Low Adult Skills in Salford

Week

Stage

Project Planning:

Key Products

&Tasks agreed;

Team established;Resources identified;

Methods agreed ;Stakeholders

Engaged.

1

The Issue

SPOTLIGHT; Analysis of the

issue and its cause and effects

on families, individuals,

neighbourhoods

2 - 3

Consultations

Learners, Providers

(managers & tutors), advisers, employers, key stakeholders,

schools/BEP, non-learners

4Our current response

Analysis of the commissioning & delivery systems;

structures and incentives in the delivery system;

5 - 6Final report & delivery plan

Immediate, medium and long

term commitments to improve delivery;

Presentation to panel of key stakeholders

‘Quick wins’ – supporting local ideas

What is Spotlight?

Why Spotlight on Adult Skills?• Proposal by Skills Funding Agency• Changing landscape: new challenges &

opportunities for Salford• We need to improve the skills base if our

economy is to grow• Low level adult skills has a high cost for

individuals, their families and communities

Who has been involved ?ConsultationsProviders, Learners, Non LearnersEmployers, Schools, AdvisersWork Programme PrimesGM/AGMA

Reference

Project TeamSkills and Work Commissioning Team

Adult Learning Team, Skills Funding AgencySalford City College

Community Learning Partnership Work Based Learning

Salford University

Reference GroupSCC- Trinity Business Centre, Jobcentre Plus, MediaCity Skills Broker, Skills & Work/Next Steps, Salford CVSConnexions, Head of Early InterventionHead of Transformational LearningProbation Economic Solutions, SCC-Community Health & Social Care

Skills Spotlight

Leader and Lead member for Children’s Services

Think Skills and Work BoardStrategic Partnership

Strategic Stakeholders

Social Cost

•Homelessness•Ill-health•Teenage & lone parents•Offending•Not voting•Children with low aspirations & skills• Skills at Levels 3+ linked to improvement & prevention of decline in areas

Economic Costs

•5 times more likely to be workless•Estimated cost to economy over £10bn•£8,200 per year for those without L2 Numeracy•98% Jobs close to those without qualifications• Estimated Cost to business in lost productivity is £500 per employee per year (e.g. SCC £1m per year potential savings)

Yes they do!

Economic imperative….

Insert growth sectors

Salford’s economy needs people with the right skills

Are Salford residents seeking the right skills?

What skills does Salford’s economy need both today and tomorrow?

Key growth sectors: Digital and Media, Manufacturing, Financial & professional

Employers want to be part of the process.If we don’t give them the skilled workforce they need,

they will look elsewhere

What employers said about skills….

What learners, advisors & providers said… What learners, advisors & providers said…

Skills in adult years

• Adults are 19+• Skills levels are measured by

qualifications achieved or currently being studied for

• Low skills are defined as Level 2 and below

56.2% or 84,750 Salford Residents have low skills

Stemming the flow-a twenty year legacy

Teenage years

XToo few young people left secondary education 5 good GCSE passes

Childhood years

XLess than the national average

number of Salford primary schools children achieving

Foundation Years

?Potential may have

been stifled and early promise lost

Adult years

X84,750 (56.2%) Salfordresidents have low skills

….because today’s adults didn’t reach their full potential as children and the economy no longer needs a large low skilled workforce

The skills picture today.........

Foundation Years

Steady improvement in foundation learning consistently above the national average

But poor parents’ skills can limit children’s progress

Skills in Childhood

Steady improvement for 7-11 year olds at both English and maths, now consistently better than the National average

60% Children in lowest reading groups had low skilled parents while only 2% had parents with high skills

Skills in Teenage Years

Achievements at 16 & 19 are improving but still below national averages

Adult Skills Trends

More adults have qualifications notably basic and Level 4+

Falling behind the national average in Level 2 & 3

Adult Skills

Salford Residents skills base

No Qualifications 17,000

Below L2 11,000

L2 29,000

L3 24,000

L4 and above 33,000

Salford’s low skills base is a major contributor to unemployment and directly impacts on deprivation

Summary of skills achievements now?

Two jobs to do tackling the stock and stemming the flow for this changing economy

Where do we want to be?

Teenage years

More young people achieving and progressing

Childhood years

Pupils leaving primary school achieving better than average

Foundation Years

Children starting life well

Adult years

Lower % of adults with low skills

We need to change how we do things to improve our skills base

Arrangements are complex, funding flows via providers

We need to maximise outcomes of this investment

Est. £380m into Salford

WorklessnessFE & Adult Skills

Schools/16-18 Providers

Our Partnership arrangements are just as complex and fragmented

National Government Departments

We need to change how we do things in Salford

Sub Regional / AGMA

LEPGM Employment & Skills Group 14-19 SR Group

Salford 14-19 partnership

Children’s Trust

WBL Provider Group

Think Skills and Work Joint Commissioning Group

TSW Board

Provider Network

Adult Learning service

CLPCVS

Employer engagement

group

Bridges to Media City

Salford Learning

Partnership

& Sub-groups

A time of change

The landscape is changing, we need to change too to get the best for Salford

Educational Reform - Education Bill, Wolf Review• Increased focus on literacy and numeracy• English Baccalaureate• Review of vocational education• Proposal for colleges to take learners aged 14+• Raising of the participation age – 17 by 2013 and 18 by 2015• Introduction of Free Schools, more Academies, UTCs - outside LA control• Loss of EMA - Learner Support Fund and Pupil Premium• Introduction of All Age Careers Service

