Reports and presentations

AoC staff make regular presentations at events and written reports explaining the key issues facing colleges and those involved in education. Here are some presentations recently given by Julian Gravatt.

AoC finance conference slides, May 2024

Ao C FD conf JG 15 5 24

Ao C FD conf Shelagh Legrave 14 5 24

College governing body awayday slides, April 2024

Governors 19 4 24 jg

Governors professionals conference, January 2024

Ao C Govs professionals conference 25 1 24 Julian gravatt

College funding slides, August 2023

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College governing body awayday slides, February 2023

Governors 10 2 23 Ao C julian gravatt

Governance professionals inducation, January 2023

Ao C ETF governance profs 12 1 23 jg

AoC submission to the School Teacher Review Body (STRB)

For the first time in 35 years, the Department for Education has asked STRB to consider the impact on the FE workforce of any recommendations that it makes in spring 2025.

AoC returned an 8,000 word report to the STRB this week explaining how pay levels in colleges affect staff recruitment, staff retention and the sector’s contribution to national goals.

Our report was based on some very helpful survey responses from the college HR community, from our employment policy group and workforce strategy group. We suggest that STRB recommends a higher headline pay increase for FE than it recommends for schools, funding for market supplements and a five-year plan to tackle sector issues in this area.

AoC-evidence-to-STRB-Dec-24-FINAL.docx

College finance and funding, December 2021

Climate change action for colleges as organisations, February 2021

Funding, finance and FE white paper updated for colleges, February 2021

Education and Local Government Pension Scheme, November 2020

The Department for Education Budget After 2015

AoC's report on the DFE budget after 2015 documents the large gap between Treasury expectations about public spending and cost pressures in the education system including those created by a 10% growth in secondary school pupil numbers between 2015 and 2020, the 5% rise in teacher on-costs because of higher TPS and higher National Insurance contributions and the costs of maintaining programmes introduced in recent years (for example free meals). The report makes a conservative estimates that there will be a £4.6 billion shortfall in the DfE budget by 2018-19. We recommend action now to ensure that ministers in future do not make hasty and damaging cuts to funding for 16 to 18-year-olds.

College Finance and Funding

AoC published a report in May 2014 which summarises the funding and financial challenges facing colleges and which suggests some action for government and others to manage the impact of spending cuts.

What does skills policy look like now the money has run out

A paper from Professor Ewart Keep at Oxford University, commissioned by AoC.