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Linking London Event - July 2013

RAISING OF THE RAISING OF THE PARTICIPATION AGEPARTICIPATION AGE

A BARKING & DAGENHAM COLLEGE PERSPECTIVE

AIMS OF RPA:AIMS OF RPA:

• Ultimate goal is to reduce the number of NEETS

• Increase future earnings of young people

• by equipping them with the right skills for the working world

• Create more jobs with underpinning training

The National ContextThe National Context

• The competition for jobs places is high

• Mismatch - Job Opportunities vs. Skills

• The CSR and its’ implications

• New Funding methodologies & The Study Programme

• Increasingly competitive education environment

• Youth unemployment at 22%

The Local context - LBBDThe Local context - LBBD

• We have a population boom – highest pop. of 0 – 19 in UK

• Rising number of NEETs

• Growing number of 19 to 24 NEETs (Circa. 1,790)

• Low attainment levels: Level 3 qualified: 38% (L. Av is 56%)

• Child poverty rates amongst the highest

• High level of churn – rapidly changing demographic

• High local drop out rates from AS levels – 17 yr. olds

• Slow improvement rate in retention of young people

About BDC About BDC • Extensive delivery to 16 to 18 yr. olds – 3500• A pure Vocational deliverer – no A levels• London’s leading college in volume of 16 to 18 Apprenticeships• Already deliver directly to 14 to 16 yr olds• Extensive school links – taster programmes in skill areas• A committed provider of entrepreneurship• Outcomes are more than about obtaining a qualification• Local employers regard BDC as a key and effective strategic partner

Challenges of RPAChallenges of RPA

• Keeping track of young people, locally…especially within London

• Getting to grips with the ‘unknowns’

• Where does accountability and responsibility lie to enforce? – is it the young person/the parents/the guarding/the borough/the provider?

• In times of austerity – the delivery of a fully impartial IAG service at a local/pan-London level

• Providing high quality, effective training to support those in employment

What we see as opportunitiesWhat we see as opportunities

• A mechanism for encouraging greater collaboration - local providers

• Opportunity to recruit KS 4 learners

• Thus offer a more progressive & comprehensive pathway from 14 to 19

• Developing link between STEM & entrepreneurship

• T-shape skills development help create economically independent learners

• A borough-wide incentive to create a comprehensive curriculum offer to meet needs of all, locally – partnership working

• Bring CEIAG in house

• Traineeships – links in with employers to offer sustained employment

Any Questions?Any Questions?