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Humber Careers Hub and Enterprise Adviser Network

Report to the Employment and Skills Board, 7 July, 2020

Report from Fiona Headridge, LEP, Humber Careers Hub Lead

1. Summary

1.1. This report updates the ESB on the performance of the Humber Careers Hub, delivered in partnership with the four Local Authorities and the LEP.

1.2. This paper acts to brief the ESB on the progress made by schools in the wider Careers and Enterprise Company, Enterprise Adviser Network until March 2020 in relation to grant funded targets.

1.3. This paper updates the ESB the Grant Offer from The Careers and Enterprise Company for August 2020 until July 2021.

1.4. This paper updates the ESB on the developing relationship with the Humber Outreach Partnership around careers education and guidance.

1.5. This paper gives a brief oversight of the impact of Covid 19 on the delivery of careers education in schools at present.

1.6. Annex 1 provides a list of the member institutions of the Humber Careers Hub.

1.7. Annex 2 is the most recent data dashboard for the Careers Hub.

2. Recommendations

2.1. Members review this report of the work of the Careers Hub across the 26 education establishments in the Humber.

2.2. Board members to note this report.

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3. Report

3.1. Humber Careers Hub performance

3.1.1. The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) is a national employer-led organisation that has been set up to inspire and prepare Young People for the fast-changing world of work. The role of the CEC is to take an umbrella view of the landscape of careers and enterprise provision, enabling improvement programmes, filling gaps in delivery and ensuring coverage across the country.

3.1.2. The CEC received funding from the Department of Education to establish an initial 20 pilot Careers Hubs across England by September 2018 – the Humber Careers Hub was one of this first Wave of Careers Hubs. Careers Hubs were set up to help transform careers education for young people around the country. A further 18 were established in September 2019 and a third Wave of Hubs will be announced to start in September 2020.

3.1.3. A Careers Hub is a group of secondary schools and colleges located in the same geographic area, working with universities, other education and training providers, employers and careers professionals to support them, and each other to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks. The Gatsby Benchmarks1 are designed to improve careers guidance for young people and form part of the government’s Careers Strategy launched in December 20172.

3.1.4. Wave 1 Careers Hubs were required to have between 20 and 40 schools/colleges within them, and are allocated extra resource and funding to enable them to strive towards meeting all eight Gatsby Benchmarks by the end of 2020. The Humber Careers Hub has maintained all 26 schools and colleges who were accepted (detailed in Annex 1).

3.1.5. The schools within the Hub are diverse; including two special needs schools, one alternative education provider, a university technical college, a sixth form college and a general further education college. The schools and colleges who joined the Hub were at different stages in relation to their careers guidance and delivery and this remains true.

3.1.6. The CEC has developed an online resource – the Compass self-evaluation tool. The Compass tool helps schools and colleges evaluate careers activity against the Gatsby Benchmarks.

3.1.7. The data dashboard shows progress in the Humber Careers Hub using submissions form the Compass tool (Annex 2). Paper E

3.1.8. Key points of interest are:

3.1.8.1. Humber Careers Hub has made progress against 7 of the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks, most notably Benchmarks 1, 2, 7 and 5.

3.1.8.2. Targets for both Benchmark 5 and 6 have been exceeded by Humber Careers Hub.

3.1.8.3. Humber Careers Hub has outperformed the Wave 1 Careers Hub average in 6 of the 8 Benchmarks.

3.1.8.4. Benchmark 3 still provides a real challenge to schools where they do not have the data consent or resources to track pupil destinations for 3 years. CEC are in continuing conversations with DfE and The Gatsby Foundation to understand if there can be a national approach to supporting schools with this.

3.1.8.5. Most significant progress can be seen in Benchmark 1 with an increase of 54 percentage points in those achieving Benchmark 1 in comparison to baseline.

3.1.8.6. The overall average Benchmark score for the Careers Hub is 5.3 Benchmarks. The average for Wave 1 hubs is 4.8 and the national average is 3.5.

3.1.8.7. In the last 2 years 24 Careers Leaders in the Humber have benefitted from free Careers Leader training offered by the CEC

3.1.8.8. The Humber Careers Hub now has 5 cornerstone employers who act as beacons to other employers around business education engagement and work within a national framework.

3.2. Humber Enterprise Adviser Network progress

3.2.1. The CEC publishes data for the wider Enterprise Adviser Network 3 times a year. The most recent data is from Compass evaluations at the end of March. The key points of the performance data are:

3.2.1.1. There are 85 institutions in the Humber region who are eligible to join the EAN. At present, there are 65 institutions signed up. This comprises of 7 colleges, 49 mainstream schools, 3 alternative provision providers and 6 SEND schools. Paper E

3.2.1.2. In the Humber region (all schools in the Enterprise Adviser Network) schools are achieving an average of 4.3 Benchmarks against a national average of 3.7 Benchmarks.

