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Framework for Excellence Local Authorities
Briefing Events November 2009 to January 2010 v0.1
Welcome
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What is Framework for Excellence (FfE)?

• A balanced scorecard which will apply to all
  post-16 providers/institutions, including school
  sixth forms
• For the first time, it will provide public,
  comparable information for schools, colleges and
  training providers
• It will replace the post-16 Achievement and
  Attainment Tables
• Ministerial ownership by DCSF and BIS
• Top level governing body also brings together the
  Association of School and College Leaders, Local
  Authorities, Sixth Form College Forum,
  Association of Directors of Childrens Services
  and Ofsted

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When is FfE happening?

• Implemented from summer 2008 by colleges and
  training providers
• Currently being piloted by over 100 schools and
  22 local authorities
• Planned implementation in schools from 2010 and
  applying to Summer 2011 exam results
• Planned first publication of results for schools
  alongside School Report Card in 2012

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What are the benefits?

• For Local Authorities
• information to inform planning and commissioning
• information to inform decisions to de-commission
• information to improve quality improvement work
  with schools and sixth form colleges
• provider performance data which links closely
  with Local Authority performance data

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What are the benefits (2)?

• For learners, parents and careers advisers
• comparable, objective information to help make
  choices
• For schools and colleges
• clear and transparent national standards agreed
  by all stakeholders,
• detailed benchmarking information
• the assurance that commissioning will be informed
  by objective and comparable information

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What sort of information?

• Learner views
• Learner destinations
• Employer views (colleges and training providers
  only)
• Qualification success rates
• Value added
• Level 2 and Level 3 threshold indicators

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What sort of information (2)?

• Long term goals of learners with complex learning
  needs
• Funding per successful outcome
• Finance indicators (colleges and training
  providers only)

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How does FfE fit with School Report Card (SRC)?

• FfE covers 16-plus the School Report Card covers
  11-15 year olds
• FfE and SRC will be aligned and linked for ease
  of use
• Over 40 schools are currently involved in
  piloting both SRC and FfE.

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How does FfE fit with SelfAssessment and Ofsted?

• Colleges and training providers will use FfE
  indicators and supporting data as part of the
  evidence for their self assessment.
• Ofsted is using FfE to plan inspections and to
  inform inspection judgments
• Ofsted is involved at all levels in the
  governance of FfE.

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How does FfE compare with AAT and Data
Dashboard?

• FfE includes qualification success rates, learner
  views and destinations and finance indicators,
  and does not include points per entry or learner
• FfE includes independent training providers as
  well as colleges and from 2012 results will
  include schools with sixth forms
• FfE includes qualifications at all levels, not
  just level 3
• FfE includes all learners aged 16
• FfE links to the same value added data contained
  in Data Dashboard and Learner Achievement Tracker

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Transitional arrangementsuntil FfE is available
for schools

• College and training provider FfE scores and
  grades are comparable with each other, but are
  not comparable with post-16 AAT scores
• School post-16 AAT and Data Dashboard scores are
  comparable with each other but are not comparable
  with FfE grades and scores (but see next point)
• Value added scores in the Data Dashboard are
  derived form the Learner Achievement Tracker and
  are comparable across schools and colleges.

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Issues

• Quality of school sixth form data
• Clarity over data collection responsibilities
• Understanding the colleges individual learner
  record
• Data burden on schools

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How do we find out more?

• Subscribe to the FfE Bulletin
• Email frameworkforexcellence_at_lsc.gov.uk
• Go online at
• http//ffe.lsc.gov.uk