Adult Education for Learners with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities (LLDD) in the Borough of Merton

The Service Provider will be required to provide specialist Adult Education Services for Learners with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities (LLDD) to support the main provision which is currently delivered under contract by South Thames College.

Our commissioning priorities for 17-18 are: • To provide courses for adults who are otherwise least likely to engage in learning, and support them to progress to further learning, employment, self-employment or volunteering;

• To include English and maths within the provision offer, as part of the government priority of raising national standards in these areas;

• To provide a high quality community learning offer that contributes to better health and wellbeing, employment and social inclusion for learners including individuals with mental health issues and those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities;

• To provide targeted Family Learning programmes to raise the achievement of children and help parents and carers to develop their own learning, parenting skills and progress into economic activity or volunteering;

• To provide adult apprenticeships to those who would most benefit from them;

• To provide a learning provision that integrates quality information and advice for learners prior to enrolment and a high level of support whilst on course;

• To provide programmes of English for speakers of other languages;