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Career guidance in Kents coastal schools Tristram Hooley Claire Shepherd Context About the project Why coastal? What schools are doing Reflections on the project Context About the project Why coastal? What schools are doing Reflections on the project Career guidance in Kent National picture Remember Connexions? Remember Gove? 20 million in 2014 Careers and Enterprise company New statutory guidance Increased focus from Ofsted 70 million in 2016 But still issues with scale, co-ordination and coherence. Statutory guidance: Schools must secure independent guidance that includes the full range of education and training options year 8 to year 13. The Governing body has a key role. combine in house provision with with advice and guidance from independent and external sources. ensure that pupils understand that they are now required to continue in education or training until at least their 18 th birthday. provide relevant information about all pupils to local authority support services. work with the local authority to support SEND students and ensure that Education, Health and Care plans include a focus on preparing for adulthood. Context About the project Why coastal? What schools are doing Reflections on the project Research Design Review of literature on coastal schools and career guidance Survey of coastal schools in Kent 17 schools responded (so far) In-depth case study visit to four schools in Thanet: Interviews with career leaders, career advisers and teachers in school Interviews with key stakeholders and providers Focus groups with you people Next steps Final push on survey responses! Draft report Consultation on report Final report (by Easter?) Context About the project Why coastal? What schools are doing Reflections on the project Oh I do like to be beside the seaside Coastal towns are special places. Lots of major advantages to living in them. However also lots of challenges. Research on coastal towns highlights aging populations high levels of migrant workers high unemployment seasonal work low earnings and high levels of deprivation What adults told us I think that we do make the best of whats here, and obviously the regeneration in Margate is having a great effect, Ramsgate has definitely picked up. But it is not just here what is happening here is happening everywhere in terms of recession. We look really closely at the labour market and what is happening locally. It is a happy place to live, people often slate Thanet but we have got some fantastic universities, even at Broadstairs we have a campus. And there is Discovery Park where there are over 100 businesses where Pfzier used to be, and Pfzier have still got over 1000 employees so its not that there are no opportunities locally. What the adults told us A low percentage of parents attended HE and often even FE, and it is definitely poor on the cultural angle although to some extent the Turner has helped a bit with that. There is a certain amount of insularity in this area with everyone knowing everyone and I think there is a lack of new ideas. What young people told us It is quite nice being on the coast, its nice in the summer being so close to the sea and weve got countryside nearby too. There are lots of jobs here. Like in the Westwood Centre. There are lots of shops. There are jobs in hospitals and schools. I want to come back to the cliffs. What young people told us There is just nothing to do here, nothing for young people to do here. Can be bit boring, weve not got really many big cities weve only got Canterbury thats about it and thats not really even that big. I cannot wait to move away, but it wasnt really a bad place to grow up. I feel like there arent really many great jobs round here so why should I stay around here, once youve got a job it would be harder to leave in a way. Dont be a minority here its such a close community in Thanet so people think that everyone is the same in Thanet, so if there is a different type of person they think theyre too different. Context About the project Why coastal? What schools are doing Reflections on the project Why career guidance? Career guidance addresses: Awareness of and access to opportunities Aspiration and motivation The relationship between the individual and the community. Skills actualisation. Bill Law talks about holding on and letting go. Good career guidance (Gatsby) A stable careers programme Learning from career and labour market information Addressing the needs of each pupil Linking curriculum learning to careers Encounters with employers and employees Experienced of workplaces Encounters with further and higher education Personal guidance A stable careers programme Just over 80% of schools surveyed have a structured careers programme or policy. Want to improve this further and get more information in the student planners, with dedicated pages for them to complete at career interviews, this will then also be accessible to the parents. Learning from career and labour market information All schools surveyed report that most students have access to information on further studies. 