Raising the Participation Age

Learning from the Trials

Dee DesgrangesNational Participation AdviserLearning Visits ProgrammeJan – March 2011

Why Trials?

Education & Skills Act – legislationLA responsibility to ensure full participationSmall selection of LAs approached to be trial areas:

• Galvanise the system• Inform national policy • Disseminate learning

The Trial AuthoritiesModel A: IAGHow local authorities can work most effectively in securing a full IAG offer to support RPA.

DerbyStaffordshireLambethEalingPlymouth

Model B: Re engagementHow local authorities can plan and deliver a system, building on the September Guarantee, that effectively picks up those 16 and 17 year olds that disengage with learning through the year and re engages them in education or training.

BarnsleySwindonWandsworthWorcestershireBlackpool

Model C: Local SolutionsLocal Challenges & Solutions to implementation of full participation

CumbriaEast SussexNewcastleHertfordshireLambeth

Sub regional approach Greater ManchesterWarwickshire/ Solihull/ Coventry

Communicating the MessageThe Stakeholder Strategy

• Schools – Heads, Teachers, Learning Mentors, CEIAG, Governors,

• Providers – Colleges, WBT, VCF

• Support Services - IYSS, TYS, Youth Service

• Elected Members – cabinet lead

• Parents – Carers, Foster Carers,

• MASTs – multi agency, locality based

• Wider support services – housing, health, social care, tp services, through care, community safety, street based teams, substance misuse

• Employers – EBPs, Chambers, Forums, Sectors, NAS

• Young People – are we ready for you!

Strategic Leadership

• Clarification and communication - roles & responsibilities of all partners

• The RPA Plan - NEETs / Participation strategies

• Governance and accountability - performance management & new partnerships

• Meeting the needs of particularly vulnerable groups -for LLDD to 25,

• Capacity building - an inclusive provider network

• Workforce development – a cross sector approach

Knowing the Cohort

• Past , Present and Future

• Trajectory – numbers, levels, type, content

• RONI s - risk of NEET indicators (pre and post 16)

• Deep dives - the real barriers to participating

• Partnerships around vyp – Team around the NEET

• Tracking - what works and what doesn’t

• Learner voice –what’s really going on

Mix ‘n’ Balance

• In the right places - hub and spoke

• At the right time - an all round guarantee

• In informal settings – vcf / youth sector (assessment by stealth)

• JWT – segment the cohort (some are ok) – brokerage role

• Foundation Learning – routeway planning (to 25 for LLDD)

• Creative curriculum design – half levels, bridging & retrieving, hot housing

• Employability, enterprise & transferability

Access and Support

• Timely & Targeted CE /IAG – a new challenge

• Transition protocols for vyp – information & expectation

• Support Panels – resource allocation

• Post 16 integrated resources – a half way house

• Learning for Living & Work – the model for all learning & support plans

• Participation adviser - mentor

The Building Blocks of an RPA Plan

Strategic Leadership

Participation Plan

Strategic Leadership

Participation Plan

CommunicationCommunication Knowing the CohortKnowing the Cohort Access and SupportAccess and SupportMix and balance

of provisionMix and balance

of provisionTransitions & Tracking

Transitions & Tracking

Next Steps

• Continue to share learning between trial areas

• Swop tools and products

• Disseminate experience and expertise

• Phase three – Locally Led Delivery Projects

• The critical mass…..