Half Year Workforce Equality Monitoring Report 2018/2019

Introduction

This report shows the results of the monitoring of our workforce which consists of 538 employees as at 31 March 2019, in the categories of current workforce, leavers and absence, by disability, gender, age and ethnicity. Prior to merger Shrewsbury Sixth Form College did not record its equality details electronically therefore any former Sixth Form College employee who started prior to merger will be missing these details.

Following the introduction of a new HR system which includes Employee Self Service we are now in a position to ask employees to complete their individual equality details where these are missing and to also check if the details we have are correct.

Current Workforce Monitoring

The tables below show how the workforce was made up for the first half of 2018/19, by disability, gender, age, ethnicity, religion/belief, and sexuality. This includes all Shrewsbury Colleges Group staff since merger.

7.6 million people aged 16-64 reported as having a disability, Scope states that 19% of working age adults are disabled. Further Education National Workforce data for England from 2015/16 states that close to 5% of FE staff reported some form of disability.

There are almost twice the number of women than men currently employed at Shrewsbury Colleges Group. The Prince’s Responsible Business Network state that women make up 47% of the UK workforce. Education and Training Foundation (ETF) state that a comparable 61% of the FE workforce is female.

The majority of employees are in the 41 to 60 age range. This has been broken down further by gender.

There are over twice as many women in the 31 – 40 and 51 – 60 age ranges than men.

The ethnic population of the college is mostly white, which is in keeping with the data from the local area.

The local demographics for Shropshire taken from the 2011 Census are as follows: 95.4% of residents are White English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British compared to 91.45% of our employees; 0.5% of local residents are White Irish compared to 0.20% of our employees, 2.0% of residents are White – any other compared to 2.19% of our employees, 0.20% of residents are White and Asian compared to 0.20% of our employees, 0.20% of local residents are British Indian compared to 1.39% of our employees, 0.1% of residents are Pakistani compared to 0.40% of our employees, 0.3% are Chinese compared to 0.20% of our employees, 0.1% of residents are Black/Black British African compared to 0.60% of our employees, 0.1% are Black/Black British – Caribbean compared to 0.69% of our employees. 0.3% of residents are Asian – Other compared to 0.20% of our employees and 0.1% of residents are Other Ethnic Group compared to 0.40% of our employees. It is important to note that some of the categories of ethnicity between the census and our data are different, therefore it is not possible to make direct comparisons with all categories.

This data was not collected at SSFC prior to merger, this accounts for most of the 20% where the data is not known. We will be collecting data on these two characteristics in the academic year 19/20.

This data was not collected at SSFC prior to merger, this accounts for most of the 29% where the data is not known.

Monitoring Report by Leavers

The following tables show the leavers since merger by disability, gender, age, ethnicity, religion/belief and sexuality.

There are more women in the workforce, so the proportion of women leaving to men is higher.

The majority of the leavers aged under 21 are Apprentices who have completed their apprenticeships. The next highest figure is the 21 to 30 age group.

The majority of leavers 84.22% are White British, as a demographic comparison this is consistent with 87.77% of leavers from Shropshire Council being White British. (Taken from Shropshire Council – Annual Workforce Diversity Monitoring Report 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017). If we take White British and White Any other together the leaver total is comparative to the workforce total at SCG.

In line with the workforce data, the majority of leavers who had declared their religion/belief and sexuality, were Christian and heterosexual, although over 40% of leavers had either not provided the information or declined to declare. There are no concerning factors in leaver data.

Monitoring by Applicants – August 2018 – February 2019

Disability - Applicants who have declared a disability have a high success rate in being offered a position in the college.

Gender – there are almost double the amount of female applicants, however male applicants have a high success rate in being appointed.

Age – Most of the successful applicants were in the 41 to 50 and 51 – 60 age categories. This reflects in the current workforce data.

Ethnicity – In line with the current workforce and local demographic data, almost all staff appointed to the college were White – British. The transition to posts reflects the applicant field. Attention to methods of advertising needs to be inclusive.

Religion/belief and Sexuality – The data below showing the breakdown of applicants by religion/belief and sexuality shows that the data for applicants is in line with the current workforce of the college.