AGENDA ITEM

CITY AND COUNTY OF DINAS A SIR CAERDYDD

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE 1 JULY 2008

Cardiff 14-19 Learning Pathways

PurposeU of the Report

1. The purpose of this report is to provide Members with an opportunity to receive a briefing on Pathway Learning Plan for 2008-09 together with an explanation on how the plan has been implemented across Cardiff to ensure young people can access an individual Learning Pathway to meet their needs.

BackgroundU

2. The 14-19 Network in Cardiff has a statutory duty to produce an Annual Network Development Plan for submission to the National Assembly for . The plan is aimed at those managing and delivering the Key Stage 4 and 5 curriculum in schools, collages and the voluntary sector to deliver programmes and provision that address the six elements of the learning pathways. The Cardiff 14-19 Network submitted the 2008 / 09 plan to st National Assembly for Wales by 31P P January 2008 in accordance with the regulations.

3. The Schools and Lifelong Learning Business plan for 2008-11 reported to the last meeting of this Committee, identified as a key challenge for the service area to “implement 14 – 19 Learning Pathways within the spirit of collaboration and partnership”. To enable the service area to implement this objective the Business plan identifies a number of specific key actions, namely:

• Establish, with schools and key partners, the organisational, leadership, curriculum, information and pastoral arrangements which will deliver an entitlement for all 14 – 19 year olds in Cardiff to be offered a broader range of learning opportunities • Increase levels of participation and achievement, reduce significantly the number of pupils leaving school at 16 without a recognised qualification and increase participation post 16 • Keep under review the implementation of formal partnership arrangements which will build capacity and develop the curriculum and support arrangements for 14-19 year olds • Implement the 14 – 19 Learning Pathways action plan, including provision to address the needs of young people who are NEET • Strengthen collaborative working arrangements between the lifelong learning service and the 14-19 network group and with other key partners

4. The Committee at its meeting on 6 November 2007 received a briefing on the progress made in implementing the 2007-08 plan, together with the development and consultation being undertaken for the 2008-09 plan. Following consideration of the report, presentation and comments made, Members agreed that Officers should provide a further briefing to the Committee, at a future meeting, to include details of the following:

• transport implications of the implementation of the Strategy; • effect of the School Organisation Plan on the location of courses; • The use of the public sector to provide alternative provision and extended work experience placements.

PurposeU of the Report

5. The purpose of this report is to provide Members with an opportunity to receive a briefing on Pathway Learning Plan for 2008-09 together with an explanation on how the plan has been implemented across Cardiff to ensure young people can access an individual Learning Pathway to meet their needs.

StrategicU Priorities

6. The Executive Board of the Cardiff 14-19 Network has reviewed the areas for development mentioned above together with the National and Regional strategic priorities as set out in Appendix 1 and the local priorities set out below. The Board is clear that strong and effective collaboration is the key priority in order to achieve the developments set out above. The priorities listed below have been adjusted in the light of discussions and are listed in rank order of importance.

ƒ Partnership development & Stakeholder engagement: this is essential if successful curriculum and timetable integration, the development of the local area curriculum, the development of QA frameworks and the delivery of high quality provision by providers are to be achieved. In a wider context this will also involve publicity, activities with learners and parents, listening and responding to the learner voice and holding the annual conference.

ƒ A progressive capital development programme designed to facilitate the delivery of the local area curricula in line with local, regional and national priorities.

ƒ The establishment and implementation of the Learner Support Framework that then ensures that learners are on individually planned pathways matched to their needs. This will include the work of the Learning Coaches and will be designed to ensure the earliest intervention of services to support learners so that their education remains on track.

ƒ The development of e-strategies in learning environments involving, for example, Moodle, Careers Wales On-line project, e-portfolio and the skills passport. Moodle is a computerised course management, designed to help educators create effective online learning communities.

7. Over the a period of three years 2007 -2010 the strategy will develop across 3 broad areas as detailed below, a copy of the 2008 -09 strategic direction for the network is attached at Appendix 2

TheU Curriculum

• We will continue to strengthen the work of the new partnerships, building on the good practice of the past, to embed curriculum and timetabling structures in the future that will enable us to offer a wider provision that is accessible to all learners. • We will continue to extend the range and quality of the provision available through the Options Menu and using a wider range of providers. • Existing quality assurance and leaner support frameworks will be built upon so that all partners can be assured that there is excellent provision and that all learners have access to the highest standards of guidance and support which enables them to be following the most appropriate pathway matched to their individual needs. • A three year capital investment programme will be undertaken which is clearly matched to Cardiff’s needs, which maximises the opportunity to collaborate with other partners and which brings convergent funding sources together. • It is our intention to impact on the core through work on the 3 core subjects alongside developments in the Learning Core including the Welsh Bac. with the intention of driving up standards of achievement.

