1. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) What does it mean to you?

2. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What does RPA mean to you?  RPA means that all young people will continue in education or employment with training to 17 from 2013 and to 18 from 2015.  This means continuing until they have achieved level 3 or reach their 18 th birthday whichever comes first.  ‘Continuing in education and training’ until 18 does not necessarily mean staying on at school.

3. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What does RPA mean to you? At age 16, young people will be able to choose to undertake:  full-time education, such as that offered in school or in college  work-based learning, such as an apprenticeship  part-time education or training, if they are employed, self-employed or volunteering for more than 20 hours per week

4. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Why RPA ? This change will give every young person the best chance to achieve and succeed because:  continuing in learning for longer brings benefits for individuals, the economy and society;  young people without qualifications are going to find it increasingly difficult to find and keep employment in future;  it will prevent the most disadvantaged, disaffected and vulnerable young people being disadvantaged, as is happening now, while participation post-16 is voluntary.

5. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What does the latest participation data show for the UK? Source: OECD - Education at a Glance (August 2010)

6. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What does the latest attainment data show? 66.8% 69.2% 71.3% 73.8% 76.7% 79.1% 81.5% Increasing attainment at 16 is helping to increase participation, which in turn supports achievement at 19. Source: Statistical First Release, Attainment at 19 (March 2011) 19 in 200419 in 200619 in 200719 in 200819 in 200919 in 201019 in 2005 Attainment of Level 2 at 16 and Level 2/3 at 19

7. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Costs of being ‘NEET’ Total public finance costs of 2008 NEET cohort = £13bn Total opportunity costs of 2008 NEET cohort = £22bn (Against the Odds, National Audit Office 2010)

8. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Source: DfE - The Activities and Experiences of 18 year olds: England 2009 (July 2010) The latest longitudinal data highlights key characteristics associated with NEET: Disability - At age 18, 15% of young people who had a learning difficulty or disability had spent more than 12 months NEET, compared to 8% of those who did not. Parental occupation - 14% of young people with parents in ‘routine’ occupations had spent 12 months NEET, compared to 2% of those in ‘higher professional’ occupations. Prior attainment – 45% of those with no reported qualifications had spent 12 months NEET, compared to 4% of those with 5-7 GCSEs at A*-C. What do we know about those not participating?

9. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire context  Participation at 16 – 90% (94%)  Participation at 17 – 83% (85%)  NEET – 7.4% (6.5% National)  (20% of 16-24 now)( 1.01 million) 2011  5+ A*-C GCSE inc E&M Non FSM – 56% (59%)  5+ A*-C GCSE inc E&M FSM – 22% (31%)  L2 @ 19 – 77% (81.5%)  L3 @ 19 – 50% (54%)  Permanent Exclusions – 0.25% (0.15%)  September Guarantee – 95.7% offers made (93.9%)

10. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Local Authority Update Draft strategy – 9 key strands  Data and tracking  Infrastructure  Learner identification  Raising aspirations  IAG  Curriculum  Sustained transition and retention (MLT)  Employers  Communication

11. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Challenges:  Getting the Message out there  Working together in partnership  Sharing Data  Managing the transition process  Delivering impartial IAG  Maintaining retention and managed learning transfer  Managing the impact of Government Policy changes: English Bac, Wolf, POS

12. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What can employers and the 3 rd Sector do?  Ensure everyone in your organisation understands what RPA is and its implications  Talk to your employees about their children and their plans post 16  Look at your in house training programmes and whether they will meet the demands of RPA from 2013  Consider the Government’s offer re Apprenticeships.  Offer internships  Where possible work closely with schools and F.E. to raise the aspirations of young people.

13. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What do you need to start doing? Schools  Prioritising years 9 and 10 who will be the first to be affected and who may need significant intervention in terms of positive outcomes  To work with Years 6,7,8 and their parents to help raise awareness of RPA.  To work with this cohort on aspirations and motivation and ambition for their future career.  Cascade key RPA messages to your staff, Governors  Work with employers, to help raise awareness of RPA.

14. Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What do you need to start doing? Cont…  Ensure that information on RPA is relevant and clear to all parties.  Ensure the delivery of comprehensive and impartial IAG  To begin to assimulate data for the identification of young people at risk of NEET  Work with MATs & local careers teams to identify young people at risk of NEET  Support DCC with implimentation of MLT This is a Universal issue.