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14-19 Reform :
The Next Steps
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Remember why this is happening
Journey so far
Curriculum Reform
Advice / Guidance & Youth Support
National, Regional & Sub Regional
Roles
• Partnership Development
• Accountability
• Impact for staff
What is React?
• Funded by the DCSF, React is a small team based
within the Local Government Association
• The team will support local authorities in building
capacity to ensure the smooth transfer of
commissioning & funding from the LSC
• The React Programme will work closely with the
Association of Directors of Children's Services and
other organisations
www.lga.gov.uk/react
Why?
– Leitch message – lack of skills holds
back the economy; UK falling behind in
the number of 16-18 year olds in
learning
– Social inclusion agenda – working with
the hardest to reach youngsters
– Impact on looked after young people,
teenage conceptions, anti social
behaviour
– General Wellbeing of young people
How?
– Curriculum reform
– Qualification reform
– Raising of learning participation age
– Better support for vulnerable young
people
– Impartial information advice and
guidance
– Stronger employer input at all levels
– Transfer of duties to local authorities
– 14-19 Partnerships & Consortia
Local Authority Transformation
–Every Child Matters priorities
–Children’s Trusts / LAs already
have the duty for wellbeing
–LEAs abolished
–Children & Young People’s Services
–Local / Multi Area Agreements
–Sub National Review : impact on
regeneration / employment & skills
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Curriculum & Qualification
Reform
Advice & Guidance
Integrated Youth Support
– Area Prospectus (2007)
– September Guarantee (2007/08)
– Connexions Transfer (2008)
– Integrated Youth Support (2008)
– Duty to provide impartial advice (2009)
– New careers education standards
(2009)
– Common Application Process (2010)
– Minimum IAG entitlement (2010)
Employers Role Enhanced
Sector Skill Councils
Employer lead in planning new
qualifications
Government approval and funding for
company owned qualifications
Enhanced role for employers at local
levels
EBP funding transferred to LAs
Employment and Skills Boards – should
have trade union representation
LSC Transfer : 2010/11
– YPLA – “light touch” national body
– LAs to plan and secure the provision for
16-19 learners in FE colleges, 6th form
colleges and schools 6th forms
– 6th form colleges – back with LAs
– Direct commissioning through sub
regional groups
– Apprenticeships commissioned by NAS,
responding to local demand
– SEN / LLDD commissioning up to 25
– Offender learning
Regional or Sub regional?
• Sub regional groups reflect travel to learn
• Home LA commissions all activity in local
colleges
• Some LAs seeking regional commissioning
• Sub regional groups vary from as small as
two Las
• 150 LAs = 41 Sub regional groups
• Sub regional groups need to focus beyond
their boundary
Partnership Development
& Accountability
• Duty on LAs to co-operate with providers
(2008)
• Duty on providers to co-operate (2009)
• 14-19 Partnership & Planning Duties
• Accountability through Area Assessment
and Ofsted Inspection of partnership
activity
• Shared performance indicators & targets
at local and county level
Issues
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LA focus now through to 18
Partnership Development
Transfer of LSC staff
Shadowing / secondment
Workforce Development
New relationship between LAs, schools and
colleges – 6th form and FE
Impact on existing 14-19 teams
Integration of SEN/LLDD assessment
Offender learning
ESF Co-financing
Staff Issues
• Yet more turmoil for LSC staff
• Capacity in local authorities
• Impact of pay / conditions of staff in
schools & colleges on partnership led
programmes : flexibility?
• Qualifications of tutors on vocational
programmes
• Professional development
Impact on young people,
parents and employers
• Much better integration of
planning, funding and
accountability at a local level
• Improved communication with
young people, parents and
employers
• No more buck-passing – from
2010 it will stop at each LA . .