| No | The latest bulletins - Nos.21 & 22 are now in the document library (within the YPLA Bulletin folder) | |
| No | The latest bulletin - No.20 is now in the document library (within the YPLA Bulletin folder) | |
| No | The main report and executive summary are now in the document library | |
| No | The latest bulletin - No.19 is now in the document library (within the YPLA Bulletin folder) | |
| No | The report is now in the document library | |
| No | The latest bulletins are now in the document library (within the YPLA Bulletin folder) | |
| No | An updated version of the presentation on 25th Jan by Sally House is in the powerpoint presentations folder. | |
| No | This bulletin gives details of three new capital funds. Lord Hill announced on 19th January 2011 three new capital funds. Two funds are for sixth form colleges to improve building condition and for maintenance programmes. The third fund is to support new learner places in maintained schools, Academies and sixth form colleges. The YPLA is now working with DfE on the criteria and allocation processes for these funds, and the YPLA will be consulting with sector representative organisations and providers. The announcement is available on the DfE website: http://www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/inthenews/a0072988/lord-hill-announces-funding-package-for-sixth-form-colleges Further announcements will be made as the criteria and allocations processes are developed.
The latest fortnightly bulletin is now in the document library - within the YPLA Bulletin Sub-folder.
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| No | Please find attached a review of evidence produced by Aimhigher Partnerships across the country. The review was written by Joanne Moore of Aimhigher Greater Manchester. Whilst it was not possible to feature evidence from every Aimhigher Partnership, the aim of the review was to represent the breadth of work across all 42 Partnerships and highlight the wealth of evidence that is available. The Aimhigher Peninsula Programme provided a range of evidence. The review will be disseminated to a wide range of national stakeholders such as HEFCE, BIS, Sutton Trust, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, etc. The review will also be available on Peninsula Online at http://www.peninsulaonline.org.uk/resources/Evidence_Report_2011.pdf
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| No | The latest fortnightly bulletin is now in the document library - within the YPLA Bulletin Sub-folder. | |
| No | The evaluation report for Inspire10 is now in the document library | |
| No | Presentation from event on 24-Jan-01 is in the Powerpoint Presentations section of the website | |
| No | Two documents have recently been uploaded onto the website: the December 10 update from the DfE (National Announcement folder) and the combined November/December Aimhigher newsletter (Document library). | |
| No | This recently issued guidance describes the simplified allocations and funding system replacing the National Commissioning Framework. It is uploaded within the YPLA 2011-12 folder in the document library. | |
| No | The recently published Funding Statement provides the national position on 16-19 funding for 2011/12 . It is uploaded on the document library- in the folder - YPLA 2011-12.
Alongside the document is a letter from Lord Hill of Oareford (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools) to the YPLA providing the government expectations on 2011-12 funding. | |
| No | There is a new folder within the document library containing fortnightly updates from YPLA. The most recent version ( No.14 ) includes details of the joint SFA / YPLA regional planning event taking place in Jan-11. Previous editions will be uploaded later this week to provide a full set of YPLA updates. | |
| No | To keep you up to speed, please see attached letter and enclosures which have been sent to southwest MPs both by email and hard copy. | |
| No | The Government announced on 25th November its decision relating to the Aimhigher programme stating that it will not be funded after its current phase ends in July 2011. | |
| No | Congratulations to Jackie and her team for gaining the Award for Education Business Excellence, with a majority rating of ‘Excellent’ and the rest all ‘Good’. The TEBP was also praised for their varied use of Seymour House to support Primary Technology, STEM, WRL and Enterprise. We will publish the full report once it is available. | |
| No | The September/October edition of the newsletter has just been uploaded in the document library. | |
| No | Please find attached our response to Professor Alison Wolf's call for evidence | |
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| No | EEF has launched a photography competition aimed at “capturing the spirit of modern manufacturing". The competition, for professionals, amateurs and young people aged 14-19, has the support of Manufacturing Insight, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and The Digital Asset Lab. The competition aims to showcase the excellence of manufacturing through visually striking images of technology, processes and people...while redressing some out-dated misconceptions of industry along the way.
