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University of Nottingham UK I CHINA MALAYSIA Nottingham Potential: Report on 2016-2017 Mature first-year students at the Kickstart early induction programme 1 ''ontents Executive summary and Background 1. Primary support and enrichment . 5 2. Nottingham Potential Centres--- 7 3. Ambition Nottingham, Years 7-11 12 4. Ambition Nottingham, Years 12-13 15 5. Summer Schools Year 12 16 6. Evaluation 20 Appendic:es Appendix 1: Delivery against gift agreement targets 21 Appendix 2: Progress against output targets 23 Appendix 3: Nottingham Potential: summary of evaluation and update 25 on progress, November 2017 Appendix 4: Nottingham Potential impact: trend data for progression to 30 ' higher education Appendix 5: Aspiration and attainment raising activities 32 Appendix 6: Pathways programmes 35 Appendix 7: Academy relationships 36 Contact details for further information 38w Executive summary The academic year 2016 to 2017 continued the consolidation of Nottingham Potential provision. Our programmes continued at steady state, with a modest expansion of the Pathways to Law programme to include Year 10 students. This was supported by additional funding from the Sutton Trust and the Legal Education Foundation to continue, and activities are run in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Potential's constituent programmes ran to s •le and to budget, and overall me::: with enthusiastic demand from individual leE,. and schools. Overall, v, )rovide -: )ver 83,000 contact opportunities to prepa higher education, a it decrease (of 2,000) on the previous year, but still )ver our targ have focused on improving the quality and impact of ou rammes, We ( , Je to implemen: ur evaluation framework, working , th externP' advi )ver the past y(,2 more results have become availa , with sor .2 plea • ?sults, All results help to inform ongoinc to our w Key evaluation findi At primary school ley , 1% of teachers say we are successfully engaging children in learning and in academic topics; and raising their awareness of what a university is. At secondary school level, our more intensive work with named cohorts of young people is changing their attitudes positively over the medium to longer term. From Year 7 to Year 9, 49% of Ambition Nottingham participants reported a positive change in their ideas about university, with 83% saying it was 'very likely' or 'fairly likely' they would apply to the University of • rirrient Nottingharm 7017 Structured teacher observations of IntoUniversity Academic Support resulted in six out of six teachers judging the effectiveness of the sessions to 'exceed all expectations' or 'frequently exceed expectations'. Our summer schools sixth ffyrm students result in about 20% entering the University of Nottingham and another 30% entering another Russell Group university. That's a total of 50% going to Russell Group universities. Over 20% of mature students participating in our taster days enter ti‘ University of Nottingham. Backgrc The generous support of the David Ross Foundation made it possible for the L --- /ersity of Nottingham to begin implementing Nottingham Potential in January 3 31 and others h;3\le subsenliPrifl, r -nr-tl-rihuted additional funr.linn Nottingham al has thr... :.ns: 1. Encourag-. suppc capable s rom under- represented backgrou and in rm 3r to the University of Nottingham, 2. Within primary schools, promote and support educa aspiration and attainment and an interest in education. 3. Within secondary schools and FE colleges, raise asp to university study and support attainment, _ king with local schools, communities and individual young people, and in partnership with London-based charity IntoUniversity, the University of Nottii seeks to have an immediate effect on participants as well as help establish a that values education and plans for progression. Major Nottingham Potential developments since 2011 have included the opening of three Nottingham r)?1" - Learning Centres in partnership with IntoUniversity, the doubling of capac.' Year 12 summer schools, the extension of our Ambition Nottingham progr Years 7 to 11 and the expansion of our primary schools' progran- This is the sixth annual report by the University of Notti n Nottingham Potential. This report comprises a nal date, with tailed data in the appendices, 4 1. Primary support and ..nrichment Benefitting from additional funding from the Badur Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation, the primary team delivered just over 20,287 contact opportunities across over 63 target primary schools in Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire and pockets of Derbyshire in 2016-17. This is an increase of 2,287 on the previous year's contact opportunities. We delivered activities across our five core