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The HOPE Post 16 Children in Care and Care Leavers Training
Sue Cox, Deputy Headteacher, The HOPE
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Bristol’s Virtual School for Children in Care
• Facts and figures – data re progression and attendance
• Support and retention of Children in Care/Care Leavers Post 16
• Post 16 PEP form • Yr 11/Yr 12 Transition PEPs • Quality assurance/monitoring of the new PEP • 16-19 Bursary – impact of spend/effective use • Post 16 area of the CLA Tracker • Arrangements for Children in Care/Care Leavers
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Facts and figures – Year Group Number CiC/CL NEET % NEET
11 77 N/A N/A
12 119 29 24%
13 128 50 39%
14 109 38 35% (snapshot from CLATracker March 4th 2015)
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Bristol data re progression and attendance
An example from last year’s Y11 Cohort (63) • 10 students attained 5A-C with E+M • Of these: 6 are studying level 3 courses at 6th form 3 are studying level 2 courses at college 1 is NEET But we know this from our work with the young people the CLA Tracker does not have enough data inputted for cohort analysis….we need your help…
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Post 16 area of the CLA Tracker
Beginning of course (Sep) • Course Title • Qualification • Level • Start Date/End Date • Target Grade • Progress
Termly (3 times/year) • Progress • Attendance • PEP added
(Autumn/Spring)
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Support and retention of Children in Care/Care Leavers Post 16
Discussion • How do you monitor retention of students at your
provision? • Do you analyse different groups e.g. care leavers,
SEND, ethnicity? • What strategies does your provision have in place to
improve retention?
• http://leavingcare.org/
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Some Ideas…
• City of Bristol College have employed 2 engagement workers who prioritise CiC/CL
• Policies that mention the support available to CiC/CL
• Management teams who analyse and question data
• Good corporate parent e.g. attend Year 11 Transition PEP meeting, allocate key worker to students, regular and meaningful PEPs, good liaison with Social Workers, Carers and The HOPE
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Care Leaver Strategy A cross-departmental strategy for young people leaving care
October 2013 HM Government
• A good standard of education is a key driver towards
achieving positive employment outcomes in adulthood. However, there remains a significant gap between the educational achievements of care leavers and their peers.
• Care leavers are less likely to have achieved 5 A*-C GCSEs (37% of looked after children compared to 80% of non-looked after children in 2012). Only 6% of care leavers go into higher education compared to 23% of their peers at aged 18.
• A big priority for government is, therefore, to ensure that children in care and care leavers get the support they need from schools, colleges, universities and local authorities to maximise their educational attainment and employment opportunities. Copyright
Yr 11/Yr 12 Transition PEPs
• Post 16 and secondary PEPs • Use of Pupil Premium • Never under estimate the value and impact of
personal contact • Exam results day and enrolment
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OFSTED Report Dec 2014 • Children’s services in Bristol require improvement because: • Outcomes for care leavers are poor • Fifty per cent of care leavers are not in education, employment or
training. • The local authority is not in touch with 25% of its care leavers so cannot
be sure that these young people are safe. • Pathway plans are poor and do not set out clear actions to achieve good
outcomes for care leavers.
• Educational outcomes for looked after children require improvement • Too many looked after children do not achieve well in school. Persistent
absence is high and the quality of personal education plans requires improvement.
• http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/local_authority_reports/bristol_city/051_Single%20inspection%20of%20LA%20children%27s%20services%20and%20review%20of%20the%20LSCB%20as%20pdf.pdf Copyright
Quality assurance/monitoring of the new PEP
• How do you monitor the quality of your PEPs? • PEP monitoring form and how it will work
• Issues when supporting children from a
number of local authorities
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16-19 Bursary – impact of spend/effective use
Identifying vulnerable students • Institutions are responsible for identifying students in
the defined vulnerable groups, who are eligible for a bursary of £1,200.
• You can take the initiative to identify students eligible for the vulnerable bursary, by working with the local authority, looked after children’s education services and care leaver services, to help and encourage students to apply for a bursary.
• https://www.gov.uk/16-to-19-education-financial-support-for-students
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Bursary issues
• Students who are in care or care leavers might not want to say so because of fear of stigma. You should provide confidentiality to reduce these concerns. For example, tell students how their information will be used and shared and do not make students identify themselves publicly.
• It is good practice for institutions and local authorities to liaise on young people's 16 to 19 bursary payments and their care plans or pathway plans to guard against overlaps or gaps. However bursary payments are for helping with participation-related costs only. Copyright
Definitions
• How are children in care, and care leavers defined?
• For the purposes of the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, the definitions are:
• “children in care” means children looked after by a local authority on a voluntary basis (section 20 of the Children Act 1989) or under a care order (section 31 of the Children Act 1989). Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 defines the term ‘looked after child’ Copyright
Definitions continued • “care leavers” means: • either young people aged 16 and 17 who were previously looked after for
a period of 13 weeks consecutively (or periods amounting to 13 weeks), which began after the age of 14 and ended after the age of 16.
• or a young person who is aged 18 or above who was looked after prior to becoming 18 for a period of 13 weeks consecutively (or periods of 13 weeks), which began after the age of 14 and ended after the age of 16.
• In legal terms these children are called relevant children or former relevant children.
• Flow chart is a helpful start… • Consult with Social Worker or The HOPE
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Bursary
16 to 19 bursary fund guide EFA https://www.gov.uk/1619-bursary-fund/overview
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Impact of the Bursary
• What do you do now?
• Who can make decisions regarding its use – is this the same person who attends the PEP?
• Do you do the same for all Children in Care /Care Leavers?
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Arrangements for Children in Care/Care Leavers who become
NEET • If all else has failed…
• What do you do now? • What are your timescales? • What IAG does your provision provide?
• LPW, roll-on roll-off courses, apprenticeships,
new developments e.g. supported internships
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Contact details
• Sue Cox , Deputy Head [email protected]
• Angela Ryan, Post 16 Professional [email protected]
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