The competition will culminate in awards for the winning entry in each of three categories – with the presentations taking place at the prestigious EEF Future Manufacturing Awards in London in January 2011. The pictures will be used to promote EEF’s Manufacturing Week in Spring 2011.
Entry is via the EEF website http://www.eef.org.uk/photo/default.htm with entries closing at the end of 2010.
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| No | In September 2009 Ministers agreed that local authorities should take strategic ownership of the challenge and support of school sixth forms as this would fit with their commissioning role from April 2010. All local authorities received a letter from Sue Baldwin in which they were requested in the first instance to identify by 30 November 2009 those school sixth forms in their area that needed additional support to improve outcomes. Working on behalf of the Department and in response to Sue Baldwin’s statement on providing support to local authorities, the National Strategies (NS) deployed a team of specialist sixth-form advisers from January to March 2010 to work with the local authorities and their school sixth forms. The aims were: - to support local authorities in identifying underperforming school sixth forms
- to support local authorities in the development of suitable plans to ensure school sixth forms receive the support they need
- to develop plans for SIPs to work with schools that have been identified to secure improvements
- to gather wider information during this project, which would be reviewed by the Department to determine the level of need for school sixth form improvement and to inform future support for school sixth forms.
You can download the findings of the National Strategies report from this page. In addition, a set of questions linked to the key findings have also been produced by National Strategies to help local authorities focus on school sixth form improvement.
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| No | There are eight priorities in our 2010-2011 14-19 Operational Plan and the plans are gradually being uploaded into the document library. Four plans were uploaded today. | |
| No | The latest version of the 2011/12 Commissioning Statement can be found in the document library under 14-19 plans. | |
| No | Our data spanning the period January 10 until July 10 inclusive has been posted in the folder "Plymouth data". See menu on the left hand side of the screen. | |
| No | The update, sent to Headteachers, Principals and Training Providers Managers today, includes a letter to partners and several documents which have been posted in the relevant document folders of this website and are also attached to this news item. | |
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| No | The Education and Skills Act 2008 legislated to raise the age of compulsory participation in education or training until at least 18 by 2015 and until the end of year in which young people turn 17 in 2013. Achieving full participation of young people in education or training until 18 will require all parts of the education system to play their part. Ultimately however, it will be Local Authorities (LAs) that will be responsible for ensuring that young people in their area participate and for providing the support young people need to overcome barriers to learning. To support preparations for the delivery of Raising the Participation Age (RPA) the then Department for Children, Schools and Families (now known as the Department for Education, DfE) decided that it wanted to work with a small group of areas on how best to trial elements of RPA during 2009/10. Ten Local Authorities and one sub region were identified to take part in the first phase of the Trials from September 2009 to April 2010. A second phase started in April 2010 and Plymouth LA is involved in the trials. Although the DfE have not informed us of their plans with regards to the RPA, they confirmed late July that the trials could go ahead and would be funded. The evaluation attached to this news item covered activity undertaken by Trial areas between September 2009 and April 2010 in relation to one of three themes: Information Advice and Guidance, Re-engagement of 16 and 17 year olds or the development of area wide local solutions.
We will of course keep you informed of developments in Plymouth. The theme for our trial is IAG.
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| No | Six primary schools took part in the project: Mary Dean CoE, Whitfield, Woodfield; Oakwood, Beechwood and St Peter's RC. The focus of the project was very much on raising the aspirations of the Year 5 pupils. The overall responses from school staff, pupils, parents and partner organisations are that the Pathfinder project has been very successful. Evaluation after every event and a final survey measuring distance travelled has revealed some interesting and very positive results. The impact on the children appears to have been significant.
For a full report on the project, please see the attached file. | |
| No | I have posted the summary in the document library under "National Announcements". | |
| No | The June/July 2010 edition of the newsletter has just been posted on the website in the document library. | |
| No | We have added a link to the above new website. The Gallery section of the website already provides a wide range of case studies of Young People from across our area who have benefited from the Apprenticeship programme. | |
| No | Congratulations to Jordan Bassett from Estover Community College and to Chloe Aquilina from SJHCC who have won the regional awards for KS3 learners and for KS4 learners respectively.
