MI System to record learner information for SFA and EFA funded education and training provision

Tender description

Sheffield City Council is seeking to replace current system with a hosted system that can cover all of the requirements described below. Whilst the system will primarily be used for Sheffield learners it would also contribute to SCC management and/or delivery of sub-regional, regional or even national programmes through or on behalf of partners. SCC receives funding currently from Skills Funding Agency (SFA), the Education Funding Agency (EFA) for the delivery training to post 16 learners. As a condition of the contract the Service is required to submit Individual Learner Record (ILR) data on a monthly basis. This is a collection of data about learners and their learning. The data is used to ensure that public money is spent in line with government targets. It is also used to calculate funding earned. The ILR must include all learner data from all funding streams that appear in the council’s contract. The Service is also required to be OFSTED inspected and so has to prove that data is being interrogated on a regular basis by curriculum and delivery staff to improve the quality of teaching and learning for the learners it engages with. In addition to the above reporting requirements there are other operational needs, as follows: - • Data inputting is currently carried out both remotely and centrally. We are seeking a system that will enable online enrolment and validation. This will speed up the process of getting learners registered with funding bodies, thus speeding up the drawing down of funding; • We want a system that will report real time enrolment of learners that will feed into performance reporting. Keywords: Learner, management information, software, sheffield, SFA, EFA