Decision details

This opportunity has been ring-fenced to current GMCA Devolved AEB providers who are delivering Level 2 Maths qualifications.

These providers were invited to submit an Expression of Interest to deliver this additional support above and beyond what the AEB will fund to detail:
1. The barriers learners are experiencing in achieving their Level 2 Maths
2. Proposed activities to alleviate these barriers
3. Rationale behind the number of learners identified as at risk
4. Costings to deliver this additional support

Providers eligible for submitting an Expression of Interest for this support were invited to submit because:
1. According to previous academic year ILR data, they have delivered Level 2 Maths qualifications in Greater Manchester AND/OR
2. According to their submitted and approved plans for the 2022/23 academic year, they plan to deliver Level 2 Maths qualifications
a. During the assessment process, the latest 2022/23 academic year data was checked to support this

13x AEB providers submitted an EOI for this support. All of these EOIs following assessment and any necessary follow-ups/negotiations have been approved.

Multiply is a UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) funded national programme, commissioned and delivered locally, to support adults who do not have GCSE/Level 2 maths or equivalent to gain skills in Maths/Numeracy.

A key aim of the GM Multiply Scheme is to increase the number of adults achieving a maths qualification, up to and including Level 2.

The Enhanced Level 2 Support will support Greater Manchester residents aged 19+ who have already engaged and enrolled on a Level 2 Maths Qualification (e.g. GCSE or Functional Skills) to achieve their qualification, but they are at risk of not doing so. This could be because;
• They have failed their exam, or only gained Level 1
• They are at risk of dropping out
• They have acknowledged they require additional support

Following an Expression of Interest process, the Grant award has been approved to the following organisations:


Provider / Spend
BOLTON COLLEGE / £89,200.00
BURY COLLEGE / £40,000.00
BURY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / £16,882.00
HOPWOOD HALL COLLEGE / £48,650.00
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL / £33,188.05
OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / £46,272.00
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE / £178,202.00
TAMESIDE COLLEGE / £64,825.00
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE / £65,300.00
THE TRAFFORD COLLEGE GROUP / £47,193.00
WIGAN AND LEIGH COLLEGE / £25,920.00
WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / £2,618.00
WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION / £8,140.00

Total - £666,390.05

Please see attached the Expression of Interest form that providers were invited to complete for this process.