Scoping, Planning and Commissioning

Commissioning agencies need to know the current and future scope of provision in their area, to understand the range of provision both available and required, to be aware of patterns of current and future possible take up and the quality of provision of and between different types of providers. They also need to ensure that information, advice and guidance keeps pace and offers learners and their parents the right information to inform their choice of provider.

Commissioning should (ref the LGA REACT discussion paper on Commissioning February 2009):

Ensure the best quality of provision for each young person
Meet both learner demand and economic need
Ensure future delivery of, and access to, the universal 2013 entitlement
Be impartial with respect to type of provider
Be independent of the local authority of residence of the learner

...and be informed by considerations about quality, VFM, Access, provider stability, impact on community and policy priorities.

Pulling that information together into a comparable and accessible format is a challenge as post 16 learner data is currently collected in different ways in different parts of the post 16 system.

How can Oakleigh help?

Oakleigh’s consultants have experience of large scale scoping studies tackling these issues.

We bring together data from different systems and provide an overview of the learning landscape across a geographical area.
We have developed models which allow demographic change and skills needs forecasting to be applied to current scenarios to predict future learner numbers and resource requirements including capital build footprints
We use this data to identify gaps and overlaps in curriculum provision and areas of strength by curriculum area and location and help you plan to make the changes required
Travel to learn analysis is used to inform these scenarios and optimum location of resources to best suit learners’ needs
Different variables can be applied to the models to provide a range of future outcomes.

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