FE choices: learner destinations
Updated 25 February 2015
Applies to England
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1. Performance indicator
The performance indicator for Learner Destinations is the proportion of learners completing a Skills Funding Agency funded programme in one academic year, and progressing in the next academic year to a defined positive destination. It includes all learners who completed at least one relevant qualification in the completion year with no other continuing learning aims funded by the Skills Funding Agency.
2. Defined learners
For the 2013 survey, these learners are:
- 16-18 Apprenticeships
- 16-18 on Education Funding Agency (EFA) funded work place learning
- 19+ Apprenticeships
- 19+ Skills (mainstream learning)
For the 2015 survey, these learners are:
- 16-18 Apprenticeships
- 16-18 on Education Funding Agency (EFA) funded work place learning
This indicator does not apply to employers who deliver training only to their own employees.
The indicator is calculated through a combination of information established through the Learner Destinations (telephone) survey and data matching.
3. Questionnaire
The 2013 questionnaire explores:
- activity prior to starting learning
- activity following learning
- supplementary questions around work/jobs post learning including earnings, responsibility, promotion and competence
- supplementary questions around subsequent learning undertaken
- casual, voluntary and unemployed information
- employment (snapshot based)
- overall impact of learning.
The 2015 questionnaire explores employment (snap shot based).
The script for the telephone questionnaire is routed according to each response given by the former learner. Not all questions will be asked; each former learner will be guided through the questions in a personalised way.
Where the learner considers themselves to have a significant learning difficulty and or disability or health problem (LDD) as stated on their Individualised Learner Record, they will be excluded from the telephone survey.
In addition, those with emotional or behavioural difficulties, mental health difficulties, profound complex difficulties, multiple difficulties, are excluded from the telephone survey, although not the data matching.
4. Learner destinations survey 2013: results
The results of the Learner Destination Survey 2013 (for learners who completed learning in 2010/11, and progressed into the 2011/12 destination year) are available on the FE Choices comparison site.