Careers Guidance 2012Careers Guidance 2012 ‘meeting and exceeding’ ‘meeting and exceeding’

your 'new' Statutory Duties..your 'new' Statutory Duties..

Tuesday 15Tuesday 15thth November 2011 November 2011

Tim Edwards – IAG Manager

Youth ConnexionsYouth Connexions

• My role

• Our purpose

• Our staff on the ground

Transition ArrangementsTransition Arrangements

• This presentation explainsexplains the actions needed to be taken when the careers clauses in the current Education Bill pass into law in December 2011

• SummarisesSummarises the main policy developments that have followed the publication of the Bill and their implications for schools

Session CoverageSession Coverage

• Statutory Duty

• National Careers Service

• Quality Standards

• Youth Connexions Offer

• Youth Connexions New Developments

• The Future

• Issues to Consider

Key Careers Clauses in the Education Bill 2011

The Bill proposes:The Bill proposes:

• The removalremoval of the statutory requirement to provide careers education for Y7-11 with effect from September 2012September 2012

• A new duty on schoolsnew duty on schools to secure independentindependent and impartialimpartial careers guidance for Y9-11Y9-11 with effect from September 2012September 2012. The duty includes includes providing information on 16-18 education or training options, including Apprenticeships

Education Bill 2011 : CEGEducation Bill 2011 : CEG

• Schools will have a new statutory dutynew statutory duty from September 2012September 2012 to secure independent independent careers guidance for pupils in Years 9-11Years 9-11 (consultation on extending the duty down to Year 8 and up to Year 13)

– ‘‘careers guidance’careers guidance’ is defined as impartial, including information on options in 16-18 learning and in the best interests of the pupils

– ‘‘independent’independent’ is defined as provided by persons other than thoseother than those employed at / by the school

Policy DevelopmentsPolicy Developments

• Local AuthoritiesLocal Authorities retain responsibility for transition transition planning from Y9planning from Y9 for young people with special educational needs and the completion of Section 139aSection 139a Learning Difficulty Assessments

• Role and responsibilities of the designated teacher for CLA (2009) includes setting out in the Personal Personal Education Plan (PEP)Education Plan (PEP) 'how a child's aspiration and self confidence and ambition is being nurtured, especially in consideration of longer term goals towards further and higher education, work experience and career plans‘

Policy Developments cont.Policy Developments cont.

• Youth ConnexionsYouth Connexions must continue to track and record activity and non-activity (NEET 16-18) as prescribed by the Management Information Requirement Client Caseload Information System (CCIS)

• Connexions-Direct, the Government's helpline for young people migrated to the Direct-Gov website and became a careers helpline with the same number as the Next Step helpline for adults (September 2011).

• The Department announced in March that academies will be subject to the new careers guidance dutywill be subject to the new careers guidance duty through their funding agreements.

Policy Developments cont.Policy Developments cont.

Statutory guidanceStatutory guidance for schools on their duty to be published early in the New Year.

The guidance will make it clear to schools that young people have much to gain from a face-to-facemuch to gain from a face-to-face exploration of their skills, abilities and interestsexploration of their skills, abilities and interests

The GovernmentThe Government will place a clear expectationclear expectation on schools that they should secure face-to-face careers secure face-to-face careers guidanceguidance where it is the most suitable support

The proposed destination measuresdestination measures will be a clear, outcome-based measure of the effectivenessoutcome-based measure of the effectiveness of schools in meeting their new dutyschools in meeting their new duty.

