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SSC 

A well run SSC 

Core products and services 

Sector specific solutions 

Results and impact 

Overall rating 

Risk band for ongoing performance assessment

July 2009 Asset Skills   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Low
May 2009 Cogent   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Low
Nov 2009 ConstructionSkills   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Low
Dec 2009 Creative and Cultural Skills  Satisfactory   Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Medium
July 2009 Energy and Utility Skills   Outstanding  Good  Outstanding  Good  Outstanding  Low
July 2009 e-skills UK   Outstanding  Outstanding  Outstanding  Good  Outstanding  Low
Nov 2009 Institute of the Motor Industry   Outstanding  Good  Outstanding  Good  Good  Low
Oct 2009 Improve   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Low
Dec 2009 Lantra   Good  Good  Good  Good  Good  Low
May 2009 People 1st   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Medium
Dec 2009 Proskills   Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Medium
May 2009 SEMTA   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Low
Dec 2009 Skillfast-UK   Does not meet standard  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Does not meet standard  Does not meet standard - SSC closed and majority of remit transferred to Skillset  
Oct 2009 Skills for Health   Good  Good  Outstanding  Good  Good  Low
Oct 2009 Skills for Justice   Good  Good  Good  Good  Good  Low
Oct 2009 SkillsActive   Good  Good  Outstanding  Good  Good  Low
May 2009 Skillset   Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Low
Dec 2009 Skillsmart Retail  Good  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Good  Medium
July 2009 SummitSkills  Satisfactory  Good  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Medium

The following SSCs were either not assessed at their first panel meeting or they did not meet the required standard at that time and were asked to return to an additional panel meeting following further work or to present additional evidence:

March 2010 Financial Services Skills Council  Does not meet standard  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Does not meet standard  Does not meet standard  High
The ratings above were reached at the initial panel meeting in February 2009.   The panel recommended that two or three leading members of the FSSC Board be asked to work with employers, government and key industry stakeholders to undertake a full review of the SSC and define a clear and more strategic remit for the SSC going forward.  At an additional relicensing panel meeting in January 2010, the SSC was able to demonstrate sufficient progress in relation to the panel’s original concerns and the Financial Services Skills Council was relicensed.
March 2010 GoSkills  Does not meet standard  Good  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  Does not meet standard  High
The ratings above were reached at the initial panel meeting in July 2009. The panel recommended that a leading member of the Board was asked to chair a full board level review of the organisation’s future including wide consultation with the industry and stakeholders to determine the quality of leadership required at executive and Board level and how best to support the sector going forward. At an additional relicensing panel meeting in January 2010 the SSC was able to demonstrate some progress in relation to the panel’s original concerns. Commissioners concluded that as a result of the changes at Board level, together with its revised strategy and delivery plans, that GoSkills be relicensed.
March 2010 Skills for Care and Development  Satisfactory  Good  Good  Satisfactory  Satisfactory  High
At the initial panel meeting in May 2009, the panel concluded that it did not have sufficient evidence to relicense the SSC. The assessment ratings above were reached following the submission of further evidence at a supplementary panel meeting in January 2010 and Skills for Care and Development was relicensed.
March 2010 Skills for Logistics  Does not meet standard  Satisfactory  Does not meet standard  Does not meet standard  Does not meet standard  High
The above ratings were reached at the initial panel meeting in August 2009.  The panel accepted the change process that had recently been implemented by the Board and in light of the timing of the relicensing panel asked the SSC to undertake further work to demonstrate whether the organisation had the vision and ambition to make a significant impact in the near future. At an additional relicensing panel meeting in November 2009, the SSC was able to demonstrate significant progress to the panel and Skills for Logistics was relicensed.
The following SSCs did not receive an assessment from the relicensing process:
March 2010 Government Skills

No assessment.

SSC chose to cease to be a licensed SSC.

  No assessment  N/A
Dec 2010 Lifelong Learning UK

No assessment.

A formal independent options appraisal was concluded in July 2010 which resulted in LLUK
Submitting a proposal to be relicensed as a SSC.

A relicensing panel was convened on the 9 September. The Panel judged that the SSC was not able to provide a persuasive case that the option of retaining an SSC status was the best way forward in the current circumstances. Their primary concern was that the breadth of work and strategy required to fulfil their remit as an SSC was judged to be incompatible with the projected level of resources in their business model.

The panel therefore concluded that it was not in a position to recommend that LLUK should be relicensed as an SSC. The panel recommended that LLUK’s current licence and core SSC contract should continue until 31 March 2011. This allowed the Government’s across the four nations to clarify what functions should be retained and identify suitable alternative delivery arrangements for these services.  During this period the SSC would fall into a high risk banding for ongoing performance management.

 No assessment  N/A