KNOWSLEY 1419 COLLEGIATE

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KNOWSLEY 14-19 COLLEGIATE
Gina ORourke Skills for Life Coordinator 14-19
(Knowsley)
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KNOWSLEY CONTEXT

• Knowsley is predominately greenbelt, but is a
  well industrialised outer city area.
• High levels of unemployment with the claimant
  rate at 4.2 compared with the England average of
  2.4.
• Indices of Deprivation (2004) show that Knowsley
  is a very deprived area. i.e. one of the most
  deprived 10 of authorities across all six
  measures of deprivation.
• Adults have poor numeracy (31) literacy (24)
  levels (compared to approx 24 nationally)
• Only 78 of primary pupils continue their
  education in Knowsleys secondary schools

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KEY OBJECTIVES

• To widen the choice of curriculum pathways in
  order to maximise individual achievement from the
  age of 14 and increase progression to further
  education and higher education.
• To extend high quality provision that puts
  individual students needs at the heart of the
  learning process.
• To maximise the use of the Vocational Skills
  Centre that will allow students to access
  learning pathways within technological
  environments that replicate the work place and
  provide the achievement of recognised vocational
  qualifications.

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KNOWSLEY 14-19 COLLEGIATECHRONOLOGY

• 2000 16-19 AWI
• AWI Ofsted Report
• 2002 - First College-based Collegiate Cohorts
  started
• - Flagship Vocational Skills Centre opened
• - Official opening of the VSC by Secretary of
  State, Education Skills, Charles Clarke
• 75 of WBL providers in Knowsley getting good or
  better for leadership and management grades
• - 14-19 AWI Inspection (July-October 04)
• - Knowsley Community College DfES Beacon Award

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14-19 CollegiateWhat is it?

• An ambitious and unique approach to education
  which puts the learner at heart of the process
• The traditional break at 16 will disappear as
  students follow a planned progression route from
  14-19
• Each student will have a home school which will
  deliver the core curriculum
• Students will have the chance to choose from a
  variety of courses at a variety of venues
• The curriculum Offer will be broad and all
  students will have the chance of following a
  vocational programme.
• A unique partnership of key agencies working
  together to create a discrete phase of 14-19
  education.

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14-19 COLLEGIATE PARTNERS
Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council
Knowsley Community College
Knowsley Schools
Greater Merseyside Connexions
Higher Education
Employers Jaguar
Knowsley Education And Lifelong
Learning Department
Knowsley Provider Network
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KNOWSLEY COLLEGIATE SEPTEMBER 2003-2005
(College-based offer)
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Level 2/GCSE - BTEC First COURSE Accounting Animal
Care BTEC First Business BTEC
First Catering GCSE Citizenship
GCSE Engineering GCSE Environmental
Conservation BTEC First Girls Into Engineering
GCSE ICT Practitioner - BTEC First Law
GCSE Multimedia BTEC First Performing Arts BTEC
First Performing Arts BTEC First Music
Technology Psychology GCSE Secretarial
Administration Statistics GCSE Systems
Support BTEC First Sport Studies BTEC
First Sociology GCSE
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SUCCESSES - 1

• A very effective response to the 16-19 AWI
• Excellent curriculum offer for all 14-16 across
  Knowsley including for the vulnerable and
  disaffected.
• Flagship VSC
• Increasing numbers of YP participating in ET at
  post-16
• Year 11 leavers continuing in EET (84)
• Excellent KS4 WBL progression data
• Excellent value added at GCE A level
• Positive progression data for leavers who
  completed p/t college-based Collegiate courses
  (2002-04)
• 25 of Yr 10 and 33 of Yr 11 are engaged in
  learning outside their own school
• A range of 30 additional courses that are not
  available in school

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SUCCESSES - 2

• Outstanding joint leadership of 14-19 development
  by strategic partners and institutional heads
  through the collegiate structure
• Excellent relationship between the key strategic
  partners
• Effective use of a complex cocktail of funding
  streams
• From September 04 720 students accessing
  GCSE/GNVQ one day options courses
• Approximately 300 YP on full out-of-school
  programme with 20 WBL providers
• Two schools offering provision (GCSE Media) using
  a City Learning Centre
• On-line resources for new GCSEs on the Knowsley
  Intranet
• Effective employer involvement from Jaguar and
  QVC
• Joint delivery of a range of programmes between
  college and school staff

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Knowsleys AWI Grades
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SOME OF THE CHALLENGES/FUTUREDEVELOPMENTS

• Do all YP have an awareness and understanding of
  the full curriculum offer at 14?
• Do staff in schools?
• Will all schools allow impartial advice and
  guidance?
• How do we resolve the tensions between
  institutional and individual achievement?
• Further development of E-portfolios
• Sustaining an effective transport system
• Training opportunities to update teachers and
  support staff on courses and progression
• Sustainability for the whole 14-19 phase of
  education
• Develop a prospectus which covers all 14-19
  options available through the 14-19 collegiate
• Sharing data / tracking students between
  providers

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SOME OF THE CHALLENGES/FUTUREDEVELOPMENTS(cont
inued)

• Further alignment of timetables
• YP leaving education and training at 17, 18 years
• Inconsistent support for literacy and numeracy at
  KS4 and in school sixth forms
• Legacy of attainment at GCSE (despite a very good
  improvements) which remains below national
  averages
• Poor achievement of qualifications in work-based
  learning
• The implementation of Functional Skills

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Functional Skills

• Locking functional skills into qualifications is
  central to our aim of improving achievement in
  the basics, which are essential to the future
  success of all young people.
• (14-19 Education and Skills Implementation Plan
  DfES)

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For the latest developments on functional skills
visitwww.totallyskilled.ac.uk