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Working in Partnershipfor a Greater Manchester
North West Youth Employment Convention
The Studio, Manchester
23 November 2011
Wendy CookeAssistant Director (14 – 19)
GM Skills and Employment Partnership
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Working in Partnership for a Greater Manchester
• Population of 2.6 million
• Travel-to-work commuter population of 5 million
• April 2011: established as a ‘Combined Authority’
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Working in Partnership for Young People
Policy context:
• Raising the Participation Age (RPA) to age 17 by 2013 and to age 18 by 2015
• Austerity measures mean reduced funding to local authorities, ‘providers’ and agencies supporting young people
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Working in Partnership for Young People
Where we are now:
• c 75,000 young people aged 16 – 18 (post-compulsory education)
• c 89% in education, employment or training (EET)
• c 8% not in education, employment or training (NEET)
• c 3% ‘not known’
• variations between each local authority area
Note: ‘snapshot’ at May 2011 provided by GM Connexions Services
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Where do young people aged 16 - 18 learn in Greater Manchester?
• In Colleges of Further Education (10) and Sixth Form Colleges (11) 71%
• In school sixth forms and academies (over 40 and growing!) 11%
• Through training providers for Apprenticeship provision 10% and other work-based learning 7% – 55 in the GM Learning Provider Network
• In Independent Specialist Colleges (for learners with learning difficulties/disabilities)
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What do young people aged 16 - 18 learn in Greater Manchester?
•52% study at Level 3 - A levels, applied and vocational qualifications
•24% study at Level 2 - equivalent to the normal school leaving benchmark of 5 GCSEs grade A* - C
•24% study at Level 1 or entry level - below the normal school leaving benchmark of 5 GCSEs grade A* - C
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Implications of RPA
• Current education leaving age is 16, but most young people continue in learning until at least 17
• From 2013, all young people must continue in learning for a further full academic year, during which they will have their 17th birthday
• From 2015, all young people must continue in learning until (at least) their 18th birthday
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Implications of RPAYoung people will not have to stay in school! Participation in learning can be:
• Studying in an FE or sixth form college
• Studying in a school with sixth form provision
• Being employed as an Apprentice
• Being employed and undertaking accredited learning for the equivalent of at least one day per week
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Implications of RPAIssues to address:• Identifying young people at risk of NEET, pre and post-16
• Ensuring appropriate provision is in place for all young people, including Apprenticeships
• Addressing the specific needs of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people
• Tracking young people’s destinations
• Working with employers and other partners (parents!) to deliver RPA
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Implications of RPAUnderstanding the impact of recent policy change:
• Changes to the delivery of information, advice and guidance and careers education from 2012
• Reductions in the amount of financial support available to disadvantaged young people in post-16 learning
• Increases in fees for Higher Education – up to £9,000 per year from 2012
• Ending of the Aimhigher programme which supported young people from families with no tradition of higher education
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The National Context:
• Youth (16 – 24) unemployment now over 1 million (c 45,000 in GM)
• Unrest in our major cities in August
• The emergence of a ‘feral underclass’?
• Or a lost generation?
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Working in Partnership in Greater Manchester
Agreeing priorities across the 10 areas:
• Increasing participation, particularly at age 17
• Developing provision which meets the needs of young people and the economy
• Developing Apprenticeship pathways
• Supporting our most vulnerable learners
• Raising achievement and progression to further learning/employment at age 18
• Reducing (eliminating?) NEET
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Working in Partnership in Greater Manchester
Establishment of a GM Skills and Employment Partnership to support:
• All GMCA areas in discharging their statutory duties with regard to 16 – 19 provision
• The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in delivering economic growth
• Schools, colleges and providers in shaping provision to meet economic needs
• The supply of labour market intelligence to inform learner choice
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Working in Partnership in Greater Manchester
SEN Pathfinder Status for GM
• Developing a more holistic approach to the education, health and care needs of our most vulnerable children and young people
• 20 bids approved out of 60 received from 99 LAs with PCT partners
• Led by Manchester, Oldham/Rochdale, Trafford and Wigan
• Commitment to share learning across all GM areas and beyond
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Working in Partnership in Greater Manchester
Helping us get there ….•Development of a GM Participation Framework:
- Working towards full participation in appropriate learning
- In anticipation of the national strategy
- Understanding the cohort – early intervention pre and post-16 to prevent NEET
- Developing appropriate provision
- Ensuring support is in place - eg age appropriate IAG
- Communicating with all partners
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Working in Partnership in Greater Manchester
Helping us get there ….
• Development of common ‘tools’ and goals such as:
- The GM Inspiring IAG award http://www.inspiringiag.co.uk/
- The GM Prospectus of post-16 learning www.mycoursemyfuture.com
- The CCIS ‘Hub’ – tracking across borders
- A ‘1 in 4’ Apprenticeship target
- The ‘Aspirational Futures’ project: developing capabilities for learning, living and work
- A combined budget for LLDD across GM (?)
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Working in Partnership in Greater Manchester
Thank you!