1. Alloa Academy Clackmannanshire LEP Wednesday 20th April DYW Officers: Charlie Leppard (PT) Gillian Freeland (PT)

2. The challenges facing us
7% of our school roll is LAC
27% of our young people 0-19 living in poverty
Catchment area is in top 5% of deprivation in Scotland
Catchment area responsible for 50% of recorded crime in Clackmannanshire.
Aspiration – “wee county” syndrome
Parental perspectives

3. How did we know where we were?
Faculty Audit
Pupil Focus Groups
Review of S5/6 Skills for Learning, Life & Work
Faculty Audit – to identify good practice within the school, allowing us to collate information to generate future opportunities and enhance current partnerships.
Pupil Focus Groups – To evaluate pupil perception of work based learning and skills gained.
Review of SKLLW: to review initial year of SKLLW and establish success and areas for development.
Parent Audit – to evaluate how informed parents were of practice within the school and begin to generate network of further parental engagement.
Parent Audit and evaluation of links with SDS/FVC

4. DYW Strategic Actions Driver Diagram 1
Why
What did we plan to do?
Success/barriers?
To secure 1 major employer and at least 3 SME’s for every High School by Dec 2015
Enhance/increase employer engagement throughout the school in both BGE/Senior Phase
Establish links and partnerships with Alloa Town Centre Business Improvement District (ATCBids) to support school events and create network for closer engagement
Formed partnership with ATC Bids in May 2015
Involvement of businesses in S2 Dragon’s Den project, S4 employability mock interviews & S5 SKLLW mock interviews
Generating a sustainable network to support frequency of events
Balancing expectations from school & employer perspective

5. DYW Strategic Actions Driver Diagram 2
Why
What did we plan to do?
Success/barriers?
Every school will have 20% of cohort engaged in work based and work linked learning activities by June 2016
Audit SKLLW programme in Senior Phase to create greater opportunities for employability awareness and evaluation of skills gained.
Embed WBL and WLL within BGE and create pathways for progression in Senior Phase.
Offer of College Courses S4-S6
Inclusion of Clackmannanshire works to support WLL
% of pupils engaging with S4 work experience
Offer of extended 6 week work experience placement in S6
Learning Through Work week
Lack of Gateway placements?
Support/opportunities for self found placements in S6

6. DYW Strategic Actions Driver Diagram 3
Why
What did we plan to do?
Success/barriers?
50% of Senior Phase students will be engaged in vocational learning/study towards an industry recognised pathway and/or an apprenticeship pathway by August 2017
Engage more with Clackmannanshire LEPS to increase awareness of apprenticeship opportunities and promote multiple learning pathways
Targeted events using Data Hub information
Forth Valley College apprenticeship events in-house
What counts as vocational?
Risk assessments & engagement of industries e.g. Alloa Glassworks, Lochay Homes

7. Colleges & other partners
Future Priorities?
Pupils
Parents
Staff
Colleges & other partners
Employers
Profiling
Embed reflective language to enable evaluation of skills and signpost future steps
Building learner responsibility
Meeting pupils needs
Parental engagement & awareness
Managing parental expectations
Training and support -Responsibility of All
Continue/enhance WLL & WBL
Inclusion of My World of Work in classrooms
Building capacity & networks
Co-ordinating opportunities with timetabling
Enhancing links with SDS – Enhanced Careers offer
Opportunities For All Co-ordinators
Work Placement standards
Sustainable network
Managing expectations and timescales
Challenge of communication
Development of industry opportunities