They have also been nominated for a national AimHigher Award and we wish them good luck. | |
| No | Live UnLtd is a programme launching with £5 million of resources for young people, part-funded by Big Lottery Fund and the Millennium Awards Trust. Live Unltd is aimed at helping young people between the ages of 11-25 in England turn their innovative project ideas into reality. The group aims to help anyone working in music, sport, arts or traditional business to change the world around them for the better. The Live UnLtd initiative aims to help young people to start up their own businesses, sports teams, recreational groups and host events with funding of up to £2,000 per individual, coupled with a model of non-financial support from a designated development manager in their region. Live UnLtd is in beta phase and is currently only accepting applications from young people aged 16-18 until July 2010. Applications can be made at any time.
The website address is http://www.liveunltd.com/ | |
| No | The Western Vocational Lifelong Learning Network in conjunction with Aimhigher West Area Partnership would like to invite you to a FREE one day training event on Tuesday 15th June 2010 around supporting successful student progression to Higher Education.
The programme and booking form are attached. | |
| No | Please see the policy document uploaded in the National Announcements section of the website. | |
| No | We have uploaded several documents on the website. Check the document library, the national announcements, the data section as well as the press releases. | |
| No | Post-16 progression measures data will not now be provided to schools and local authorities in advance of publication of the School Report Card. The DCSF is continuing to develop and test the suitability of post-16 progression measures for inclusion in the School Report Card.
In the meantime, it is essential that schools focus their internal procedures on ensuring that young people are well prepared to succeed in post-16 learning and on capturing data and assessing their progress post-16. This is vital if we are to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training and successfully prepare for raising the participation age from 2013.
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| No | The QAS has been designed to make clear the roles and responsibilities of providers of post-16 education and training; local authorities; the Young People's Learning Agency; the Skills Funding Agency; Government Offices and central Government in ensuring that learning programmes for young people and adults are of the highest quality. It takes account of the changes to the young people's and adult learning systems that take effect on 1 April 2010. The QAS also describes the annual process for reviewing and assessing provider performance and sets out some of the evidence which may be taken into account during this process.
The Overarching Framework will be supported by further detailed guidance, some of which is already available. | |
| No | Our website is constantly evolving in response to the feedback from our 14-19 partners. We have therefore added a new folder entitled "Plymouth data". The first report in this folder is a short paper summarising what the latest National Skills Survey tells us about employer demand for young people' s skills and qualifications in Plymouth.
A word of caution - Please note that sample sizes used in the NESS survey related to Plymouth are too small to be statistically reliable. Plymouth Employment and Skills Board has commissioned SERIO at the University of Plymouth to undertake a full survey of employers in each of the six priority sectors, specifically in the Plymouth TTWA and this will include all NESS survey questions. They will be reporting on this later in the year.
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| No | The March 2010 edition of the newsletter has just been posted in the document library | |
| No | Some special offers are available to schools which attend the Open Day. See attached flyer for details. | |
| No | See the "What's on" section for details of the two open days scheduled for 22nd and 24th March | |
| No | The February 2010 edition of the newsletter has just been posted in the document library | |
| No | Fast-paced and fun, informative and motivating, this stimulating and engaging show for Year 9s highlights the importance of choosing the right ‘options’, revealing how recognising your own ‘learning style’ can lead you to make an informed choice. It also illustrates the role of the Connexions Personal Adviser – there to help with anything going on in the young person’s life and demonstrates the importance of a broad-based education, empowering the audience to understand that this is their decision, their future, their life. The 14-19 team commissioned ImpAct to tour our seconday schools in the Autumn Term 2009. The post presentation questionnaire was completed by 2100 students, with 96% of those feeling that, as a result of seeing the presentation, they were now more aware of the options available to them in Year 10 and 11. A full copy of the evaluation report is attached. | |
| No | See the Herald article in the folder "press articles" as well as the announcement of open days and official opening on the blog. We have also added the link to the HealthTec website. | |
| No | The December edition of the Aimhigher Peninsula Programme newsletter has just been posted on the website (go to the document library) | |
| No | Three documents have just been loaded up in that folder: a letter to diploma centres, the LSC/DCSF statement of priority for 2010/2011 as well as details of an incentive scheme for employers recruiting an apprentice aged 16 or 17.