70% of schools state that most students routinely access information on work. 40% of schools report that most students routinely access labour market information. I wanted to stay local The careers advisor takes you through all the different options like apprenticeships and HNDs and you say what areas youre interested in and then he reduces it down and then looks at the geographical location of options so I said that I wanted to stay more local so he looked at apprenticeships I could do and has been really helpful. Addressing the needs of each pupil 88% of schools keep systematic records of the individual advice given to each student and subsequent agreed actions. All schools described pastoral support as something that focused on individual needs rather than developing specific programmes for personal issues e.g. teen pregnancy, substance abuse etc. Linking curriculum learning to careers 70% of schools state that most students experience careers learning as part of PSHE. 35% of schools say that most students experience careers learning as a cross-curricular theme. 30% of schools report that most students experience careers learning embedded in other subjects. Encounters with employers 23% of schools report that most students routinely take- up access to employer talks. Just under 40% say some students routinely take-up access to employer talks. Key role of brokerage organisations to make this happen. Examples with employers We are hosting an inspiring the future event with 14 employers with small groups of students doing speed dating Q and As. I have given them a starting point with questions but obviously encourage them to come up with their own. Cummings the engineering company are very engaged and do a lot of work with us. Experiences of workplaces Just under 60% of schools report that most students have the opportunity to attend work experience. Work experience Looking at the figures of work experience half of students at this school were unprepared or couldnt travel outside of the local area. Finance for families in this area, like a train fare, is an issue that has an impact on that for sure. As clich as it sounds I knew it just wasnt something for me I worked in a primary school as I thought thats what I wanted to do but now I know that I dont so I guess it was useful as it showed me that isnt what I want. Encounters with further and higher education 65% of schools state that most students have the opportunity to attend learning provider talks. Just over 10% of schools report that most students have the opportunity to attend visits to other learning providers. 23% of schools say that most students have the opportunity to visit universities or other HE providers. The school has given us a lot of information The school has given us a lot of information about applying for sixth form and other options, we had two assemblies on how to apply for sixth form and were also getting more assemblies on specific subjects we can take for A levels which is good as there are A level subjects that we cant take at GCSE so theyre given us choices and tasters of what they are. Personal guidance 75% of schools surveyed report that most students have access to professional career guidance. He has been a really big help in helping me decide I would say the school and especially the careers advisors have been really helpful as I didnt know what I wanted to do for a long time and then the careers advisor asked what I was interested in, what jobs my family do, and what sorts of jobs or trades I might like and he sort of condensed it down and got it down to construction type jobs or something in sport and thats where it started for me and then thats when I went to do work experience with my cousin and decided what I wanted to do, so he has been a really big help in helping me decide what I want to do. Context About the project Why coastal? What schools are doing Reflections on the project High aspirations regardless We want young people to have high aspirations regardless of where you were born. Central to this is giving people encounters with employers. Get out of here Im always aware of the need to be impartial but at the same time we want to encourage them to get out of here. See the opportunities around you There are about 3000 businesses around Thanet. This includes big corporates like NHS, Phizer, Cummings. Beyond that there are not many with more than 200 employees. But the SMEs are not all fish and chip shops. Some are very sophisticated. We need a systemic change As we have the grammar school system around here that narrative ignores what happens to those that dont get in and are left behind. Kent is a rich county but in Thanet there are six of the most poverty stricken wards in the country, we need systemic change to improve the situation for these kids. References Hooley, T. (2012). Progression in Kent: Schools taking charge. Maidstone: Kent Country Council.Progression in Kent: Schools taking charge Hooley, T. (2015). Career Guidance and Inspiration in Schools (March 2015) (Policy Commentary 30). Careers England.Career Guidance and Inspiration in Schools (March 2015) Hooley, T. (2015). The Kent Model of Career Education and Guidance. Maidstone: Kent County Council.The Kent Model of Career Education and Guidance In conclusion Growing up in a coastal town (like growing up anywhere) has its pluses and minuses. Opportunities can be limited, but they are there for those who know how to look. Career guidance can support young people to find opportunities and to think through holding on and letting go. There is some excellent provision in schools, but there is also room for development in line with the Gatsby benchmarks. There are a range of approaches and objectives which inform the approaches taken by professionals in coastal towns. About me Tristram Hooley Professor of Career Education University of Derby https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/