Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
The Juvenile Secure Estate for Young People Aged 15-17
How well do programmes and activities meet the needs and interests of learners?

In effective self-assessment, how far learners' needs and interests are met is evaluated by the extent to which...

3.2the curriculum or an individual programme of work is planned and managed effectively to provide coherence and progression.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the juvenile secure estate context means...

3.2.1young people can pursue a personalised learning programme that enables them to move from one level of the national curricula to the next.
3.2.2individual learning plans (ILPs) reflect the whole of a young person's sentence and there is consistency of learning between the custodial and community elements.
3.2.3staff across the regime work together to plan a coherent programme for young people in line with requirements of the national specification for learning and skills.
3.2.4course planning enables young people to progress to more advanced programmes and to suitable, full-time provision when they return to their communities.

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