Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools (Gail Dalton-Ayres – ASK Director)

ASK PROJECT 2016-17 Support For Schools The ‘Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge’ in Schools Project is funded by the National Apprenticeship Service Compliment other stakeholder offers (LEP/ CEC / JCP / DWP / NCS) BL Training is the project lead with the support of NELPs (Springboard / UXL / Skills4U & TVLPN) Funding confirmed for 2017-18  

The Offer to schools & colleges: The service includes: • A free IAG interactive presentation session promoting Traineeships and Apprenticeships linked to employability . Supporting all abilities and social mobility agenda • Help pupils register on Find an Apprenticeship service Website, set alerts and apply for vacancies • Help signpost pupils to higher and degree apprenticeships opportunities and options  

Achievement's YTD: In North east area alone we have provided 242 individual school engagements working with pupils to encourage them to register and apply for apprenticeship vacancies using the Find an apprenticeship website. 202 Apprenticeship Champions in schools

Achievement's YTD: In North region we have worked with 516 schools, engaged with 46,455 pupils, provided 2302 teachers CPD sessions, supported 7400 apprenticeship registrations and supported 876 students applications.

Quotes form Schools: Sedgefield Community College - ‘Professional and Inspirational!’ St Leonards CS - ‘Excellent – It opened the student’s eyes to other opportunities’ Easington Academy - ‘First Class presentation – a consistent and professional approach – so informative’ Park View Academy - ‘The ASK Programme provides an excellent free resource to promote apprenticeships to students and staff – I would highly recommend accessing it!’

Hermitage Academy – ‘Excellent session – thank you!’ St Bede’s Catholic School- ‘ASK have provided great support this year, we look forward to having another year of great support and partnership working to inspire young people in Durham’ St John’s School and Sixth Form - ‘Having been involved in post 16 opportunities for over 18years this presentation has opened my eyes to a wide range of opportunities for my students which I wasn’t aware of’ Barnard Castle School – ‘The UCAS and career finder session and creating an account on ‘Find an apprenticeship’ was very useful to students’ Apollo Studio Academy – ‘Ask project session - Schools and colleges should encourage their students to explore apprenticeship opportunities to widen their experience and make informed decisions’

What next? How can the NELPN support ASK going forward? Ensure all your vacancies are listed on Find an apprenticeship website. We use the website to signpost students in schools to apply for your vacancies! Recommend us to schools you work with – we need to engage all schools in 2017-18 Our goal …. To help students make informed decisions about career option in Apprenticeships Contact gda@bl-training.org.uk for further details