ACE/HOLEX Members
All HOLEX members share a joint mission to provide education, skills and learning that give adults a second chance and supports their employment prospects and wellbeing, which in turn improves productivity and creates the circumstances for economic success. A multi-agency approach is taken and their flexibility and reach into their local areas has enabled ACE providers to work effectively on local priorities.
Adult Community Education (ACE) providers are in the main Local Authority Adult Community Education services, Institutes for Adult Learning (IAL) and independent third sector providers who deliver adult education.
They deliver through a network of centres in every city and town in England, have the largest geographical reach of all providers of post-19 education and their main goal is to work with those often furthest away from employment and society to ensure they are able to progress in life and work.
The network is a source of valuable expertise and experience. Someone out there is likely to have the answer or some ideas that will help. The sector is very supportive of each other.
A HOLEX member
There are over 200 organisations receiving adult community learning (ACL) funding as part of their Adult Education Budget allocation working in over 1000+ centres. ACE services educate, train and retrain 400,000+ adult learners annually.
A community of professional and responsive colleagues who always reach out to support each other during tough times and celebrate with when best things happen.
A HOLEX member.
City Lit; a celebration of their 2023 Ofsted Outstanding grade. Read their report here.
Redbridge Institute of Adult Education; a celebration of their 2018 Ofsted Outstanding grade. Read their report here.
Current HOLEX membership
The list below reflects HOLEX members for 2023/24. Click here to view a map of HOLEX members.
| Abingdon and Witney College – Oxfordshire Adult Learning |
| Academy Transformation Trust – ATTFE (Sutton Community Academy) |
| Adult College for Rural East Sussex (ACRES) (c/o East Sussex CC) |
| Aldridge Adult Learning (was PACA/Portslade) |
| Barnet & Southgate College |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council – Adult Skills & Community Learning |
| Bedford Training and Assessment Centre, Bedford Borough Council |
| Birmingham Adult Education Service |
| Blackburn with Darwen Council |
| Blackpool Council |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – Skills & Learning Adult Community Education |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
| Bradford Council Skills for Work |
| Brighton & Hove City Council |
| Bristol City Council, Adult and Community Learning Team |
| Buckinghamshire Council – Adult Learning |
| Bury Council – Bury Adult Learning Service |
| Calderdale Adult Learning |
| Cambridgeshire County Council – Cambridgeshire Skills |
| Central Bedfordshire Council |
| Cheshire West and Chester |
| City College Peterborough |
| City Lit |
| City of London |
| City of York Council – York Learning |
| Community Learning in Partnership (CLIP) |
| Cornwall Adult Education Service |
| Coventry City Council |
| Croydon Adult Learning and Training (CALAT) |
| Darlington Borough Council – Learning & Skills |
| Derby City Council Adult Learning Service |
| Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Dudley MBC – Adult & Community Learning Team |
| DurhamLearn, Durham County Council (formerly Durham County Council Adult Learning & Skills Service) |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council Adult Learning and Employability |
| East Sussex County Council |
| Essex County Council – Adult Community Learning Essex |
| Fircroft College Trust (Fircroft College of Adult Education) |
| Gateshead Council |
| Gloucestershire County Council |
| Hampshire County Council |
| Hartlepool Borough Council – Learning & Skills Service |
| Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire Adult & Family Learning Service |
| Hull City Council, Hull Training and Adult Education |
| Inspire – Culture, Learning and Libraries (Midlands) (Nottinghamshire CC) |
| Isle of Wight Council – Adult Community Learning Service |
| Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College |
| Kent County Council – Community Learning and Skills |
| Kingston Adult Education, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |
| Kirklees Council |
| Learn Devon (Devon County Council) |
| Learn Harrow Service, Harrow Council |
| Leeds City Council |
| Leicester City Council – Leicester Adult Skills and Learning Service |
| Leicestershire County Council |
| Lincolnshire County Council |
| Liverpool City Council – Adult Learning Service |
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |
| London Borough of Brent |
| London Borough of Bromley |
| London Borough of Camden, Camden Adult Community Learning |
| London Borough of Ealing – Ealing Adult Learning |
| London Borough of Hackney |
| London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Adult Learning & SKills Service |
| London Borough of Haringey |
| London Borough of Havering |
| London Borough of Hillingdon |
| London Borough of Hounslow |
| London Borough of Islington Adult Community Learning |
| London Borough of Lambeth |
| London Borough of Lewisham |
| London Borough of Merton – Adult Education |
| London Borough of Newham – Our Newham Learning & Skills |
| London Borough of Sutton, Sutton College |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Idea Store Learning) |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service |
| Luton Borough Council (Luton Adult Learning) |
| Manchester City Council – Manchester Adult Education |
| Medway Council (Medway Adult Education) |
| Middlesbrough Council |
| Milton Keynes Council |
| Morley College London |
| Nelson and Colne College – Lancashire Adult Learning |
| Newcastle City Council |
| Norfolk County Council Adult Learning |
| North Lincolnshire Council Adult Education and Community Learning |
| North Northamptonshire Council – Adult Learning Service |
| North Yorkshire County Council |
| Northern College |
| Nottingham City Council |
| Oldham Council – Oldham Lifelong Learning Service |
| Plymouth City Council – On Course South West |
| Portsmouth City Council |
| Reading Borough Council – New Directions |
| Realise Futures CIC |
| Redbridge Institute of Adult Education |
| Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Adult Learning Service |
| Richmond & Hillcroft Adult & Community College |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Rutland County Council, Rutland Adult Learning and Skills |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Sefton Community Learning Service |
| Sheffield City Council |
| Slough Borough Council |
| Somerset County Council |
| Somerset Skills & Learning CIC |
| South Devon College |
| South Gloucestershire Council |
| Southampton City Council |
| Southend Adult Community College |
| Southwark Council |
| St Helens Adult and Community Learning |
| Staffordshire County Council |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Stockton on Tees Borough Council |
| Suffolk County Council |
| Sunderland City Council – Learning and Skills |
| Surrey County Council – Surrey Adult Learning |
| Swindon Borough Council |
| Telford & Wrekin Council |
| The County of Herefordshire District Council |
| The Learning and Enterprise College Bexley |
| The Mary Ward Centre |
| Thurrock Adult Community College |
| Wakefield Council |
| Walsall College |
| Wandsworth Council Lifelong Learning |
| Warwickshire Adult and Community Learning Service, Warwickshire County Council |
| West Berkshire Council |
| Westmorland and Furness Council |
| West Sussex County Council |
| Westminster Adult Education Service |
| Wigan Council |
| Wiltshire Council |
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council – Lifelong Learning Service |
| WM College |
| Wokingham Borough Council |
| Wolverhampton Adult Education Service |
| Women’s Technology Training Ltd (Blackburne House) |
| Worcestershire County Council |
| Workers’ Educational Association |
| Wolverhampton Adult Education Service |
| Women’s Technology Training Ltd (Blackburne House) |
| Worcestershire County Council |
| Workers’ Educational Association |
“I can’t tell you how useful I find the HOLEX network. When you work in Adult and community learning especially in a local authority you can feel so isolated, as no one else gets it. I find the conferences so useful and the email network a wonderful support. Also the policy round-up Sue sends helps set context locally and nationally plus Sue (or Holex) is such a champion of the service.”
A HOLEX member