Welcoming Our Learners: Scotland’s ESOL Strategy 2015 - 2020

Description of impact

Influence and input to the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Strategy for Adults in Scotland 2015., building on the 2007 strategy and Jayne Stuart’s role in the National ESOL Panel

Who is affected

Adult learners
Speakers of languages other than English
Adult educators

Narrative

The Adult ESOL Strategy for Scotland (2007) provided the foundation for the direction of publicly funded ESOL provision in Scotland. It was ambitious in its aims to raise the quality of ESOL provision and to improve the learning experience of people coming to live in Scotland with English as a second or other language.
The process of refreshing the Strategy in 2014 gave providers an opportunity to reflect on how far ESOL provision has developed since the strategy first came into being and how it related to government priorities in education and wider policy areas. In addition, the process enabled current ESOL learners to feedback their comments and their views of ESOL learning and what it means to them.
Building on the achievements since 2007, the refreshed Strategy and its strategic objectives aimed to ensure that providers continued to work towards improving the quality and delivery of provision to the best of their capabilities
within the context of public service reform.

Impact status	Closed
Impact date	2015
Category of impact	Educational Impact (Beyond St Andrews), Public Policy Impact, Practitioner Impact
Impact level	Public benefitted - end stage