KS4 and KS5 Destination KS4 and KS5 Destination MeasuresMeasures

DfE suggestions, for 2012 and 2013DfE suggestions, for 2012 and 2013

Key Stage 4• % of pupils progressed to a positive destination within one year of

ending KS4– % sixth form– % FE college– % work-based learning or an apprenticeship– % employment

Key Stage 5• % of students progressed to a positive destination within one year

of their 16-18 learning– % entered higher education at university

(% went to Oxford or Cambridge)– % continued in further education– % entered employment

Coalition: Coalition: CEIAG DevelopmentsCEIAG Developments

(November 2010)(November 2010)

Announcement of anAnnouncement of an

‘ ‘all-age careers service’all-age careers service’

• for 13-19 young people and adultsfor 13-19 young people and adults

• building on building on ConnexionsConnexions and and Next StepNext Step

• fully operational by April 2012fully operational by April 2012

National Careers ServiceNational Careers Service

• The National Careers Service (NCS)The National Careers Service (NCS) will go live in April 2012April 2012. Schools will be able to commission commission careers guidance servicescareers guidance services from organisations providing the NCS……

For Adults – Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)For Adults – Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)• Online and helpline services• Face-to-Face careers guidance

(free as fundedfree as funded to priority groups)

For Young People – Department for Education (DfE)For Young People – Department for Education (DfE)• Online and helpline services (fundedfunded)• Face-to-Face careers guidance services ‘on the open market’‘on the open market’

Quality Quality

The statutory guidancestatutory guidance will contain a clear description of the quality standard for careers guidance for schools in commissioning independent advice and support

The NCS will be required to meet the matrix quality standardmatrix quality standard and all providers involved in the service will be expected to be accredited to the standard by April 2013April 2013.

The ‘new’ Careers Professional Alliance (CPA) aims to increase the professionalism of those working in career guidance by introducing an online registeronline register for members who have reached a level 6 qualification.. This will be available from April 2012April 2012

Quality contQuality cont.

• The ‘new’ Ofsted frameworkThe ‘new’ Ofsted framework which takes effect in January 2012January 2012 includes a descriptor for the overall effectiveness of a school.

• When judging the quality of education provided in the school, inspectors must take into accountmust take into account the four main judgements and in addition must consider meeting the needs of SEN pupilsneeds of SEN pupils, the promotion of SMSC SMSC (spiritual, social, cultural and moral development) and the progressionprogression and destinationsdestinations of pupils when they leave schoolwhen they leave school.

Youth Connexions OfferYouth Connexions Offer

• Current Menu

• Working Groups

• Proposed Timescales

• Feedback

• Allocations

• Charging Policies

Youth ConnexionsYouth ConnexionsNew Developments..New Developments..

Web ChatWeb Chat

Herts ChoicesHerts Choices

The FutureThe Future

• DecisionsDecisions about the careers educationcareers education, and careers careers guidanceguidance, young people will receive will be made by made by schools …..schools …..

• Youth ConnexionsYouth Connexions retain the statutory dutyretain the statutory duty to provide careers IAG until 2012 and, from 2012, they still have responsibility for support for more still have responsibility for support for more vulnerable young people, including the NEET and vulnerable young people, including the NEET and those with SEN/LDDthose with SEN/LDD

• New non-statutory CEG & WRL frameworkCEG & WRL framework being written for release in 2012in 2012 – ‘one framework’‘one framework’

The Future cont.The Future cont.

• There will be a range of providers of careers guidance (NCSNCS including Youth ConnexionsYouth Connexions, private providers, individuals, etc.)

• In view of the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA)Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) up to the age of 17 by 2013age of 17 by 2013 and 18 by 201518 by 2015, a consultation is taking place this autumnthis autumn on extending the duty on schools to secure independent and impartial careers guidance for Y8-13careers guidance for Y8-13 with the view to commencement in September 2012.commencement in September 2012.

Issues to ConsiderIssues to Consider

What services would you want from an What services would you want from an external provider of careers guidance?external provider of careers guidance?

What arrangements will you make What arrangements will you make when your current (free) external IAG when your current (free) external IAG provider begins to charge for its provider begins to charge for its services? services?

How will you fund the necessary How will you fund the necessary provision?provision?

Any Questions?Any Questions?

Tim.edwards@hertscc.gov.uk

Yammer : CEIAG Support

www.twitter.com/Careerswork