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Linkage College - Transforming Lives through Special Education Programs

Linkage College aims to enhance social impact through education for young individuals with learning difficulties. Discover the financial benefits and long-term outcomes of our specialized programs in the context of lifetime costs and savings. Explore how Linkage College changes lives by fostering independence, higher education opportunities, and employment prospects.

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Linkage College - Transforming Lives through Special Education Programs

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  1. Linkage Further Education College Karen Bowden – Programme Area Manager Michele Swann – Corporate Excellence Manager Sally Warr – Learner Engagement Manager Social Impact Evaluation using Social Return on Investment Matthew Orford Education Director/ Principal

  2. National Audit Office Report (NAO) • Department for Education (DfE) oversight of Special Education for Young People aged 16 to 25 (published on the 4/11/13) • Cost of supporting a person with moderate learning difficulty from age 16 to 64 is £2-3m • Providing learners with skills to live semi independently saves £1m on that figure and progressing them into employment saves another £170,000 • NAO wanted to build on this analysis of lifetime benefits and costsso that the relationship of special education interventions to longer term outcomes can be better understood

  3. Linkage Further Education College Changing views…..changing lives Matthew Orford Education Director/ Principal

  4. Changing views…..changing lives Key Findings: (i) Annual funding received from the Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding Agency (ii) Annual intake of learners

  5. Changing views…..changing lives Scope of Report: • Higher level of independence • Lower level of independence • Move onto HE and then employment • Move back in with parents

  6. Changing views…..changing lives

  7. Changing views…..changing lives • Discuss in your groups……What would the individual life outcomes be if your college had not interacted with learners?

  8. Changing views…..changing lives The Challenge • In your groups……. Identify how your organisation can use this information to justify the cost /benefit of Specialist Provision?

  9. Changing views…..changing lives Thank you for participating

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