Vision

The Framework for Excellence (the Framework) is at the very heart of the Further Education (FE) sector’s ambition to deliver provision of the highest calibre and create real and sustained opportunities for business, young people and adults. It will make a significant contribution to the improvement of the entire FE sector, enhance its reputation for public service excellence and support moves towards self-regulation.

The Framework will play a central role in simplifying and rationalising the performance-assessment landscape. It will provide robust and holistic information on performance, support planning and commissioning decisions, and support the drive to ensure that funding follows customer choice.

The Framework is being developed to apply to all providers in the FE sector. This first roll-out to colleges and work-based learning providers is an opportunity to put the hard work and commitment of everyone who has been involved in developing the Framework so far into the national arena, and bring on board those who will be using the Framework for the first time.

In continuing the journey together, we will deliver a Framework for Excellence that grows and responds to the needs of an FE sector increasingly recognised for its strong culture of self-improvement and its ability to deliver excellent provision to all of its customers. Our goal is to create an FE sector that gives people the chance to develop world-class skills, to help overcome disadvantage and achieve economic well-being – an FE sector that provides the nation with a skills base fully able to meet the challenges of a changing global economy.