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| No | Today, we have added a new folder on the website called "SRG communications Brief". This briefing provides information about the transfer of responsibilities for 16-19 education and training from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to Local Authorities (LAs). These changes will take place from April 2010 and Deven, Plymouth and Torbay Councils are workign together to develop a sub regional shared service for joint working. The SRG intends to produce a monthly briefing. | |
| No | Today, we uploaded two documents: a letter to all 14-19 partners in the document library and our Spring Term Workforce Development Plan in the relevant folder. We have also updated the events section. Happy New Year! | |
| No | We hope that you are finding the "National announcements" section useful. We have just posted four items of news! | |
| No | The December edition of the Aimhigher Peninsula Programme newsletter has just been posted on the website (go to the document library) | |
| Yes | Aspiring TV producers of the future from City College Plymouth have won first prize in the 30” Commercial Challenge competition with a commercial for Deep Blue Sound.
The City College Plymouth production crew won the accolade in the 2009 competition run by Plymouth Media-Partnership in collaboration Plymouth City Council Services for Children and Young People, Chew TV and Plymouth College of Art.
The advert by the five gifted media students, Gavin McRae, Todd Marsh, Frances Calladine, Rebecca Shatlock and Thomas Pierpoint, will now be shown by the online broadcaster Chew TV.
One of the judges, Kate Rowlands from Chew TV, said
“This year’s entries for the commercial challenge impressively displayed the young people’s knowledge on how they can use the media as a powerful tool in influencing their audience. At Chew TV we understand how complex filmmaking can be and the standard produced by the young people was amazing”.
All qualifying entries will be screened on www.chewtv.com in the New Year.
The full press release is available in the 'Press Release' section
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| No | Congratulations to Kat Kelleher, Healthtec Business Development Manager for organising such a stimulating event. One of HealthTec's core values is to offer " An innovative, relevant and vibrant curriculum through experiential learning". Those colleagues who attended (including teachers from as far afield as Torquay and Exeter) enjoyed the launch which started with a stimulating introductory presentation by Clive Doulton, an inspiring Assistant Headteacher at Harbourne Hill School in Birmingham who created the HealthTec concept, and finished with an opportunity for hands-on learning.
We hope to be able to upload Clive's presentation onto the website. In the meantime, we attach Kat's presentation as well as two documents which will give you a flavour of the Healthtec centre (on the Forresters Business Park, Estover).
For further details about Healthtec, contact Kat at kat.kelleher@venustc.co.uk or on 07545697282.
We believe that the HealthTec curriculum will make a significant contribution to Priority 10 of the C&YP's Plan which focuses on raising aspirations. | |
| No | See the press release from the Plymouth Media Group in the section "Press articles" | |
| No | The plan for this new 14-19 operational priority has just been uploaded in the document library. | |
| No | See the section "National Announcements" for details of this new initiative. | |
| No | Following discussions with our colleagues from Aimhigher, we have decided to post their newsletters on our 14-19 website. They will be stored in the Document library in their own folder. I have just uploaded the November edition. | |
| No | A powerpoint presentation that colleagues might find useful to help them gain an overview of this important development. | |
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| No | Plymouth City Council’s Sustainable Transport Team, in Partnership with the Plymouth Casualty Reduction Partnership, are staging the “Learn 2 Live” road show. “Learn 2 Live” is a hard hitting road safety initiative, aimed at young people aged 16 to 24. The initiative gives young people an insight into the dangers of irresponsible vehicle use and the devastating consequences that can accompany it. It draws on real life experiences of crash victim’s families and friends, fire fighters, healthcare professionals and the Police. The presentation leaves a lasting impact on those who attend. This event will take place at the Plymouth Pavilions on the 26thJanuary 2010. See attached letter for further details. | |
| No | Check the blog and the document library! | |
| No | There are 2 PowerPoint presentations giving information re Functional Skills in the PowerPoints folder | |
| No | Dates and venues for all the secondary strategy courses and network meetings are now in the 14-19 Workforce Development Plans Section | |
| No | We have recently added new content on the website under Presentations, Articles and National Announcements. Please visit those sections regularly. | |
| No | Free TheatreA Night Less Ordinary Free Theatre Tickets for under 26s!