3.2.1.3. There are currently 49 Enterprise Advisers in the Humber which needs to be increased to 65 in the next year

3.2.1.4. The satisfaction survey for EAs which CEC conducted reported that 93% of EAs are satisfied with the support they receive from their ECs against a target of 70%.

3.3. Careers and Enterprise Company Grant Offer (August 2020 – July 2021)

3.3.1. Enterprise Coordinators, at present there is a vacant post (south bank) which is being recruited for to ensure we have the capacity to service up to 65 schools in the region. We will have 3 co funded Enterprise Coordinators and 1 fully funded Hub Lead.

3.3.2. Compass+, launched in early September 2019, and allows schools to Benchmark, manage, track and report on their careers programme at both a school-wide and individual-pupil level. Compass+ integrates with school management information systems. Targets will exist around moving schools to Compass+ before 31 December 2020, they are: 3.3.2.1. 95% of eligible schools in the Careers Hub to be using Compass+ 3.3.2.2. 60% of EAN eligible schools to be using Compass+

3.3.3. Benchmark 1, is around a stable and strategic careers plan. A large emphasis in the next year is to ensure schools are making progress to achieving this Benchmark. This will help careers education and guidance become embedded in a school; increasing sustainability.

3.3.4. Enterprise Adviser match, there is an expectation in the next year that all 65 schools in the EAN will be matched to an Enterprise Adviser. This could be challenging with businesses making adaptations in light of the impact of COVID 19. Paper E

3.3.5. Funding 3.3.5.1. Total Sustainability Fund Available: £34,942 (whole EAN) 3.3.5.2. Total Central Hub Fund Available: £26,000 (only Hub schools) 3.3.5.3. Total Staff Funding Available: £147,500 (50% match fund for ECs, 100% funding for the Hub Lead) 3.3.5.4. Overall Maximum Funding Available for 2020-21: £208,442 3.3.5.5. Coverage up to at least: 65 schools and colleges

3.4. Humber Outreach Partnership collaboration

3.4.1. The Humber Outreach Partnership (HOP) is the Humber partnership of the Uni Connect project. Uni Connect is a project funded by the Office for Students to help increase the number of young people (who live in areas of low Higher Education participation) to progress to HE. 3.4.2. In the guidance for both the Careers and Enterprise Company and Uni Connect, there is an expectation that partners will work cohesively to maximise impact and funding for schools and young people. Historically we have not had a close working relationship with HOP. 3.4.3. The new project manager Naomi Prendergast is very keen to establish closer working relationships and there are now clear links to the governance of both projects. 3.4.4. HOP have agreed to match fund (50%) the Careers Hub Enterprise Coordinator for the forthcoming year – August 2020 – July 2021.

3.5. Impact of Covid 19 on careers education in schools 3.5.1. Schools have continued to engage on differing levels. Some schools during the closure have engaged more than they have previously as the Careers Leader has had more time available to them. Other schools have engaged less and focussed mainly on curriculum and pastoral demands, Paper E

3.5.2. The summer term is when most schools arrange work experience and employer encounters. All planned in and out of school activity has been cancelled and this will lead to a dramatic decrease in Benchmark scores most notably for Benchmarks 5, 6 & 7. 3.5.3. There have been a number of Enterprise Advisers who have been either furloughed or redeployed meaning their engagement with schools has either stopped or been dramatically reduced. There is an anticipation that as the economy attempts to recover some Enterprise Advisers may withdraw from their roles leaving a gap and reduced support for schools. 3.5.4. Careers Leaders have raised concern that the priority in the next academic year will be on curriculum catch up and careers education will drop down the priority list. This is something that has been acknowledged as a national trend and CEC will monitor this.

1. http://www.gatsby.org.uk/education/focus-areas/good-career-guidance

2. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664319/Careers_strategy.pdf

3. https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploaded/1084_state_of_the_nation_2018_report_digital_1118 Paper E

Annexe 1

List of all schools in the Humber Careers Hub

Franklin College Havelock Healing School John Whitgift Academy Ormiston Maritime Academy Phoenix House and Phoenix Park Academy Frederick Gough School Engineering North Lincolnshire UTC Huntcliff School Saint Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy St Hughs School The St Lawrence Academy Kingswood Academy Northcott Special School The Boulevard High School Beverley Grammar Hornsea School and Language College