KS4 Engagement Programme

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KS4 Engagement Programme
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KS4 Engagement Programme
The 14-19 Education and Skills White Paper
(February 2005)
The purpose of the education system is to help
each and every individual reach their potential.
Ruth Kelly Secretary of State for Education and
Skills
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KS4 engagement
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KS4 Engagement Programme

• Understand the programme
• How it is being delivered in Lincolnshire
• A schools approach

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KS4 Engagement Programme

• Impact of the programme on young people
• Reflect on what they think
• Listen to their story

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KS4 Engagement Programme
School Improvement Service in Partnership with
Lincolnshire County Council

• Mark Wilkinson CEIAG Team Manager
• Chris Brook Director of Learning Support,
  Cordeaux School
• Geoff Cowley Head teacher Gleed Boys School
• Kevin Cooper Alternative Curriculum Manager
  Gleed Boys
• KS4 Engagement Students

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Aim of the Programme
To provide a work focused route to motivate
14-19 year olds with relatively low attainment
and at risk of disaffection
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Lincolnshires Aims
Provide targeted intervention in KS4
Reduce the number of young people who become
NEET and ENT at age 16
Embed FLT principles and curriculum
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Objectives
Improve the number of learners who attain the
level 1 threshold at 16
Fewer fixed term exclusions
Improve Attendance
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Schools
Parents
Colleges
Young People
Children Services
Voluntary Sector
Employers
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KS4 Engagement Programme
2006-07 - national programme was piloted by 21
partnerships 2007-08 - it ran in 70
partnerships nationally including Lincoln 14-19
Partnership 2008-09 rolling out across
Lincolnshire 2009-10 continue Lincolnshire
roll out(?) 2010-11 funding within school
budgets
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KS4 Engagement Programme 2008-09

• 10 schools involved
• Kirton Middlecott -Haven High - St Bedes -
  Lincoln Yarborough - Lincoln Christs Long Sutton
  - The Peele - Crowland - St Guthlacs - Gleed
  Girls - Gleed Boys Cotelands
• 141 young people

• Low skill levels
• Evidence of limited educational progress
• Likely to underachieve at the end of KS4
• Clear signs of disengagement
• Inadequate social skills,
• Background in deprived communities
• Issues associated with deprivation,/high inward
  migration from other European communities
• Low levels of aspiration
• Emotional or behavioural problems,
• A recognised learning difficulty or disability
• Those involved in the youth justice process

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Personal and Social Development PLTS
Personalised Programme ILP Parents Assessment
IAG Link to Personal Adviser Clear progression
routes
Qualifications Functional skills FLT ASDAN
Work Based/ Work Related Learning
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Timetable examples

• Reduced options
• Discrete group
• Whole year group vocational pathways
• Part-time programme
• Reintegration programme

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What the pupils think!

• Its great!
• My attendance has improved.
• Go for it!
• Its a good opportunity to spend time learning
  and improving your grades.
• Its a brilliant programme and a really good
  experience.

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• We do ½ GCSEs in more subjects and so get the
  qualifications quicker.
• I like going on the visits.
• We learn to work as part of a team.
• The experiences will help me later in life.
• I am getting a hands on experience.

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• My behaviour has improved and I am now in higher
  sets.
• I am enjoying learning for the first time!
• The uniform makes you feel professional.
• More please!