14-19 Centre Research Study

Impact of 14-19 Educational Reforms in Schools and Colleges in England

This project was funded by QCDA

Labour government’s 14-19 reform programme

CReSt 14-19: a multiple Case Study

2009-20101,000,000 words of data

CReSt 14-19: a multiple Case Study

Centres as cases Sampling cases

Sampling cases during the period of the research 2009-10 Longitudinal research

Project advisor Annual Conference

Data collection Centre visits

Interviews, focus groups, documentary evidence Online questionnaires

Ethical Considerations Data analysis Reporting

DESCRIPTION OF CENTRES VISITED 2009-1011-16 SCHOOL 511-19 SCHOOL 113-19 SCHOOL 116-19 SIXTH FORM COLLEGE 3ACADEMY 1FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE 2INDEPENDENT 1SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTRES 3SPECIALIST COLLEGE 1Total 18

LOCATION OF CENTRES VISITED 2009-10NORTH 7CENTRAL 2SOUTH 9Total 18

URBAN/CITY 6SUBURBAN/SMALL TOWN 6RURAL 6Total 18

First level codes

Implementing the 14-19 reforms

a view from schools and colleges

Rolling out the reforms – the top-down model

What happens in practice – the bottom-up model

Interpretation

Policy tests

Policy tests

The 14-19 Reforms - The policy intent

Policy coherence/ReformThe Diploma

PerceptionsCurriculum demands, retention and resourcesPolicy, uncertainty and funding issues

Functional skillsBarriers to success

Raising the participation ageAlternative qualifications - BTECs

The student experience

and their views on the reforms

Student voice and participation

There is no group whose view is more important in terms of 14-19 reform than the young people themselves, that is why it s critical that the student voice is heard, at both local and national level... To make sure the student voice can be heard more than before we are strengthening the requirement for consortia to demonstrate their interaction with young people... (DCSF, 2009, pg 12, paras 38-39

CReSt – including student perspectives: 45 focus groups (Y11, Y13, disengaged and Y10 and/or 12 where

applicable) questionnaires

Methodological stance re: young people

Curriculum and assessment: changes and pressures

Views on 14-19 Reforms