Young People’s Choices

After Year 11(Teaching Staff)

Setting the Context: Participation and

NEETs (16-17 yr olds)

80,700 (6.3%)are in Training 57,700 (4.5%)

are NEET

62,800 (4.9%)are in Work

Based Learning

25,700 (2.0%)are in Jobs

Without Training

Source: Statistical First Release, Participation in EET (June 2011)

1,044,400 (82.2%)

are in Full Time

Education

Participation of young people in education

and work-based learningEnd 2009 End 2010 End 2011

(provisional)

% pt change 2010-11

Age 16 93.5% 95.5% 95.5% +0.1%

Age 17 85.2% 86.8% 88.3% +1.4%

Age 18 58.9% 61.3% 63.5% +2.2%

Age 16-17 89.3% 91.1% 91.8% +0.7%

Age 16-18 78.8% 80.8% 82.2% +1.4%

What is RPA?

The Education and Skills Act 2008 places a duty on all young people to participate in education or training until their 18th birthday.

Staged introduction:– from 2013 it requires young people to

continue in education or training until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17 (current Y10)

– from 2015 - until their 18th birthday (current Y9)

N.B: The recent Education Act (2011) amends the original legislation to allow for enforcement of RPA to be introduced at a later date. (The Government commits to review enforcement on an annual basis from 2014)

The law has changed Raising the Participation Age

Current year 11

From June 2015 all young people by law will have to stay in some form of training or education until their 18th birthday.

Year 10 and below

From June 2013 all young people by law will be required to continue in education or training until the end of the academic year in which they become 17

Options Post-16RPA is not about raising the school leaving age. It is, however, an extension of this, as Young People will be able to choose how they participate post-16

• Full-time education or training, for example:school sixth form, sixth form college, FE college, studio school, university technical college, work-based learning provider, home education or otherwise

• Work-based learning, such as an Apprenticeship

• Part-time accredited learning/training (hours approximately equivalent to 1 day/week) if a young person is involved in full-time (20+ hrs/week) in either:

• Employment• Self-employment• Volunteering

What choices do young people have after year 11?

Employment (self’ or ‘employed’) or Volunteering with Training.

an Apprenticeship or other work based learning route

Full-time academic or vocational courses at a school/academy sixth form, FE or sixth form college, or training provider

RationaleNeed for Skills• Demand for skills is growing – independent

experts predict that as few as 600,000 unqualified adults will be in work in 2020

• UK needs a more highly skilled workforce, with more young people achieving at higher levels

• Need to equip young people with the knowledge and skills required to deal with the future employment market

Benefits to Young People• Being more likely to find and keep employment

• Have a greater earning potential

• Have more choice of future career paths

Rationale – Young PeopleFull Participation in education or training by 16 &

17 year olds

• The small group of young people not participating (NEET) includes some of the most vulnerable, e.g.low socio-economic groups ~ LLDD ~ ethnic & other minority

groupscare leavers ~ carers ~ teenage parents

• Strong correlation between not participating in education or training and negative outcomes for young people e.g.teenage pregnancy, drug misuse, anti-social behaviour, offending, depression, obesity

• Support those young people in ‘jobs without training’ (JWT) – improve their opportunities

RPA aims to give all young people the opportunity to develop the skills they need for adult life and to achieve their full potential.

What will training involve?Exactly what the training will involve and where it will take place will be for the young person and the employer to decide.

•Young people may continue with Maths(Numeracy) and English (Literacy) if they have not already achieved level 2 in these subjects.•Undertake Vocational qualifications relating to employment.

All training must be accredited (approved by an Awarding Organisation) and will develop the young persons work and employment skills appropriately.

Employment or Volunteering with Training

If the young people chooses to work (be ‘self employed’ or ‘employed’) or volunteer for 20+ hours per week and for more than 8 weeks in a row, you must take part in some part-time study/ training.

If an employer does not deliver in- house recognised training they will need to ensure they provide 16-17 year old employees with the opportunity to study/ train off site for 280 hours per year (equivalent to approximately 1.day per week). Access can be flexible e.g. day/half – day release, twilight sessions or block release.

ApprenticeshipsWhat are Apprenticeships? •Apprentices are employed for at least 30 hours per week and earn a wage.•Apprenticeships work alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills.•Apprentices attend a specialist college or training organisation on a day-release basis. Sometimes the training is delivered and assessed in house by the employer. •Apprenticeships may take between one and four years to complete depending on the level of the Apprenticeship, the learners ability and industry sector. •Apprentices will be in employment for most of the time as most training takes place ‘on the job’.

National Apprenticeship Service - www.apprenticeships.org.uk

Local Authority DutiesThe LA has a duty to:

• Promote the effective participation in education or training of all 16 & 17 year olds resident in their area; and

• Make arrangements to identify young people not participating

This complements their existing duties to:

• Secure sufficient education and training provision for all 16-19 year olds;

• Encourage, enable and assist young people to participate;

• Processes in place to deliver the ‘September Guarantee’ (i.e. a place in FT education or training for 16 & 17 year olds)

• Track young people’s participation

Duty on Schools and their Accountability…

…to support full Participation

• September 2012 - there will be a statutory duty on schools and Pupil Referral Units to secure access to impartial and independent careers guidance for every young person in Years 9 – 11

• Destination Measure has been developed, to illustrate schools’ success in helping learners’ progress at sixteen, to learning or employment

Post-16 Learning Provider Duties

To:

• Promote good attendance of 16 & 17 year olds

• Notify the Local Authority when a young person leaves learning

Employer RequirementsAn Employer is expected to:EITHER

• Provide recognised/approved training on site or through a partner training provider

OR

• Agree reasonable hours of work to allow the young person to attend some external part-time recognised/approved training/study programme AND check young people have arrangements for attendance in place

• There is no enforcement legislation at present

• Employers are not responsible for monitoring a young person's attendance nor do they need to pay for the learning or wages of the young person when they are not at work

Key Challenges• Ensuring the key messages are communicated

effectively to the wider East Riding community, including:

• that RPA does not mean young people have to stay on at school after Y11 – there are a variety of options

• the roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders

• Engaging the most vulnerable groups of young people i.e. those at risk of not participating after Year 11, through early identification, intervention and support.

• Involvement of employers to ensure key messages regarding their responsibilities are highlighted and acted upon, to support the development of ‘Employment with Training’ progression routes

And so, to you …• How can you or your organisation/service/

team support the RPA agenda– How can you help engage young people and their

families?– How can you help to communicate the key RPA

messages?

• What will the challenges be for you or your organisation/service/team?– What can the 14-19 Learning Partnership team do

to support you?