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...

3.5 programmes of work take account of community and employer needs.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the context of offenders on community supervision means...

3.5.1 course planning is informed by an analysis of the literacy, numeracy and ESOL skills needed to function effectively on community supervision, in the workplace and in the wider community.
3.5.2 employers are consulted about their needs in relation to literacy, numeracy and ESOL skills in the workforce.
3.5.3 employers’ needs in relation to literacy, numeracy and ESOL inform course planning.

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