INSPIRING YOUNG LIVES

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INSPIRING YOUNG LIVES
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APPROXIMATELY 10,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART
THIS YEAR
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RPA IMPACT ON TEAM
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BACKGROUND ON RPA
LEGISLATION From September 2013, 16-17 year olds
must stay in education or training, up to 18th
birthday by Sept 2015. FUNDING Mainstream
education providers must meet Study Principles
for EFA funding English and Maths support (those
without GCSEs A-C) Funding per learner for 600
hrs p.a. SFA funding has been protected for the
next academic year Given the new environment how
do we change the way we deliver our programme?
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Three possible team programmes

• Keep Team at 12 weeks (420 GLH) but increase
  Literacy and Numeracy support
• A shorter 9-week Team programme (315 GLH)
• A 15-week Team with embedded Literacy and
  Numeracy (600 GLH)

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Programme Schedule 12 WEEK
Week
1 ? induction, planning and target setting
2 ? residential
3 - 6 ? community project
7 - 8 ? individual work placements
9 ? next steps making choices post-team
10 - 11 ? Team challenge
12 ? programme review and final presentation
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BENEFITS OF THE 12-WEEK TEAM

• time to engage with young people
• can embed literacy and numeracy
• fits with existing FE progression opportunities
• model works for both SFA and DWP

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Strengths Weaknesses
? retains all the key areas of Team tried and tested over 20 years ? does not leave many spare hours for colleges to provide other provision
? right amount of time for each young person to develop ? is not in line with EFA thinking on substantial provision
? demonstrates to funders that The Princes Trust qualification is robust and good value for money ? may not be enough time to significantly improve Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy skills
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Opportunities Threats
? to embed literacy, numeracy and digital literacy into the programme ? other programmes offer similar elements to Team but at a reduced cost
? to review the entire programme and make improvements ? 16 to 18s will start to reduce from the programme as RPA develops
? to enable more young people to retain on programme and progress into positive destinations ? developments in Literacy and Numeracy will be limited in three months
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Programme Schedule 9 WEEK
Week
1 ? Induction, planning and target setting
2 ? Residential
3 - 4 ? Community project
5 ? Individual work placements
6-7 ? Team Enterprise Challenge
8 ? Next steps
9 ? Programme review and final presentation
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BENEFITS OF THE 9-WEEK TEAM

• Engage with more young people, run 4 Teams a year
  
• Young people can progress from Team into other FE
  provision within their 600 hours
• Short, focussed programme including Enterprise
  elements
• Potential for Delivery Partners to draw down
  increased funding

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Strengths Weaknesses
? More young people through the programme ? May increase on Team Leader workload
? Review and re-invigorate programme areas ? May be difficult to recruit additional learners in some areas
? Leaves FE providers with 285 GLH to equip learners with Maths and English, or for young people to progress ? May incur increased costs to Delivery Partners to run additional Team programmes
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Opportunities Threats
? Strengthen links to Enterprise programme and increase employability skills ? SFA have confirmed funding for Team at 420 GLH
? Embed maths and literacy in Enterprise Challenge ? 9 weeks may not provide enough time to transform young people
? DP potentially draw down increased income ? Some completers may have longer to wait before starting FE courses
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Programme Schedule 15 WEEK
Week
1 ? Induction/assessment
2 ? Planning and target setting
3 ? Residential
4-6 ? Community project
7 ? Preparation for work
8-10 ? Individual work placement
11 ? Next steps
12-13 Team challenge
14 Next steps progression week
15 Programme review and end of Team presentation
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BENEFITS OF THE 15 WEEK TEAM

• Embedded literacy and numeracy throughout
  programme
• Better progression structure and opportunities
  for young people on the programme
• Formalise current recruitment work to be included
  in core programme structure

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Strengths Weaknesses
? More progression support for young people on the programme ? Asking Delivery Partner staff to do more work for the same amount of money
Embedded literacy and numeracy ? Restricting the progress of young people
? Formalised recruitment process ? More staff are needed
? Bespoke outcome work ? This does not work if we do not get discrete provision
? Programme attractive to Delivery Partners

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Opportunities Threats
? Explore if there is more staff funding available ? Less young people attracted to the programme
?Opportunities to work with corporate partners ? More similar programmes at this length which are trying to achieve similar objectives
? Identify local issues and work with these ? Might impact more on smaller providers than on larger ones such as the Fire and Rescue Services
? More flexibility with recruitment
? Working with the Outreach team
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MORE THAN 70 OF UNEMPLOYED PARTICIPANTS GO ON TO
JOBS, TRAINING OR EDUCATION WITHIN THREE MONTHS
OF COMPLETION
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QUESTIONS

• Do you currently see Team as a viable programme
  to run for September 2013?
• The DfE have granted protection for three years
  to colleges to make sure they can still run
  courses they have already planned. Do you intend
  to continue to fund Team using this protection
  for the next 1/2/3 years?
• Do you see Team as a beneficial programme to help
  progress young people into FE routes?

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THANK YOU