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One Team. One Plan. One Goal. A truly great college – passionate about success. Linking London Event - July 2013. RAISING OF THE PARTICIPATION AGE. A BARKING & DAGENHAM COLLEGE PERSPECTIVE. AIMS OF RPA:. Ultimate goal is to reduce the number of NEETS
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One Team. One Plan. One Goal. A truly great college – passionate about success Linking London Event - July 2013
RAISING OF THE PARTICIPATION AGE A BARKING & DAGENHAM COLLEGE PERSPECTIVE
AIMS OF RPA: • Ultimate goal is to reduce the number of NEETS • Increase future earnings of young people • by equipping them with the right skills for the working world • Create more jobs with underpinning training
The National Context • The competition for jobs places is high • Mismatch - Job Opportunities vs. Skills • The CSR and its’ implications • New Funding methodologies & The Study Programme • Increasingly competitive education environment • Youth unemployment at 22%
The Local context - LBBD • We have a population boom – highest pop. of 0 – 19 in UK • Rising number of NEETs • Growing number of 19 to 24 NEETs (Circa. 1,790) • Low attainment levels: Level 3 qualified: 38% (L. Av is 56%) • Child poverty rates amongst the highest • High level of churn – rapidly changing demographic • High local drop out rates from AS levels – 17 yr. olds • Slow improvement rate in retention of young people
About BDC • Extensive delivery to 16 to 18 yr. olds – 3500 • A pure Vocational deliverer – no A levels • London’s leading college in volume of 16 to 18 Apprenticeships • Already deliver directly to 14 to 16 yr olds • Extensive school links – taster programmes in skill areas • A committed provider of entrepreneurship • Outcomes are more than about obtaining a qualification • Local employers regard BDC as a key and effective strategic partner
Challenges of RPA • Keeping track of young people, locally…especially within London • Getting to grips with the ‘unknowns’ • Where does accountability and responsibility lie to enforce? – is it the young person/the parents/the guarding/the borough/the provider? • In times of austerity – the delivery of a fully impartial IAG service at a local/pan-London level • Providing high quality, effective training to support those in employment
What we see as opportunities • A mechanism for encouraging greater collaboration - local providers • Opportunity to recruit KS 4 learners • Thus offer a more progressive & comprehensive pathway from 14 to 19 • Developing link between STEM & entrepreneurship • T-shape skills development help create economically independent learners • A borough-wide incentive to create a comprehensive curriculum offer to meet needs of all, locally – partnership working • Bring CEIAG in house • Traineeships – links in with employers to offer sustained employment