Transcript The Headlines from Hertfordshire – Challenges and Opportunities Andrew Simmons Deputy Director – Services for Children And Young People Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org.

The Headlines from
Hertfordshire –
Challenges and Opportunities
Andrew Simmons
Deputy Director – Services for
Children And Young People
Hertfordshire County Council
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Significant progress made in
achieving our post 16 objectives
• Most young people aged 16 / 18 stay in learning
• Very low NEET rates particularly at age 16
• From well below national average outcomes at
age 18 to above national average
• Gap narrowed for many of our most vulnerable
groups
• Apprenticeship numbers have increased but
are now steady (or falling slightly)
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Maintaining momentum within a changing
environment
• Greater freedoms and flexibilities for schools and other
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Changed post 16 funding arrangements
Over two thirds of secondary schools opting to become
academies
Significantly less funding to directly support 14 – 19
developments
Changing role of Local Authority
Ending of county wide 14 – 19 Strategic partnership
arrangements and more flexibility in local arrangements
Significant new and developing role for the Local Enterprise
Partnership
Changes in responsibility for provision of careers guidance
and organisational changes to Work Experience provision
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Progress underpinned by partnership
based approach and major
infrastructure developments
• New and innovative provision in schools and
FE colleges - working together enabling
greater flexibility of provision for young people
• Further Education Colleges infrastructure
developments
• Private providers continuing to play a
significant role
• New Studio schools and University Technical
Colleges (UTC)
• Innovative alternative provision
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Key Stage 4 Outcomes Achieved
Key
Stage 4
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2011
5+ A*-C
(any
subject)
59%
62%
66%
68%
71%
73%
80%
83%
84%
5+ A*-C
(inc En &
Ma)
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54%
56%
58%
59%
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66%
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84%
83%
67%
66%
Improvement in inclusion related data over the same period:
• Reduced fixed term and permanent exclusions
• Improved attendance and reduced persistent absence
• Attainment gap closing for many vulnerable groups and key communities
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Educational Outcomes Achieved
BUT – not complacent!
• The rest of the country caught
up again slightly this year
• Need to close the gap in achievement and well-being:
- some groups of young people
- some communities
- some learning providers
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Post 16 Destinations
Year 11 activity survey by District Council area 2012
100%
90%
80%
No response / moved away
70%
NEET
Voluntary work & PT activities
60%
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Employment without training
50%
Other employment with training
Apprenticeships (employed)
40%
Training (non employed)
FE College / HE
30%
School
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10%
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Post 16 Destination Data / NEET /
Unemployment Rates
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60.3%
FE College 30.3%
Apprenticeship 1.5%
Other work based
learning 1%
Jobs with accredited
training 0.3%
NEET 2.4%
• In Learning Rate 97%
18 – 24 Unemployment Numbers
2011 – 5135
2012 – 4605
2013 - 3455
18 -24 LONG TERM unemployment
numbers
2011 – 1090 young adults
2012 – 1265 young adults
2013 – 1025 young adults
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Raising the participation age in Hertfordshire
- close to achieving this objective – but
system dynamics changing
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Almost all young people opt to stay in learning
Very high post 16 participation rates
Just under 50% of young people continue
immediately into Higher Education
Opportunities for 18 year olds have been at their
weakest for at least a generation and young adult
(18 – 24 unemployment rates too high)
Employer links need real focus and sustained
development – key role for LEP
Preparing young people to become competitive in
the labour market is critical
16 – 18 Apprenticeship numbers are steady or
falling slightly
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Perfectly placed for Business:
A strategy for Smart Economic Growth in Hertfordshire,
2013-2030
Our Vision:
By 2030, Hertfordshire will be among the UK’s leading
economies, helping to realise the full economic potential
of the assets and opportunities within the Golden Triangle
Our Guiding Principle:
Growing smartly as a perfect place for business
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Priority 1:
Priority 2:
Priority 3:
Maintaining global
excellence in
science and
technology
Harnessing our
relationships with
London (and
elsewhere)
Re-invigorating
our places for the
21st Century
Skills for science and technology-based
businesses
• The problem we need to solve:
– Hertfordshire has some first-rate businesses which
rely on science and tech-based skills:
• in advanced engineering – e.g. MBDA, Astrium,
FFEI
• in bioscience: e.g. GSK
– But many struggle to recruit young people and more
experienced staff with STEM skills
– Businesses can’t grow without people
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Skills for science and technology-based
businesses
• The solution we are working towards:
– There is an “industry” nationally that has grown up in
relation to STEM: we are not trying to replicate it
– Within Hertfordshire there are some good
apprenticeship schemes in this field: can we
expand these and/or roll them out informally?
– Can we examine other routes of develop a bigger
workforce that is excellent in STEM?
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FE Campuses for Enterprise
• The opportunity we need to seize:
– Hertfordshire has four good FE Colleges which work
together well
– In several cases, Campus re-development is
creating the physical capacity to accommodate early
stage businesses (formally or informally)
– Can we capture this – and support a new generation
of entrepreneurs in the process?
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LEP role is wider than the Growth Strategy
Skills and Employment
- Focussed careers advice & guidance linked to
good quality experience of work
- Growth in the number of apprenticeships (and
traineeships)
- Bridging the Skills Gap (much wider perspective
than the Growth Strategy)
- Nurturing Entrepreneurship
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Moving our thinking and strategies from 14 – 19
learning to 14+ (or from 14 until participants have a
secure and sustainable job that enables economic
viability)
• Better balance between education progression and work-
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based transitions between age 16 - 24
Improved communication between key stakeholders about
the development needs of all young people and the need
from employers for a better prepared workforce
• Shared data on attainment, progression
and destinations and on local / regional
labour market developments
• Focus on joint actions between business
and learning to improve outcomes
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