Post on 24-Dec-2015
Rushmoor Local Children’s Partnership
Jude Robinson Area Manager (Post 14
Learning)27 March 2013
Raising of the Participation Age
• Children’s Act 2008 – raises participation in education or training until end of the academic year in which a young person turn 17 (2013), and then 18th birthday (2015)
• Duty on the young person• LA duty for sufficiency of provision, post
16, promotion of participation, tracking • Schools’ duty for careers information
advice and guidance (year 8 to Year 13 from Sept 2013); tracking progression
RPA - options
• Full time education (540 glh) in school sixth form or college; home education
• Work based learning such as an Apprenticeship
• Part-time learning (280 glh) if employed, self employed or volunteering for more than 20 hours per week
HCC Framework Plan
• Communication – including Youth Tube redevelopment
• Offer – targeting provision for vulnerable groups, including Youth Contract; Award programme; HCC Apprenticeships/Internships/Traineeships
• Support – for young people, schools, providers – including Hampshire Careers and Employability Service
• Performance – participation, attainment and tracking progression
Destination Tracking
• Progression measures for schools; Ofsted scrutiny
• Schools Forum funding – Education Participation Team established
• Tracking young people; reducing ‘unknowns’
• Identifying at risk of NEETs in schools and signposting to provision/support
• Data sharing agreements with post-16 providers
16-18 ‘unknowns’ and NEETS (impact of funding from schools
forum)
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan (provisonal)
yr 12-14 Unknown % 69.70% 25.00% 13.30% 9.70% 9.12%
yr 12-14 Unknown fig 29076 10387 5522 4025 3784
yr 12-14 NEET % 7.62% 5.56% 5.01% 4.74% 4.61%
yr 12-14 NEET fig 2475 2254 2036 1927 1871
Further information
• Youth Tube – information and options for young people in Hampshire: www.hants.gov.uk/youthtube
• DfE – policy, best practice, toolkits, updated statutory guidance: www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeople/participation/rpa