Beacon Status
Encyclopedia
Beacon Status is a learning and skills recognition of the excellence and innovation which exists within the Learning and Skills sector for the United Kingdom
. The award congratulates learning providers that deliver outstanding teaching and learning and are well led and managed. It is for providers funded by the Learning and Skills Council and inspected by the Office for Standards in Education
(OFSTED) or the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI). The status is held for three years.
It was launched by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in partnership with the Learning and Skills Council
(LSC) in 2002. The scheme is now managed by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service
(formerly the Quality Improvement Agency
). Beacons are drawn from general, tertiary colleges, sixth form
s, work based learning providers and adult community learning providers.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The award congratulates learning providers that deliver outstanding teaching and learning and are well led and managed. It is for providers funded by the Learning and Skills Council and inspected by the Office for Standards in Education
Office for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
(OFSTED) or the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI). The status is held for three years.
It was launched by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in partnership with the Learning and Skills Council
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families in England...
(LSC) in 2002. The scheme is now managed by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service
Learning and Skills Improvement Service
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service is the sector-owned body supporting the development of excellent and sustainable Further Education provision across the learning and skills sector...
(formerly the Quality Improvement Agency
Quality Improvement Agency
The Quality Improvement Agency was a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government whose remit was to support those institutions that provide education, but which are not schools or universities...
). Beacons are drawn from general, tertiary colleges, sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
s, work based learning providers and adult community learning providers.