Location: Slough, Berkshire / Remote
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Project start: September-October 2026
Project fee: Fixed fee
Duration: Deliverable-based; no fixed number of weeks
Purpose: To take POFAS from an extensively developed draft provision model to a functional, operational and commissioner-ready Alternative Provision.
About POFAS
POFAS is a developing vocational Alternative Provision in Slough, designed primarily for young people aged 14-16 who may benefit from a small-group, practical approach to education. Our proposed programme combines hair and beauty education with regulated qualification opportunities, customer service, employability, personal development and progression support.
We have already developed a substantial Master Provision Pack and supporting framework covering curriculum, safeguarding, SEND, admissions, assessment and progress monitoring, staffing, quality assurance, attendance, behaviour, commissioner reporting, placement packages and pricing. This is not a blank-page setup project.
The Assignment
We are seeking an experienced Alternative Provision professional to critically audit, challenge, correct, complete and operationalise the work already developed. The successful consultant must be able to identify what is missing, what requires amendment and what must be in place before POFAS accepts commissioned learners.
The project is complete when the agreed deliverables have been supplied to the required standard and the final readiness review has been completed. We are not purchasing a predetermined number of consultancy hours or weeks; an experienced consultant may complete the work as quickly as is reasonably possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct a full professional audit of the existing POFAS provision model, Master Provision Pack and supporting policies.
- Identify educational, operational, safeguarding, SEND, quality-assurance and commissioning gaps.
- Review and amend the provision against current requirements and good practice relevant to non-school Alternative Provision.
- Strengthen and finalise the Master Provision Pack. xgikmsk
- Ensure the curriculum is coherent, sequenced, deliverable and appropriate for the intended learner profile.
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