Raising Participation/Destination Measures. Developments in Kent

CEIAG BriefingNovember 2012

What is RPA?

From summer 2013, young people will be required to continue in education ortraining until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17. From 2015,they will be required to continue until their 18th birthday.

Young people will choose how they participate post-16, which could bethrough:

– Full-time education, such as school or college or home education– An apprenticeship– Part-time education or training if they are employed, self employed or

volunteering full time (which is defined as 20 hours or more a week).

Concise statutory guidance for local authorities is to be published in Autumn2012 which may be supported by additional legislation

Source: DfE, Facts for LAs – Jan 2012

How many young people in Kent will be affected by RPA?

First RPA cohort

  Year 12 November

2011

Year 13 November

2011

NEET 677 1233In employment not meeting learning requirement

404 1430

Not known 117 361

  September 2013 (Current Year 10)

September 2015 (Current Year 9)

Cohort size 16,470 16,704

Activities of 16-18 cohort November 2011

Vulnerable learners who are NEET or have an unknown destination

Breakdown of NEET young people who were categorised as vulnerable in Year 11

1284, 67%

626, 33%

Not vulnerable

Vulnerable

Breakdown of Learners with an unknown status who were categorised as vulnerable

in Year 11

68, 14%

419, 86%

Not vulnerable

Vulnerable

Vulnerable learners who are NEET or have an unknown destination

419 or 86% of those whose status is unknown were identified asvulnerable in Year 11

626 or 33% of those whose status is NEET were identified asvulnerable in Year 11

In total 1045 or 25% of those learners whose status is NEET or Notknown were identified as vulnerable in Year 11

RPA key issuesThe Skills and Employability Team has undertaken a detailed analysisof the 16-8 cohort and identified barriers to participation. The initialfindings have identified a number of key issues:

Early interventionTracking young peopleSupporting vulnerable learnersDeveloping employability skillsRaising Aspiration, Achievement and Attitude through CEIAGRealigning the post 16 offerImproving engagement in the Year 13 age groupEmployer engagementCommunication with young people, parents, carers and employers

New ways of working to deliver RPA in Kent – roles and responsibilities

The role of the LA through the Employability and Skills Team is toprovide leadership, influence and Strategic direction to helpproviders develop their own local solutions.

Delivering RPA will be dependant on local providers developing

solutions in partnership with others in their area.

The Employability and Skills Service

To support this process the Employability and Skills Service has:

– established 4 RPA pilots in Kent which will become district centres of good practice.

– 3 Participation and Progression Officers to support schools– Created a RONI (Risk of NEET Indicator)– A research and development team– 3 Employability Programmes Officers– An ongoing review on it’s support for apprenticeship – Continued it’s commitment to kentchoices4u and kentchoices

live.– Launched Raising the Participation Age week

Raising the Participation Age Week5-9th November 2012

RPA Week will coincide with the launch of kentchoices4u.

Aim:

To ensure all Year 11 learners, their parents/carers, teachers andtutors at FE Colleges and work based learning providers are aware thatthe current Year 11 is expected to stay in learning or training in theacademic year in which they turn 17.

RPA weekThe letters to parents/carers and learners regarding kentchoices4uincluded an RPA flyer.

A letter was sent to Head Teachers/Principals/WBL Managers inOctober asking them to circulate RPA information to their staff.

An RPA PowerPoint presentation and other RPA materials were madeavailable to teaching staff who attended the recent kentchoices4uTraining sessions

Specific RPA pages have been developed on kentchoices4u, whereResources can be downloaded

www.kentchoices4u.com/rpa

An update was circulated on the e-bulletin to schools.

Wider support by the Employability learning and Skills Directorate

The PRU review

The SEN review

The Kent Integrated Adolescent Support Services pilots(Dartford, Thanet, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford)

Key questions for schools and other pre 16 providers:

Have sufficient arrangements been made to secure independentimpartial careers guidance for all pupils in Year 9-11?

How do schools ensure their learners are equipped to successfullyparticipate and progress beyond 18, whichever pathway they choose at16?

Have early intervention strategies for those who at risk of becomingNEET been developed?

Have strategies to support transition at 17 been developed?

Are there clear 14-19 pathways that learners can easily understand?

Are robust partnerships in place to deliver the 14-19 pathways?

The Destination Measure

Education Destination Measures were published for the first time on17th July 2012 as experimental data.

The KS4 Measure is based on activity at academic age 16 (i.e. the year

after the young person left compulsory schooling).

The Key Stage 5 (KS5) Measure is based on activity in the year afterthe young person took A level or equivalent qualifications.

The Measures are based on participation in education or training in allof the first two terms (defined as October to March) of the year after the young person left KS4 or took A level or an equivalent

Key Stage 4 Destination Measure

  National KentNumber of students 2009/10 569,110 16,400

Percentage going to a sustained education destinationAny educational destination 85 85

- Further Education College 33 22

- Other Further Education Provider 4 5

- School Sixth Form 36 57

- Sixth Form College 12 0

Apprenticeships 4 3

Percentage not recorded in the measureEducation destination not sustained 9 9

Not Captured in Data in 2012 6 6

Key Stage 5 Destination Measure  National Kent

Number of students   313,340 9340

Percentage going to a sustained education destination

Any education destination   64 61

- Further Education College   8 7

- Other Further Education Provider   3 5

- School Sixth Form   1 2

- Sixth Form College   1 0

Apprenticeships   2 1

Higher Education Institution   52 48

- Of which went to Oxford or Cambridge   1 1

- Other Russell Group (excluding Ox. or Cam.)   8 7

- All other Higher Education Institutions   41 39

Other Higher Education Providers   1 0

Percentage not recorded in the measure

Education destination not sustained   8 7

Not captured in 2012 data   28 32