Full Time & Part Time Adult Skills Learners – Achievement (2020-21 Year-End)

Outcomes for Learners

Achievement rate – all levels

Bar chart showing the achievement rate of adult learners across all levels

Overall achievement rates for our adult learners remain consistent with previous years. Level 3 achievement remains consistent with previous years with a slight increase of 0.7%. At Level 2 achievement rates remain slightly below last published national rates but improved by 1.2% compared with previous years. Level 1 saw a slight drop of 2.1%.

Achievement rate – level 1

Bar chart showing the achievement rate of adult learners on level 1 programmes

Achievement rate – level 2

Bar chart showing the achievement rate of adult learners on level 2 programmes

Achievement rate – level 3

Bar chart showing the achievement rate of adult learners on level 3 programmes

Functional skills achievement rate – all levels

Bar chart showing the functional skills achievement rate of adult learners across all levels

Unlike in GCSE English and Mathematics qualifications, Functional Skills qualifications were not subject to teacher assessed grades in 2020/21. Adults were required to sit the Functional Skills examinations in the summer. This and retention on these programmes following return to face to face teaching in March 2021, has had a profound impact on achievement rates for adult learners. Overall achievement rates dropped from 83.2% considerably above national rates, to 56.5% which is now well below last published national rate.

19+ GCSE Results three year trend

Bar chart showing the 19 plus GCSE result trends for mathematics and English

We are extremely pleased to report a consistently strong high grades performance by adults who are resitting GCSE English and Mathematics either through discrete adult classes or those infilling into programmes of study. GCSE English has maintained a strong 9-4 high grades outcome of 91.3%. This year high grades in Mathematics were 55.7% which is another strong performance.