Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
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.
Publication date: 09/03/2023
Date of decision: 08/03/2023
Effective from: 16/03/2023
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