• Careers education and work experience no longer statutory• School responsible for securing independent IAG• All age telephone and website via National Careers Service

• Higher Education Loans• Statutory duty for local authority remains

We have to work with a changing landscape to stem the flow

Teenage Years - A time of change

We have to make sure they make the right choices to progressWe have to make sure they gain the skills employers want

Good IAG is critical

Teenagers have many options

Adult Years - A time of change

Freedoms and flexibilities for providers:• National contracts, Single Adult Skills Budget• Market-driven, demand-led, employer and individual needs• Influenced and informed by local partners and stakeholders• Overall reduction in funding and will reduce further• New priorities for public funding:

Active Benefits

Classroom Workplace

19+ 19-23 24+ 19-23 24+

2011/12 Free ESOLFree L2Free L3

Free L2Free L3

Free L2Free L3

Free L2Free L3

Free L2Free L3

2012/13 Free L2Free L3

Free L2Free L3

L2 co-fundedL3 co-funded (loan 2013/14)

Free L2Free L3

L2 co-fundedL3 not funded

All years Free Literacy and Numeracy for all

Apprenticeships co-funded (loan 2013/14 if 24+)

We have to influence the market to get the best for Salford’s employers and communities, we have to add value to ensure priority groups are supported

Adults have many choices whether employed or workless

We have to make sure adults make good choices and progressWe have to make sure adults gain the skills employers need

Good IAG is critical

Childcare Support

Low Confidence & Self EsteemA LEARNER’S JOURNEY

Intro to Basic Construction

Cert in Basic Plumbing

Key Skills L2 App; of Number & Comm

L2 Mechanical Engineering Services

Everyday English & Maths

Every Day English Mocha Parade

L2 Adult Literacy & Numeracy

Dyslexia Support

Tutorial Support

Learning Mentor Support

Discretionary Funding Support

Learning Champion support

APPRENTICESHIP IN PLUMBING 2011

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2011

1. minimise impact of complex national system and fragmented arrangements have in Salford

2. work with schools, Academies and UTCs to get the best for Salford’s children3. work with colleges and providers to get the best for Salford’s teenagers and

adults4. influence the market to provide the skills needed for Salford’s economy to

grow5. make sure teenagers and adults make the right choices to progress and gain

the skills needed by employers supported by good IAG6. ensure at risk groups are supported and able to progress, closing the gap

The national landscape is changing, we need to change too to get the best for Salford residents & employers

Summary - what we need to do differently / better…..

Can we trust the market will work?

Or do we change, add value and ensure the best for Salford residents and businesses ?

What do we have to achieve?

Ten key objectives:1. To increase the up take of L2 & L32. To empower deprived communities to drive up demand for learning3. To ‘Stem the flow’ of young people becoming low skilled adults of

future4. To increase engagement, participation, retention, progression and

achievement5. To make Level 3 the level to which everyone aspires6. To ensure skills provision responsive to local needs 7. To increase employability of local residents8. To improve employer engagement and maximise apprenticeship

opportunities9. To partnership readiness to collaborate & improve10. To create efficiencies & better return on investment

How we will achieve this

Joined up planning, investment & delivery

LMIData and Intelligence

Employer NeedIndividual Need

Overarching StrategyCommunity EngagementStakeholder Engagement

Priority CommunitiesPriority Sectors/Quals

Monitoring OutcomesEvaluating Impact

Reviewing Priorities

Communicating prioritiesto providers

influencing delivery Stimulating demand from

employers and communitiesDirect deliveryProcurement

Understanding Need Planning and Deciding

Reviewing Delivery

National PrioritiesOverarching Priorities

Funding EligibilityProcurement and Contracting System

Prioritising

Informing

Influencing

Collaborating

Infor

ming

Learning

Can we trust the market will work?

Or do we change, add value and ensure the best for Salford residents and businesses ?

One Salford - Skills and Learning Partnership

Joint Skills and Learning PlanShared priorities & intelligence

Partnership ‘Offer’Co-ordinated skills brokerage

Joint investmentLess duplication & increased outcomes

Learning from good practice…..Bridges to MediaCity UK model

Providers: Schools, FE, WBL, Third Sector & Work Programme

Salford University

Employers & business brokers

Putting ‘skills & learning’ at the centre of neighbourhood delivery

HousingAdvice & Support

Parenting and Family

Support

Drugs and alcoholsupport

Welfare benefit, money advice

Skills & Learning Skills and

Work Support

• Skills and learning at centre of joint teams• Clear roles for communities in planning and delivery • Skills assessments embedded within Common needs assessments• ‘Community Learning Champions’• Skills and Training Zones

Design Principles

Offender Managemen

t support

Health and Wellbeing

Sector Routeways work….

• SCP products include; Skills Broker; Shared Apprenticeship Scheme; Construction Club

• Skills Broker 2010/11- 116 residents into employment- 91 residents trained- 70 sustained jobs

• Shared Apprenticeship Scheme- 10 L2’s- 8 permanent jobs- ‘Highly Commended’ at NW Construction Awards 2011

• Media City UK- 52% of the workforce from GMR- 12,862 people trained

Media CityWorkforce

E.g. Salford Construction Partnership