“Winning Hearts and Minds”

• This is a theme that was prominent in the conference workshops and relates to getting across the message to students, parents and employers about the benefits of the more vocational elements in Learning Pathways • We would want to ensure that we create opportunities for learners of all abilities to take advantage of the expanding Options Menu - this will require collaboration, curriculum change and in varying degrees cultural shifts in our institutions and communities. • A consistent policy and practice will be established to ensure that the voice of the learners is heard and that they can contribute to and influence the planning and decision making process in Cardiff. • We will continue to engage with all our stakeholders across Cardiff at least through the mechanism of the Annual Conference that was so successful this year.

Developing e-strategies

• We will begin and sustain a commitment to developing a city-wide strategy for e-learning based on Moodle and related technologies th springing from existing good practice in St David’s 6P P form college, Coleg Glan Hafren and the Local Authority Advisory Service • We will support the development of Careers Wales On-line in all our Cardiff schools • We will support and strengthen ways in which learners can record their achievements and gain recognition for activities they have undertaken and skills they have developed.

Location of Courses

8. To enable young people to identify the options they wish to access, an Option Menu has been developed in partnership with the schools, further education establishments and independent providers. A summary of the options is attached at Appendix 3, with schools in each area of Cardiff having particular days allocated for its pupils to access the options, namely:

• Monday – Yr 11 North, Yr 10 Faith, Yr 10 Central • Tuesday – Yr 11 West • Wednesday - Yr 11 Faith, Yr 10 East • Thursday – Yr 11 east, Yr 10 North • Friday – Yr 11 central, Yr 10 West

9. Referrals are made by the schools, subject to parental consent, for each pupil setting out the vocational route, the pupil’s choice for motivational courses and an indication of whether the pupil’s wishes to undertake any kind of extended work experience.

Transportation Implications

10. Transportation is arranged for each pupils either through Cardiff Bus, School Transport, or the youth worker minibus, as set out in Appendix 4. Attendance monitoring is undertaken daily by the course provider and a Termly Training provider report is completed for each pupil Appendix 5.

11. The Welsh Assembly Government has set aside £32.5 million across Wales for 14-19 funding. Of this £18.8 million has been assigned to the 22 Networks. Cardiff’s share of this is the £1,122,871 for revenue and £178,000 for minor capital projects (total = £1,300,871). These sums reflects’ base funding and formula funding (based on student numbers in a Network, scarcity and educational disadvantage). Last year a sum of £9million was set aside for Networks to access as a major capital competitive fund. This year the fund has been subsumed into the FE sector capital fund to produce a major capital competitive fund of £27million. Only 4 Networks applied to this fund. The remaining £4.7million has been retained by WAG for central activities such as conferences, meetings, events, salaries and central projects which this year is limited to an investigation into an all Wales 14-19 VLE. The Cardiff 14-19 Network sort funding for a large number of projects, details of which are attached at Appendix 6.

12. Councillor Freda Salway, Executive Member for Education and Lifelong Learning may make a statement, Chris Jones; Chief Schools and Lifelong Learning Officer, Robert Hopkins, OM Management Standards and School Effectiveness and John Fabes, the Cardiff 14-19 Network co-ordinator, will present the report and be available to answer any questions Members may have. Also in attendance to help explain the partnership working of the plan and answer questions will be Carly Hollier, Extended Opportunities Officer, Steve Fowler, Head Teacher Radyr Comprehensive, Mal Davies, Head Teacher and Julie Williams, Capital Training (SW) Ltd.

Way Forward

13. Members may wish to comment on the information presented to the meeting and consider any issues for further investigation.

Legal Implications

14. The Scrutiny Committee is empowered to enquire, consider, review and recommend but not to make policy decisions. As the recommendations in this report are to consider and review matters there are no direct legal implications. However, legal implications may arise if and when the matters under review are implemented with or without any modifications. Any report with recommendations for decision that goes to Executive/Council will set out any legal implications arising from those recommendations. All decisions taken by or on behalf the Council must (a) be within the legal powers of the Council; (b) comply with any procedural requirement imposed by law; (c) be within the powers of the body or person exercising powers of behalf of the Council; (d) be undertaken in accordance with the procedural requirements imposed by the Council e.g. Scrutiny Procedure Rules; (e) be fully and properly informed; (f) be properly motivated; (g) be taken having regard to the Council's fiduciary duty to its taxpayers; and (h) be reasonable and proper in all the circumstances

Financial Implications

15. The Scrutiny Committee is empowered to enquire, consider, review and recommend but not to make policy decisions. As the recommendations in this report are to consider and review matters there are no direct financial implications at this stage in relation to any of the work programme. However, financial implications may arise if and when the matters under review are implemented with or without any modifications. These financial implications will need to be considered before any changes are implemented. Any report with recommendations for decision that goes to Executive/Council will set out any financial implications arising from those recommendations.

