Andrea Cowans Leeds City Council

2. Andrea CowansLeeds City Council Raising Participation Age: What this means in practice Andrea.Cowans@leeds.gov.uk

3. What is RPA? • The Education and Skills Act (2008) places a duty on all young people to participate in education or training until their 18th birthday. • This does not necessarily mean staying in school, it includes: • Full-time education, such as school or college; • an Apprenticeship; • Part-time education or training if employed, self employedor volunteering for 20 hours + a week. • Current year 11 are expected to remain in learning until the end of year 12. Year 10s until their 18th birthday.

4. How will participation be measured? • The DfE will hold local authorities to account using data sets from monthly CCIS returns, including comparison with statistical neighbours • Year on year improvements in performance are expected in data for • Participation in learning at 16 and 17 • September Guarantee • Annual Activity Survey • Numbers of young people who are NEET

5. What is the destination measure? • Measures how well schools / learning providers help pupils progress to post 16 and post 19 destinations and sustain these (measure is March following transition) • Makes schools accountable for ensuring pupils choose qualifications that allow them to progress and provides evidence of support for transition • Published on DfE performance tables • Experimental data in 2012 captured education destinations • Expect to publish both education and employment destinations in summer 2013, subject to data being robust

6. Leeds Post 16 participation 93.1% of year 11s went onto further learning or training in 2011 93.8% of year 11s went onto further learning or training in 2012 (provisional data)

7. How far do we have to go? • Progress towards full participation (using DfE estimates, SFR)

8. Leeds participation challenge • Progression from year 11 • Some groups have significantly lower progression rates • Particular issue in progression, participation and P16 learning offer for SEND • Retention during year 12 and 13 • Managed moves post 16 • Tracking 17,18 and 19 year olds • Re-engaging young people who have been NEET 6 months +

9. Schools and RPA: practical actions • Look at post 16 participation and NEET rates for your school and understand how this informs the Destination Measure • Understand your cohort of pupils, use a risk of NEET indicator or diagnostic tool to identify young people with at risk of poor progression • Pupils who are on off-site learning, attending PRUs, looked after children and persistent non-attenders are at greatest risk of not progressing, along with school action and schools action plus.

10. Schools and RPA: practical actions • Secure high quality impartial careers guidance for pupils • Make sure every pupil makes an application to post 16 learning: online applications are easy to check up on • Identify a progression mentor or adviser to: • monitor the progress of application • provide encouragement around visits and interviews • liaise with the post 16 provider • keep in contact over summer and into September

11. Schools and RPA: practical actions • Get to know local post 16 providers and put in place progression agreements • Written agreement to identify the role of partners in transition process • Share information about young person’s learning and support needs • Identify transition support activities including summer schools, visits and make sure pupils have a named contact • Invite employers, apprenticeship providers, higher education and former pupils to talk to pupils and raise aspirations

12. Schools and RPA: practical actions • Work with targeted IAG services provided by the local authority to put support services in place for young people most at risk of not progressing • Share information about pupil destinations, update contact details, provide information about pupils moving away or transferring schools to help LAs with tracking duties • Ensure timely returns of data requests about intended destinations, September Guarantee and for the Activity Survey • Join a careers network, share ideas, resources and your own learning

13. What can make a difference? • New approach to careers guidance in schools • IAG signposting: wider workforce project • New Targeted IAG Connexions services for 2013 • Youth contract: local model • Destination measure • National Citizenship Service • SEN Education, Health and Care plans • Review of Youth Offer • ‘Think family’ approach to targeted services • Strong partnerships using outcome-based accountability to identify local actions

14. Our ambitions… By 2030 Leeds is the best city in Britain • Prosperous and sustainable economy • Child Friendly City • ‘NEET free’ city • Leeds Education Challenge • Post 16 review • Apprenticeships • Employment and Skills Agenda • Higher education • Review of careers guidance provision for young people

15. Learner Progression and Participation (IAG) Landscape (from September 2012) Learning Providers Schools, colleges, training and off-site providers Procure from Use Refer to Approved list of careers guidance providers Targeted Young People’s IAG Services for vulnerable young people Leeds Pathways Online prospectus, CAP, resources & interactive services Commission Part-procure Co-ordinate Local Authority Core infrastructure & Strategic planning Meeting range of statutory duties Tracking Voice and Influence IAG signposting skills for wider workforce