Transcript Natspec Governance – Donald Rae

A better life for
every young person :
11-19 Reform
What are we trying to achieve?
Skills :continuing to improve the skill levels of young
people and adults for economic growth
Employers / IAG : young people with the skills
employers need, making choices based on excellent
IAG
Achievement of young people : will only improve
further if we focus on the hardest to reach – every
young person succeeds
Vulnerable young people : are better in learning –
and employment – than not
Who are ‘vulnerable’
•Those with special educational needs (16-19)
•or a learning difficulty or disability (16-25)
•Looked after young people (16-21 (or 25?))
•Young Offenders in the community (16-19)
•Young people in custody (10-17/18)
•Teenage Parents (16-19)
•Those affected by drug or alcohol misuse
•Homeless Young People
•Those receiving mental health needs
•Travellers
•Refugees
Some History
• Incorporation of colleges
• Separation of assessment of young people with
additional needs from funding of provision
• Careers services > careers companies >
Connexions
• Accountability and responsibility fragmented
• Split between SEN and LLDD development
• despite this, provision for young people aged over
16 with additional needs is better
Raising of learning participation age
• Every 16 year old must remain in learning until
they are 17 (2013)
• Every 17 year old must remain in learning until
they are 18 (2015)
Learning =
• Full time in a school or college
• Employment with one day a week training
• Volunteering with one day a week training
• Employer duty to provide recognised training
A solution
• Place responsibility in one place
• Increased role for local authority leadership –
health; care; learning; economic development
• But in partnership through Local Area
Agreements, Children’s Trusts & 14-19
Partnerships
• Duties on LAs and providers to work together
• Increased local democratic accountability
Funding & Planning
£7 Billion transferred to LAs to commission 16-19 learning
LA duty to secure provision but YPLA duty to fund LAs
LAs to commission the provision for 16-19 learners in :
• FE colleges, 6th form colleges and 6th forms
• New 6th form college sector
• SEN / LLDD commissioning up to 25
• Offender learning – 10-17 year olds in custody
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Working through 43 sub regional partnerships
Young People’s Learning Agency – national and regional
body, also commissions academies
New role for Government Offices
Commissioning
• All 16-19 learning, within the context of sub-
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regional planning, including learners with learning
difficulties / disabilities
For every young resident and for every young
person learning in their area
learner choice is paramount
LAs need to ensure a range of providers to make
choice possible, including specialist colleges
New provision to ensure an appropriate
offer for every young person
LAs responsible for contracting with every provider
located in their area
Impact of the ASCL Act on
Young People with Additional Needs
LAs are now responsible for
• commissioning education provision for young people
aged 16-19 with a learning difficulty / disability
with or without a learning difficulty assessment or
aged 19-25 with a learning difficulty assessment
• commissioning from specialist providers located in
their area, on behalf of all local authorities (host
LAs) (from 2012/13)
• Developing a seamless transition from SEN > LLDD >
adult (post 25) provision
• Undertaking learning difficulty assessments
(2008 Act)
National Commissioning Framework
May- September
Strategic analysis by 14-19 Partnerships, children’s trusts and SRGs; LAs
forecast LLDD needs
September onwards
Learning Difficulty Assessments Carried Out
October – December
National and Regional Statement of Priorities ; local commissioning
statement; national funding rates
January – March
Establishing Learner Numbers, moderation at SRG, RPG and national levels;
YPLA approval of SRG / LA plans, indicative allocations agreed
March – August
Any national appeals undertaken, final adjustments made.
www.ypla.gov.uk/publications/ncf/
YPLA functions
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Inform and support SRGs/LAs in commissioning
provision for learners with LDD
Bring together data and planning information from LAs
to ensure that LAs are funded to meet learners’ needs,
yet remaining within the overall national budget
Agree commissioning plans
Contract with ISPs (initially)
Convene the national appeals panel
Support the development of innovation and spread
good practice
Integrate planning and support for vulnerable
groups/learners
The benefits :
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Improved long term outcomes for young people with
additional needs, including increased access to
employment
Brings the planning of provision for learners with LDD into
line with that for all other provision, including special
educational needs, through the 14-19 partnership and
children’s trust
Provision planned through strategic analysis
Ensures not only coherence and affordability but also
identifies any gaps in provision to inform discussions about
the development of new provision to meet learner need
Enables the development of more tailored provision
which is jointly planned and funded with other agencies
Challenge 1
For the new system to work LAs and the YPLA
need to work in close partnership to :
• Match local need to the national budget
• Better integrate planning and funding for all of
the young person’s needs, including
contributions from social care, health and other
bodies
• Reduce and remove the numerous barriers
which reduce the outcomes for young people
with LDD, easing transition at 16, 19 and 25.
Challenge 2 - LAs
• Radically transform structures and staffing in
preparation for RPA
• Ensure focus on post 16 learning
• Establishing relationship with providers – as their
champion as well as commissioner
• Develop partnership role with other LAs
• and the voluntary sector
• Acting as the host contracting body
• Ensure proportionate performance management
Challenge 3 :
Independent Specialist Colleges
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How many do we need?
National, regional and local relationships
Which LA is best for you?
Build local relationships
Join up pre and post 16 and post 25
Provide long term solutions
Re-define the role of residential learning
Develop even more outreach work
Spread your good practice and learn from
good experiences in LAs
Play a full part in 14-19 Partnerships and
Children’s Trusts
The Future
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Election uncertainty
Ofsted Review of SEN
Foundation Learning
Move from 1 year funding
Personalised budgets
Different local / specialist / residential mix
Less money
More provider collaboration – and competition
React : Contacts
React Programme
Local Government Association
Local Government House
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HZ
020 7664 3131
www.lga.gov.uk/react
[email protected]
07768 625432