Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
National Probation Service
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...

3.2 the 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 context of offenders on community supervision means...

3.2.1 all courses and programmes are developed within the national standards, the core curricula, and, where appropriate, the pre-entry curriculum framework.
3.2.2 course planning takes into account the skills learners need to progress to more advanced programmes.
3.2.3 when planning courses, staff take into account the literacy, numeracy and ESOL skills that offenders need to understand what is required of them as part of community supervision.
3.2.4 courses are planned in ways that reflect learners’ needs in relation to employment.

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