Providers
8 in total
Learners (pilot)
~14,500
Largest provider
Luminate ESOL (~3,400)
Provider list
| Provider | Provision type(s) | Est. learners | Dashboard users | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luminate (Leeds City College, Keighley College, University Centre Leeds) | ESOL (+ others to confirm) | ~3,400 | to add | Largest provider; one of the biggest three |
| Bradford College | to confirm | to add | to add | One of the biggest three |
| Kirklees College | to confirm | to add | to add | One of the biggest three |
| 5 further providers — to confirm | to confirm | to add | to add | Definitive list pending (see Questions Q5) |
Provision types (in scope for the pilot)
- Essential Skills — Level 2 English, Maths and Digital
- ESOL — English for Speakers of Other Languages
- Construction Skills — any level
How provider data reaches us
- Each provider supplies a learner extract from its ILR (Individualised Learner Record). Mandatory fields all providers gather: name, postcode, DOB, and whether the learner is on benefits — the contact and person-matching source.
- Enrolment may be captured on paper, then keyed into the ILR. The ILR is submitted to the DfE monthly, so provider extracts are likely a monthly cadence.
- WYCA's own copy of the ILR is anonymised (no personal records), so it cannot be the contact source — useful only as a population / denominator reference.
- A learner may enrol at more than one provider and/or on multiple courses; the cap is 3 surveys per person across all providers, so cross-provider de-duplication is needed.
For the data platform: the provider list is a warehouse dimension (~8 members) and the RLS boundary (each provider sees only its own learners). Volume is heavily skewed toward the big three, so per-provider reporting hits the minimum-cell-size-of-30 rule for the small ones. Open items: the definitive list of 8 (Q5), whether there are multiple dashboard users per provider (Q6), and whether ~14,500 is learners or enrolments (Q8).
Confirmed at the inception meeting (7 August 2026). Update as the definitive provider list and volumes are confirmed.