strands of work. Learning Leaders University of Nottingham student volunteers aim I-n raise aspirations of primary aged children by going into schools to share t lowledge and passion for their subject an ct as role models. In L6-17 the ileven individual Learning Leaders projects, each covering diffe Neuroscience to Philosophy, Physiology to Clas- u VVIUMI Learning Leaders projects inch ided, for example; • How are! ries made and stored? • Ancient E• O What is b - .Lty? • Eating fol - the digestive system. Due to restructu i the University's Business Sch~ two proiect0 discontinued: CL. Sharing and Nature Trails. One •iw was pilo the School of So y, while the Psychology and Afl -Schoc• Science on were expanded. Outputs: Learning Leaders involved 279 volunteers and delivered 7,778 individual contact opportunities across 327 activities in 33 schools, 5 Discovery Days — age 2 (KS2) pupils that finate National -ricului >trb •. ::fs well as providinc; higher education and raising aspirations for future study. The visit -npip • upported by a session beforehand introducing relevant conceptT ouner afterward - ) embed learning. Subjects covered included: America:- : radian Studies, Archaeology, Astronorr-. Extreme Weather, Law, Ma cine, Physiotherapy, Plant Science, Robod•P P- orts, Nutrition and PE an. After the previous year's pilot, Key Stage I (KS1) Discovery Days were fully rolled out with 11 events in 2016-17. There were also three new KS2 Discovery Day themes trialied in 2016-17: Food Science, Law and Extreme Weather , )uts: In 2011 and Kl•• Discovery Days dc ered 4,926 individual act opportun D55 35 p ents (146 activitiet ; n 33 schools. Key Stage 1 pupils g part in a campus tc Day. They are loo' the student societies be Learning Journeys — Delivered in close partnership between ,:chool and the University, these are structured projects, normally running over a school term. They start with a project planning meeting with teachers and university volunteers, are led in school by teaching staff and supported with at least three visits by University volunteers and culmir: • ,isit to the University. In 2016-17 we rar yarning Journeys in three t(_ microbes, Modern Foreign Languages ar Activities vary with iu e subject and included for example: Designing and testing moving vehicIF-7 Learning French, German or SpanisI- Swabbing the classroom to collect ry D e m different objects Outi• s: In 2016-17 Lear ys delivered uual contact opp. -.unities across 45 a schools, 6 Learning — We ran programmes across two separate contexts: Academic Support in partnership with IntoUniversity: Families of children attending academic support at the Nottingham Potential community learning centres were invited to attend sessions with their children both in centre and at the University. We also delivered parent-only sessions focussing on helping parents to support their children's numeracy skills. Additional sessions for parents only were delivered this year on 'Adults returning to education'. `Wonder' Family Learning: families from local target primary schools were recruited to attend the University's community day. Aspirational sessions were delivered to families in the schools before bringing them to the University on the day of 'Wonder' to experience a wide range of hands-on, interactive activities. An afternoon tea event was also delivered on the day, specifically for these families. Outputs: In 2016-17 Family Learning delivered 1,218 individual contact opportunities across 30 activities with seven schools and three IntoUniversity Centres. Exploring Aspirations — A menu of sessions to raise awareness of HE and aspirations delivered by staff, student ambassadors and volunteers in schools. Options include a series of assemblies about university life, a carousel of taster activities reflecting the different University faculties, a session developing research skills and a sports-based aspiration building session with students. Outputs: In 2016-17 Exploring Aspirations delivered 4,780 individual contact opportunities across 57 activities in 18 schools. Other Partnerships - The work above is in addition to developing new activities to meet the need for University-specific input to IntoUniversity FOCUS Week activities at three Nottingham Potential centres. The Primary team contributed to 29 FOCUS Weeks in 2016-17. (For more information, see section 2 below.) The Primary Team also collaborated with the Ogden Trust to run the Nottinghamshire Young Scientist of the Year awards and with the University of Nottingham's Department of Sport to create links with schools for a Sports Explorers programme funded by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and a series of coaching clubs in schools. Poten''' ,:er Summary In 2016-17 all three Nottingham Potential centres — Nottingham West in Broxtowe,