RECOMMENDATIONS

That Members note the information contained in the Appendices, and submit any comments or recommendations to the Executive Member, Corporate Director and Chief Schools and Lifelong Learning Officer.

MARTIN HAMILTON Chief Officer Scrutiny Performance and Governance th 24P P June 2008 Appendix 1

Summary of Strategic priorities at 3 levels National

• Basic skills and ESOL • Movement from IT to ITQ and the e-skills passport • Customer Service • Management & Leadership • Early Years and Childcare • The Built Environment • 14-19 in order to meet the target of 95% of young people being ready for high skilled employment by 2015 [this target group is currently in Years 6 to 8 ] • Welsh medium provision and Welsh for Adults • Tackling economic activity

Regional

• SE1 High level training in Communication and Technological skills especially in Media, IT and Creative Skills

• SE2 Regeneration of the Heads of the Valleys

• SE3 Respond to the skills challenges from large scale City-region developments such as SD2 and in Newport

• SE4 Respond to the skills challenges in relation to the Defence Training Academy at St. Athen

• SE5 RISE Five Counties Learning Network (Greater Gwent)

Cardiff

Skill sectors identified Developments by 2012 Lack of skills a threat to in: inward investment in: Construction Retail Biosciences

Retail Social Care & Health Early Years Hospitality Business & Film, TV & Finance Services Multi-media Service Biosciences Banking & Finance Tourism Film, TV & Capacity issues Multi-media Around 14-19 Learning Pathways Knowledge Welsh Vocational workers Training Welsh Bac.

Appendix 2

2008-09 Update on the strategic direction of the Cardiff 14-19 Network

The following information is to be regarded as an appendix to Annex B from the 2007-08 plan which provided a detailed analysis and exposition of the strategies being developed by the Cardiff 14-19 Network.

Strategic priorities – published

During the current financial year the Welsh Assembly Government has released a Skills update with publication of both national and regional priorities. In addition Cardiff Council has released its economic development strategy for 2007-12 and within this are reflected a range of local priorities. All these have been summarised and are presented in the attached document “14-19 Strategic Priorities”. These have been used to inform planning for 2008-09 and beyond.

Educational infrastructure

The current academic year has seen the presentation of a revised set of plans by Cardiff Council for Schools Organisation. Proposals have gone out to consultation on the closure and re-location of secondary high schools especially on the east side of the city. In terms of dealing with the removal of surplus places and enabling a more efficient budget to be set these plans are to be welcomed. However they do present an uneasy backdrop against which the Network has to plan for course development and capital investment.

The publication of the Webb review with its recommendations for a new Cardiff Metropolitan College has also created a degree of uncertainty and adds further layers of complexity particularly with regard to developing significant capital plans for 2009-10.

There have been some significant developments in the arrangements for local partnerships within Cardiff. The Partnership structure diagram, as shown in the 2007-08 ANDP, has been amended and is shown below. This was agreed in June 2007 following extensive consultation with the Secondary Heads and College Principals. In addition to the six partnerships displayed the Executive Board of the Network has recommended the establishment of a seventh. This latter will be a multi-agency partnership managed by Careers Wales – Cardiff and the Vale which will focus specifically on the NEETs agenda in Cardiff. This is a very significant step in line with national priorities that should enable resources from a variety of different directions to be brought to bear on alleviating and then resolving the NEETs situation in the city.

Also updated is the diagram which shows relationships between the 14-19 Network and other key strategic groups in Cardiff. The Skills, Learning & Work Forum replaces the Learning for Prosperity Forum but still retains a critical link with economic development in the city and the development of major projects like the St. David’s 2 retail centre.

