14-19 Centre Research Study

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14-19 Centre Research Study

• Impact of 14-19 Educational Reforms in Schools
  and Colleges in England

This project was funded by QCDA
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Labour governments 14-19 reform programme
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CReSt 14-19 a multiple Case Study
2009-2010 1,000,000 words of data
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CReSt 14-19 a multiple Case Study

• Centres as cases
• Sampling cases
• Sampling cases during the period of the research
  2009-10
• Longitudinal research
• Project advisor
• Annual Conference
• Data collection
• Centre visits
• Interviews, focus groups, documentary evidence
• Online questionnaires
• Ethical Considerations
• Data analysis
• Reporting

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DESCRIPTION OF CENTRES VISITED 2009-10 DESCRIPTION OF CENTRES VISITED 2009-10
11-16 SCHOOL 5
11-19 SCHOOL 1
13-19 SCHOOL 1
16-19 SIXTH FORM COLLEGE 3
ACADEMY 1
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE 2
INDEPENDENT 1
SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTRES 3
SPECIALIST COLLEGE 1
Total 18
LOCATION OF CENTRES VISITED 2009-10 LOCATION OF CENTRES VISITED 2009-10
NORTH 7
CENTRAL 2
SOUTH 9
Total 18
URBAN/CITY 6
SUBURBAN/SMALL TOWN 6
RURAL 6
Total 18
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First level codes
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Implementing the 14-19 reforms

• a view from schools and colleges

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Rolling out the reforms the top-down model
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What happens in practice the bottom-up model
Interpretation
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Policy tests
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Policy tests
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The 14-19 Reforms - The policy intent

• Policy coherence/Reform
• The Diploma
• Perceptions
• Curriculum demands, retention and resources
• Policy, uncertainty and funding issues
• Functional skills
• Barriers to success
• Raising the participation age
• Alternative qualifications - BTECs

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The student experience

• and their views on the reforms

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Student voice and participation

• There is no group whose view is more important
  in terms of 14-19 reform than the young people
  themselves, that is why it s critical that the
  student voice is heard, at both local and
  national level... To make sure the student voice
  can be heard more than before we are
  strengthening the requirement for consortia to
  demonstrate their interaction with young
  people... (DCSF, 2009, pg 12, paras 38-39
• CReSt including student perspectives
• 45 focus groups (Y11, Y13, disengaged and Y10
  and/or 12 where applicable)
• questionnaires

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Methodological stance re young people
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Curriculum and assessment changes and pressures
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Views on 14-19 Reforms