Not sure what it means, but certain it's not good news

So, we've had the spending review from the Government. All sorts of nasty things have happened to education but, like everybody else in the country, I'm selfish and want to know how my own job is affected. Here's what they propose

Reductions to key BIS activities include the ending of Train to Gain and replacing it with an SME focused training programme, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) funding for people not in settled communities, and the Regional Development Agencies will also be abolished in 2012.

That, of course, rather begs the question of what, precisely, a "settled community" is. I'm pretty sure it would rule out asylum seekers and there is every chance that it might also rule out those who have only limited leave to remain in the country. Although it would have little impact on us, it also appears, against anti-discrimination laws, to rule out lessons to Gypsies and travellers who are recognised by Race Relations law as minorities. Or it could mean something else that I haven't though of. Either way it seems to mean that our student body will be drastically reduced next year and fewer students means fewer teachers. At the moment ours is a very unsettled community.