A Night Less Ordinary is an Arts Council England scheme in association with Metro, which provides 618,000 free theatre tickets to anyone under 26 in more than 200 venues across England. For more information about the scheme visit www.anightlessordinary.org.uk The Theatre Royal is taking part in this scheme and will offer the free tickets for most shows at the Theatre Royal and Drum Theatre on Thursday evenings. The free theatre scheme went live across the country on 16 February 2009. Please see Terms & Conditions for more information on how the scheme works.
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| No | This is the latest of our 14-19 operational plan to be uploaded into the document library. We are aiming to upload our plan for the Raising of the Participation Age by the end of next week. | |
| No | The 14-19 Strategic Partnership has updated its overview document and I have posted it in the document library under "plans". The overview includes the strategic and operational priorities for the next 3 years as well as the membership of the 14-19 Strategic Group. | |
| No | In order to improve our communications with all 14-19 partners, we have developed this website. In addition, we promised to publish a newsletter which would keep you abreast of developments in Plymouth and would also give us the opportunity to celebrate our collective achievements. The first editon is out and on the website. We will be sending you hard copies shortly. We aim to publish this newsletter twice a year in the first instance.
Our next project is to support a group of learners who will produce a 14-19 newsletter for their peers.
Do not forget to post feedback on the site as we are keen to improve our communications with you in the light of your comments. | |
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Please go to the events section of the website in order to find more about two additional briefings scheduled respectively for 30th November and 1st December! | |
| No | Operational Priority 7 is "To drive forward an integrated development and implementation of the CAP, the 14-19 Prospectus and i-plymouth". Our 2009/2010 plan has just been uploaded in the document library. | |
| No | Our Operational Priority 4 is "To develop our city-wide curriculum provision, including informal opportunities, so that it meets the needs of all learners and raises their aspirations". Our 2009/2010 plan has just been uploaded in the document library. | |
| No | Priority 3 of the 14-19 operational plan is to develop and implement an independent, impartial and integrated city-wide IAG strategy. The strategy sets out our plan to ensure that information, advice and guidance is delivered to all young people in a collaborative manner and to a consistently high standard across the city. The strategy is co-ordinated and driven forward by the IAG strategy group, with representation from secondary schools/community colleges, Further Education, Higher Education, Local Authority, Training Providers, Connexions, Education Business Partnership, Youth Service and the Community and Voluntary sector.
It is now available in the document library. | |
| No | The SSAT considers that our good practice in the above area must be celebrated and shared with others. We were asked to write an article for the SSAT and we have just posted the article in the Diploma Partnership folder of the Document Library. | |
| No | A joint letter from the National Apprenticeship Service and the LA has just been sent to Headteachers offering them the opportunity to book the local NAS team for awareness raising sessions for staff or for learners. The deadline for responses is 19th October. The letter can be found in the update folder in the document library. | |
| No | The progress report for the above plan is now available in the document library. | |
| Yes | Please note that the functional skills training scheduled on 1st December as listed on the WFD plan sent to you recently is now to be held on the 11th December | |
| Yes | The 14 - 19 plan for priority 5, "Achieving a greater percentage of GCSE 5 A* - C including English and Maths" is now available in the Document Library | |
| No | We will use this section of our website to alert you to additions or amendments to the calendar and the document library. We will use the blog to keep you up-to-date with 14-19 developments. | 25/09/2009 |
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TVC Celebration Day 2009
Tonia Couch and Chelsea Glover to attend the TVC Celebration Day! See 14-19 in Action images
This years TVC Celebration Day
promises to be the biggest and best yet. In total 1,041 students
enrolled on TVC courses in September 2008 and those who completed their
course this July will be attending to collect their certficates. Nearly
800 successful students will be attending. Plymouth Pavillions will be
the venue for the big event that takes place on Wednesday 8th July. All
successful students to be in their seats by 1.45pm please to hear the Ridgeway Choir and watch the students' slide show.
Plymouth olympic diving star and ex TVC student, Tonia Couch will be attending to give some of the 'student of the year' awards. Chelsea Glover will be singing two songs from her repertoire. | 06/09/2009 |
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