Briefing on Schools’ Responsibilities for Independent & Impartial Guidance

1. Briefing on Schools’ Responsibilities for Independent & Impartial Guidance Tuesday 30 April 2013 Mercure Hotel Hollingbourne

3. 14-24 Learning, Employment & Skills Strategy Our ambition is for all young people in Kent to become better qualified and more employable; to be able to participate and achieve success in education and work based training at least until the age of 18; and to ensure more 18 to 24 year olds can access higher learning or sustained employment that is appropriate to their needs and relevant to the local and national economy.

4. 14-24 Learning, Employment & Skills Strategy 4 Priorities Raise Attainment Improve and Extend Vocational Education, Training and Apprenticeships Increase Participation and Employment Target Support to Vulnerable Young People

5. Triple “A” Rating A SPIRATION - Careers Education A TTITUDE - Work Related Learning A CHIEVEMENT - Qualifications

6. Careers2020 - implications for Kent Kent Council: Skills and Employability Service 30th April 2013 Louis Coiffait, Head of Research @LouisMMCoiffait The Pearson Think Tank thepearsonthinktank.com

7. The Pearson Think Tank • Independent think tank focused on education access and quality • Ongoing programme of research and thought-leadership e.g. • The Academies Commission (with the RSA) • Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education • Blue Skies, on the future of higher education • Rational Numbers: Maths to 18?, on compulsory maths • Ongoing policy intelligence, analysis and comment e.g. Policy Watch • Participate in key education debates, provide a platform for ideas • All of our content and activities are free

8. Q1: Overall, how has careers provision changed where you work? We’re doing a lot less than last year We’re doing less than last year We’re doing about the same as last year We’re doing more than last year We’re doing a lot more than last year

9. Q2: I’m not worried about the careers services available to my students in the future Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree

10. The policy context for careers – recent events • £200m invested in careers work in 2011 • The Education Act 2011 puts onus on schools • Connexions, Aimhigher, EBPO funding slashed • No careers funding transferred to schools • Funding for face-to-face guidance from qualified advisers removed • Duties to provide careers education and work-related learning ended • National Careers Service launched in 2012 • But NCS not all-ages, no support for <13 yrs, or f2f for <19 yrs • Statutory guidance issued in April 2012 and updated in March 2013 • From Sep 2013 duty extended to year 8 (12-13 year olds) and years 12 and 13 (16-18 year olds) • Neither proposed National Curriculum nor PSHEE mention careers

11. The policy context for careers – concerns • Overall availability, consistency and quality of careers provision • Adequate funding • Levels of awareness in schools about careers and recent changes • Sufficient support and guidance available to schools • Impartiality of careers services, particularly for vocational options • Lack of data about either careers provision or outcomes • Suitable monitoring and accountability mechanisms • Low prevalence of school-wide and curriculum-led approaches • A low priority for schools with little time devoted to careers • More complex progression routes for learners • International evidence of negative outcomes from similar policies • Ownership falls between BIS-DfE, most funding from latter withdrawn • Long-term economic, equity and social costs

12. The Careers 2020 project Scoping out how young people can best be supported to plan for, and progress into, their futures.

13. Phase one (published + on this event website)Mapping existing knowledge and evidence The first phase of the project, conducted with iCeGs at the University of Derby (Tristram Hooley, Tony Watts), features an evidence-based review of careers work covering recent history, the current situation, a menu of possible options for schools, and recommendations for how careers work can be strategically integrated across everything schools do, including the curriculum.

14. Phase one (published + on this event website)Mapping existing knowledge and evidence • Whole-school strategic priority? • Curriculum-led? • Supported? • Monitored?

15. Phase two (currently editing final draft)Comparing recent activity with future plans The next phase surveyed a nationally representative sample of those involved in school based careers activities Explore which careers activities recently took place in schools and which they are planning to deliver in the future. How has provision changed over three time periods? • Previous years • Last academic year (2011/12) • This academic year (2012/13 Which activities are being delivered? (building on the ‘menu’) • What age groups is careers being delivered to? • What partners are schools working with?

