You have supplied information about the number of enrolments and completers, but it is not clear if this information is for only arts/crafts/language courses, or for all, and is this over the course of a year? Can you also provide the total number of courses/places offered in each of these years, so that a clear understanding of uptake can be made?
The information supplied covers the offer for arts and crafts courses for a full academic year (i.e., 01 August to 31 July), for each set of data which corresponds to the period for which we receive funding.
The table below shows the offers made together with the cancellation rates for the courses:
Note that typically the maximum class size is 10-12 depending on the type of course and resource requirements.
| Courses | |||||
| Year | Total no of courses offered | Cancelled courses | Percentage cancelled | Run Courses | Percentage Run |
| 2019/20 | 386 | 262 | 68% | 124 | 32% |
| 2020/21 | 213 | 29 | 14% | 184 | 86% |
| 2021/22 | 159 | 74 | 47% | 85 | 53% |
| 2022/23 | 98 | 66 | 67% | 32 | 33% |
| Enrolments | ||||||
| Year | Starters | Completers (those who finished the course) | Achievers (those who achieved a qualification / their learning aims) | Retention (percentage of those who started and who remained to end of the course) | Achievement (percentage of those who achieved a qualification /their learning aim expressed in relation to those who completed) | Success (percentage of those who achieved a qualification /their learning aim expressed in relation to starts) |
| 2019/20 | 800 | 766 | 731 | 96% | 95% | 91% |
| 2020/21 | 1332 | 1208 | 1168 | 91% | 97% | 88% |
| 2021/22 | 460 | 439 | 391 | 95% | 89% | 85% |
| 2022/23 | 225 | 211 | 209 | 94% | 99% | 93% |
I would like to understand why the only data point chosen was June 2023, as summer time is not usually a time when people enrol in adult education, when there are so many other calls on their time (holidays, etc). Do you have any comparative data for June in previous years?
As seen above, the data relates to a full-year basis and not a set-point in June. Courses start throughout the year and learners can join these courses throughout the year when they are promoted.