership of Professionalism in International survey of Report on Numeracy Education, skills and maths participation in practice in the delivery Government reports: for 16-19 Year Olds participation in further Raising standards in post- Improving Adult Literacy time education after 16 age 16-19 Count (post-14 maths) global economy Leitch school leaving age to 18 skills strategy (RAE) skills pilot: our vision. Further Education adult skills productivity - 2014-15 and teaching of English general & mathematics education. 16 learning (technical and Numeracy Skils review UKCES commissioned research and Mathematicsto16-18 consultation document) year olds 1997 DfEE Investing in 2001 Aim Higher 2002 April DfES Roberts 2003 DfES Skills for Life 2004. October Tomlinson 2007 July World Class 2008 March DCSF 2010 November Whilte 2011 DfE Government 2013 March Employer 2013 December. Policy 2015 July CESC 2016 April Sainsbury 2017 Feb CESC 2018 Feb DfE Young People: aiming to Initiative SET for Success focus on delivery to 2007 14-19 Curriculum and Skills (response to Leitch Promoting achievement, paper The Importance of response to Wolf report ownership of skills: statement on 16-18 Core Apprenticeships and report on technical Recruitment and Longitudinal survey of increase participation in (announcement) Qualifications Reform. review) valuing success teaching. Building momentum. Maths quaifications traineeships for 16 to 19 education retention of teachers adult learners: final post-16 education UKCES years olds. research report. (announcement) 2002 June DfES Success 2003 Skills for Success - 2004. DfES. Managing 2011 BIS. Skills for Life 2011 CESC Participation 2013 April CESC From 2015 BIS Reviewing post- 2016 July BIS Post-16 2017 March Second joint for All - discussion what the skills strategy Success Survey. by 16-19 year olds in GCSEs to EBCs: the 16 education and training Skills Plan report of Business, document means for business education and training Government's proposals institutions Energy and Industrial for reform Strategy and Education Committees 2002 November DfE 2011 March Wolf Review 2012 April CESC Great 2013 DfES Payne Choice 2017 July Smith review of Success for All - vision for of vocational education teachers - attracting, at the end of post post-16 mathematics the future training and retaining the compulsory education best 2011 June DfE Evaluating 2017 July Government mathematics pathways: response to Smith review final report. 2011 July CESC The English Baccalaureate 1998 January FEFC Key 1999. Moser. Improving 2000 Ofsted & FEFC & 2002 June Mathematical 2004 January CEE 2004 Education 2006 July ACME 2006 November NRDC 2008 July NCETM The 2009 February ACME 2010 Nuffield Values and 2011 January CEE 2011 November NIACE+ 2012 November RAE FE 2014 March ETF Strategic 2014 November UKCES 2015 October Ofsted 2016 OECD Building Skills 2018 Rodeiro Which Skills in FE: good practice literacy and numeracy: A TSC. Pilot of new key Skills in the workplace Regional variations in Maintenance Allowance Mathematics in FE Embedding literacy, organisation of Position Statement on variables Crawford Meschi & A dynamic nucleus, STEM data project report consultation: Maths and Employer perspectives Increasing provision in for All: A review of students benefit Other reports: general & report Fresh Start skills qualifications. adult and vocational introduced nationwide Colleges language and numeracy mathematics in colleges Qualifications in Vignoles Educational colleges at the heart (3) English report survey English and maths England fromretakingMathematic mathematics learning Mathematics at Level 3 choices and institutional oftheir communities through strategic s and from 2011 value planning EnglishGCSEs post-16? 2009 June Education for 2010 OECD The high cost 2011 February NIACE 2011 MEI Position 2012 December ACME 2014 C&G Sense and 2014 December ETF 2015 November ETF Key 2017 April Ofqual All Nuffield Review of 14- of low educational Numeracy Counts statement: maths for Post-16 mathematics: instability, three decades Effective practices in issues for education and Perceptions Survey 19 education and training performance post-16 Planning for success. of skills and employment post-16 vocational training Wave 15 report policy maths 2010 July ACME Post-16 2011 April Ofqual 2013 March CAYT 2014 AELP & ETF English 2015 Feb NIACE Engaging 2016 OECD Skills Matter: in 2016 Review of functional (Crawford & Cribb) and maths in learners in GCSE english Further Results from the skills standards in Reading and maths skills apprenticeships and maths