Linkage Further Education College Matthew Orford Education Director/ Principal Karen Bowden – Programme Area Manager Michele Swann – Corporate Excellence Manager Sally Warr – Learner Engagement Manager Social Impact Evaluation using Social Return on Investment

National Audit Office Report (NAO) Department for Education (DfE) oversight of Special Education for Young People aged 16 to 25 (published on the 4/11/13) Cost of supporting a person with moderate learning difficulty from age 16 to 64 is £2-3m Providing learners with skills to live semi independently saves £1m on that figure and progressing them into employment saves another £170,000 NAO wanted to build on this analysis of lifetime benefits and costs so that the relationship of special education interventions to longer term outcomes can be better understood

Linkage Further Education College Matthew Orford Education Director/ Principal Changing views…..changing lives

4 Key Findings: (i) Annual funding received from the Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding Agency (ii) Annual intake of learners

5 Changing views…..changing lives Scope of Report: Higher level of independence Lower level of independence Move onto HE and then employment Move back in with parents

Changing views…..changing lives

Discuss in your groups……What would the individual life outcomes be if your college had not interacted with learners?

Changing views…..changing lives The Challenge In your groups……. Identify how your organisation can use this information to justify the cost /benefit of Specialist Provision?

Thank you for participating Changing views…..changing lives