Eligible programmes
To be eligible for Intensive Literacy and Numeracy funding, programmes must:
- be delivered at no cost to learners
- be provided in regions of highest literacy and numeracy skill needs as identified by the appropriate regional statement
- deliver a minimum of 100 direct learning hours per funded learner place within a 5–20 week period
- deliver to either:
- a minimum of 80 individual students within the contracted calendar year if in areas of high need and high population density.
- a minimum of 30 individual students within the contracted calendar year if in areas of high need and low population density.
- employ appropriately qualified and experienced educators1
- use an appropriate structured learning context linked to the Learning Progressions for gaining literacy and numeracy skills for workforce participation
- articulate explicit learning outcomes
- contribute to the overall network of provision.
Providers must undertake an initial assessment near the beginning of the learning, and a progress assessment undertaken near the end of the programme using a formal assessment process to identify learners’ literacy, language and or numeracy gains made against the Learning Progressions. This is done using either the:
1 Appropriately qualified teaching staff will have specific qualifications relating to teaching adults literacy and numeracy. This would include the National Certificates in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Educator) or (Vocational / Workplace) qualifications or other appropriate qualifications. All teaching staff are expected to have experience in literacy and numeracy teaching. Note that qualifications focusing on language teaching only would need to be supported with evidence that the teacher also has specific literacy and numeracy teaching experience.