16. Phase two (currently writing up)Comparing recent activity with future plans Hoping to publish in May but a few early findings below… Overall a very mixed picture – a careers postcode lottery? • Non-selective state school respondents relatively negative / hit hard A few areas where school-based activity has increased… …but in more cases there is a decline in activity this academic year Among the hardest-hit activities were; • careers-related resources • work experience (unsurprisingly given recent policy direction) • Face to face careers guidance (lack of funding, support orgs or time) Scope to do more with younger learners and after GCSEs

17. Q3: Which ONE would improve careersservices the most at your school? Make it a whole-school priority Make more of governors Make more of parents Make more of employers Make it part of the curriculum Get ring-fenced funding from government

18. Thank you! Find out more about the project, add your own comments and sign up for occasional email updates on our website at:http://thepearsonthinktank.com/research/careers-2020/You can also use the #Careers2020 hashtag on Twitter …any questions?

19. Tracking Young PeoplePlans for September 2013 onwards Katherine Atkinson Performance & Information Manager, KCC

20. Changes in Responsibility Tracking of young people has been carried out by CXK for KCC This work will now be done within KCC Offers the opportunity to review processes and join up systems/data more efficiently The 2013-14 academic year will be a learning curve for us all – we will be keen to gather feedback and ideas from schools and colleges

21. Key Principles of New Process Fulfil statutory requirements from the DfE Reduce the burden on schools for production of datasets Utilise data already held by Management Information wherever possible Simplify and centralise the process

23. What is B2B? The majority of SIMS schools with secondary-aged pupils pass pupil data to Management Information on a weekly basis via the automated B2B process This automatically produces a datafile which is securely sent and imported into the central pupil database

24. Is my School a B2B School? If you have SIMS, then you are probably already a B2B school If your Data Manager or SIMS lead is unsure, please email management.information@kent.gov.uk to check If you are a SIMS school but are not currently exchanging data via B2B, we will work with you to get set up this term This will save you time so is a quick-win for your school

25. What if we don’t have SIMS? For FE colleges, and schools without SIMS, the data requirements will remain the same as they were with CXK You will need to continue with data transfer via spreadsheets, with these spreadsheets being returned to Management Information. This will be done using secure file transfer using Perspective Lite, which was rolled out to schools in Spring 2012 We will set up accounts for colleges shortly

26. Students not in Full Time Education Information about students not in full time education is a crucial part of the data capture requirements KCC is still reviewing options for this part of the tracking process

27. Privacy Notice • This has been drafted for students in Years 10-13 • Has been consulted on; now needs to be issued ASAP • It covers how students’ personal data will be used: • Information schools have to pass on by law • Information KCC may share with schools once students have left school • Information schools share in order to support students’ education and training • Information schools share about students with post-16 providers • Gives students an opt-out clause • Will allow greater data sharing with schools about student destinations

28. Further Questions If you wish to discuss any of these issues in more detail, please contact me:  01622 696202  katherine.atkinson@kent.gov.uk

29. Getting Involved Educating for Employability – Rajmund Brent

30. Triple‘A’ rating Aspiration CEIAG Attitude WRL Achievement QUALS

31. The Educating for Employability Framework It comprises: a specification for assessment a set of desirable outcomes an audit tool to identify the key elements of the Educating for Employability Framework

32. the audit toolleadership and management leadership management policy resources legal requirements recognition of achievements

33. the audit toolcurriculum and assessment curriculum design entitlement learning outcomes assessment and accreditation continuity and progression teaching and learning strategies

34. developing sustainable links Involvement of external partners communication the audit toolpartnerships and employer engagement

35. the audit toolmonitoring evaluation and review monitoring evaluation reflective learning continuous improvement

36. contact Rajmund Brent 07717507160 rajmund.brent@kent.gov.uk

37. Getting Involved My Kent Choices - Mike Rayner

38. My Kent Choices ...... A framework to support CIEAG

39. Overview Community Single source with single sign on Easy to use & personal Intelligence ePortfolio and CV Safe Free School Tools ...... A framework to support CIEAG

40. Central Platform for CEIAG Needs Users Colleges ...... A framework to support CIEAG

41. Bringing together the best resources

42. The Platform On the web Mobile Apps ...... A framework to support CIEAG

43. ePortfolio & CV

44. CV Builder Feeds into platform intelligence. Helps you target interventions. Helps you track outcomes & keep contact ...... A framework to support CIEAG

45. The Store

46. Create & Share Dashboards

47. Early Access Programme Opportunity to use the tools this term ...... A framework to support CIEAG

48. Contact Mike.rayner@kent.gov.uk ...... A framework to support CIEAG

49. Local Work Commissioning Area Provision to Secure Independent Impartial Guidance Tracey Hicklin & Jean Brotherston

50. Local Work Kent & Medway Progression Federation Lisa Clements