About the North East Local Enterprise Partnership

1. About the North East Local Enterprise Partnership What is the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)? The North East LEP is a public, private and education partnership that works together to improve the North East economy. The North East LEP covers Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland local authority areas. What is the North East Strategic Economic Plan (SEP)? The SEP is our plan for economic growth in the North East for the period 2014-2024. It sets out what we are good at, our targets to create more and better jobs and details how we are going to deliver them. What is the LEP’s role in delivering the SEP? Our role is to provide strategic leadership for the region, working with partners and facilitating each element. We also aim to secure maximum investment and resources for the region, raise the national profile of the North East and work with partners on initiatives that will have the greatest economic impact for the area. Why is it important to have a SEP? The SEP is recognised by government as the North East’s principal economic policy document that sets a strategic direction for our regional economy. It outlines our medium term economic plan and helps identify interventions and investments to support economic growth and to create more and better jobs for our economy. It is the plan which is shared and owned by the North East to grow the economy.

2. The Strategic Economic PlanMore and better jobs

3. Six programmes of delivery Supporting innovation Business growth and access to finance Skills Employability and inclusion Economic assets and infrastructure Transport and digital connectivity

4. Improving skills in the North East Excelling in technical and professional education Higher education Education challenge 50+ workforce – retrain, regain, retain North East Ambition

5. Strategic Economic Plan – Skills ‘goals’ Every young person in the North East should be able to identify routes to a successful working life To reduce the gap between our best and lowest performing schools To offer world-class technical and professional education To work with universities to create job-ready graduates who want to stay in the region Reduce inactivity in the older workforce

6. Apprenticeships: AGP • Assess the impact of changes to the delivery of apprenticeships on employers • Promote Higher and Degree level apprenticeships • Promote the benefits of apprenticeships to employers

7. AGP: Campaign • The North East LEP apprenticeship campaign went live last Tuesday as well as the toolkit, which you can view • This campaign will focus on LinkedIn text ads and search with the objectives of the campaign being: • Raise awareness of the value of apprenticeships generally – drive people to the .gov.uk website for apprenticeship providers • https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-apprenticeships • Increase understanding of the rules around apprenticeships – measure downloads • Raise awareness of the value of degree level apprenticeships: • The campaign is set to run for 6 weeks and we will provide weekly high-level stats updates so that you're always aware of the progress of the campaign.

8. Improving skills in the North East Excelling in technical and professional education Higher education Education challenge 50+ workforce – retrain, regain, retain North East Ambition

9. Our goals Every young person in the North East should be able to identify routes to a successful working life All schools using, implementing and achieving the benchmarks All schools matched with an Enterprise Adviser

10. ‘North East Ambition’

11. North East Ambition: Enterprise Advisers

12. FaulknerBrowns Architects

13. A New National Careers Strategy

14. The Careers Strategy Adoption and implementation of the Gatsby benchmarks Career Hubs Recognition of the crucial role of the ‘Careers Leader’ Careers Leader Training Updated statutory guidance with specific responsibilities for schools Reference to Ofsted Updated guidance for Colleges Enhanced role for the Careers and Enterprise Company to support all 8 benchmarks

15. The ‘Baker Clause’ – 2nd Jan 2018 • An amendment to the Technical and Further Education Act • Every school must ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access all pupils in year 8 to year 13 for the purpose of informing them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. • The legislation applies to all schools including special educational needs schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision academies. • The legislation requires schools to prepare a policy statement setting out how providers will be given access and ensure that it is followed.

16. The Careers Strategy “The careers strategy needs to be more than a document. We need to dramatically expand, the breadth and effectiveness of current careers provision in schools and colleges on all subjects” - Anne Milton, Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Speaking on Jan 24th at the 2018 BETT show.

17. Denis Heaneydenid.heaney@nelep.co.uk0191 338 744707776467596