The Year of Raising Participation More Apprenticeships Tracking the vulnerable learner Gordon Boyd Manager for Education Strategy and Partnership Development Progression through education and into training and employment Norfolk’s ‘Three Things’

2 Norfolk RPA Strategy Knowing the cohort A varied and appealing learning offer High quality Information Advice and Guidance

3 The RPA Year Campaign A concerted focus on all students in current Year 10 to ensure that they have a clearly identified and appropriate progression route to 17

4 All Yr 10 to Have an intended destination by the end of the Spring term 2012 Be registered on Help You Choose by the end of Summer term 2012 Have an action plan completed by the end of Autumn term 2012 Have applied for a learning place by the end of Spring term 2013 Have an appropriate offer of learning by end of September 2013

5 How are we doing at RPA? What % of 16 year olds had offers of learning at the end of September 2011? 92% 94% 96%

6 How are we doing at RPA? What % of 16 year olds had offers of learning at the end of September 2011? 92% 94% 96% How does this compare to 2010? Same

7 What % of 17 year olds had offers of learning by the end of September 2011? 83% 85% 88%

8 What % of 17 year olds had offers of learning by the end of September 2011? 83% 85% 88% How does this compare to 2010? Worse

9 What % of 16 year olds are in learning at the end of October 2011? 90% 91% 92% What % of 17 year olds are in learning Oct 2011? 84% 86% 88%

10 What % of 16 year olds are in learning at the end of October 2011? 90% 91% 92% What % of 17 year olds are in learning Oct 2011? 84% 86% 88%

11 Activity Survey – Early indications % In learning – same as 2010 % in full time employment risen % in full time education decreased NEET 4.6% % 2010

% 90% 94% 97% Trajectory of participation to 2013

13 What are our challenges? Not enough level 1 and 2 post 16 provision Provision in the wrong place Not enough flexible provision Travel costs/distances Young people want jobs not learning Provider recruitment procedures

14 What are our strengths? Good partnership working with providers and Job Centre Plus Early identification of need systems in place with schools and colleges On line prospectus Help You Choose and common application form Good supporting information for young people Local Operational Networks structure Well established September Guarantee processes Good understanding and use of data

15 Norfolk’s Apprenticeship Challenge

16 Challenges Desire for more work based learning from young people and employers Need for more skilled employees for Norfolk’s priority sectors Complexity and affordability of taking on an apprentice, especially for small and medium sized employers (SMEs) Alignment with national programmes? NCC’s apprenticeship challenge

17 Key groups - wage subsidy Care leavers100% NEET between L1 and L2 100% NEET with L250% Unemployed between L1 and L2 50% Unemployed with L2 Youth contract funding In work with L3National funding potential

18 Employer targeting Energy/engineering/advanced manufacturing Health and social care Hospitality/tourism/service sectors Public sector – NCC role model SMEs (under 250 employees, not sector specific)

19 School - employer relationship Key sector engagement – to build quality relationships Apprenticeship employer champions Media/PR campaign: ‘apprenticeship noise’ Experience of the workplace Events focussing on sectors/supply chains Education staff – CPD and curriculum development Build better quality labour market information

20 Breakdown of NCC funding 400 young people supported on apprenticeships or pre-apprenticeship programmes £3m over two years on wage subsidies £500,000 on sector events, experience of work, LMI developments, school staff CPD, marketing and PR

21 Potential funding alignment BIS announcement £1500 subsidy for small employers Youth Contract announcement – work exp, incentive payments for apprenticeship employment, extra support, £2275 Ministerial approach to pilot linkage between local and national initiatives

22 The Year of Raising Participation More Apprenticeships Tracking the vulnerable learner Progression through education and into training and employment Norfolk’s ‘Three Things’