Another significant development is the integration of activity between the 14-19 Network and the Cardiff Collegium, a long-standing partnership in the city. The Secondary Headteachers and College Principals have agreed to establish a new forum for all 14-19 issues replacing the Collegium and the 14-19 input to the Heads monthly conference. At the recent first meeting of this group it was agreed to establish a working group to prepare recommendations for terms of reference and a constitution for the new forum to be presented at the end of February. Cardiff High Bishop of Llandaff Llanishen Corpus Christi Radyr Mary Immaculate Whitchurch St.Illtyd’s St. Teilo’s

Coleg Glan Hafren Rumney Glantaf Llanrumney St.David’s Plasmawr Llanedeyrn Willows

Michaelston Cantonian Glyn Derw Cathays Fitzalan Woodlands

The Cardiff Partnerships

CARDIFF 14-19 LEARNING PATHWAYS – STRATEGY

WAG 14-19 ACTION PLAN Learning, skills & work Forum Schools Regional skills CARDIFF 14-19 Options Menu NETWORK

Other reports & intelligence Executive Board Colleges WBTPs Commissioning

Cardiff 14-19 Cardiff 14-19 Standing Conference Standing Conference of Voluntary & of Heads & Principals WBTP sector

3 year strategy ***** Annual Learning, Work 1 year & Skills Conference Action Plan

The Second Annual Conference – May 2007

The second successful conference of the Cardiff 14-19 Network was held on Friday 22nd June at the Millennium Centre. The focus of this conference was the skills agenda with a particular focus on the outcomes of the Leetch Review. The key note presentation was from Stephen Evans, who was a member of the Review Group and this was complimented by local perspectives from the Learning, Skills and Work Forum and the Cardiff 14-19 Network. Delegates then engaged in workshops sessions based around key sectors / learning pathways that reflected national, regional and local priorities.

The main outcomes of the conference workshop sessions are attached as individual reports from the following sectors:

Construction and the Built Environment Creative Industries Hospitality & Catering Informal Learning Retail Science and Engineering Social Care Sport, Leisure and Tourism

Strategy

The Network is pleased to report progress in all three areas of strategy development described in the 2007-08 ANDP.

The Curriculum

• the new partnerships are becoming embedded with a common block day timetable structure agreed across Cardiff for the 14-16 Extended Opportunities programme. This is being extended to a wider range of provision in 08-09.

• The Northern Partnership have introduced a new collaborative option block for post-16 students which enables all 4 schools to access a range of minority subjects thus expanding the choice for post-16 learners. The new subjects include AS in Law, Music Technology, Geology and Electronics plus a BTEC National in Sport.

• The Central Partnership is continuing with its successful post-16 collaboration between the 3 schools and Coleg Glan Hafren. The timetable is fully integrated across the week with 5 Option blocks. Developments here include the production of common marketing materials to promote the partnership and its collaborative offer.

• The capital investment programme for minor and major projects continues to build upon the feasibility studies already paid for by WAG and in support of the new provision that the Network wishes to introduce.

“Winning Hearts and Minds”

• There has been considerable progress in this area with the growing maturity of partnership activity. The re-designed approach to the Cardiff Collaborative Options Menu will secure local ownership of approaches to meet the strategic priorities of the Network and marks a new stage in collaborative activity in Cardiff.

• Conference activity will continue in order to reach out to the wide range of stakeholders that have participated in the Network so far.

• The learner voice activity will move into its second phase – the first is now showcased on the Network’s website www.cardiff14-19.com . This website will continue to develop with the emphasis in the 2nd year of making the Learner section of the web site more user friendly and accessible.

Developing E-strategies

• The development of a common VLE platform based on Moodle has been agreed by all the High Schools and Colleges. Training and user groups are becoming established both by institution and by subject specialism with a central set of servers being commissioned to host the shared resources. The work in this area will be on-going over the next two years 08-10 and will be linked to activity with the central YALO additional project and the WAG development of broadband spines across Wales.

Strategic Priorities

These remain essentially the same as last year but with a variation in stress around number 3.

1. Partnership development through curriculum and timetable integration, expansion of the options menu, the development of QA frameworks and high quality provision and providers.

2. Progressive capital development programme.

3. The establishment and implementation of the Learner Support Framework that then ensures that learners are on individually planned pathways matched to their needs.

4. Stakeholder engagement through publicity, activities with learners and parents, listening and responding to the learner voice and holding the annual conference.

5. The development of e-strategies in learning environments involving, for example, Moodle, Careers Wales On-line project, e-portfolio and the skills passport.

3. (Revised) The Network wishes to respond in a more robust way to the NEETs agenda by bringing together both agencies and resources in order to better meet the needs of those learners who are post-16 NEET or are pre-16 and no longer on the roll of a High School. It is also seeking to establish greater accountability among stakeholders for this group of learners especially pre-16 and work on the Learner Support Framework will underpin this area of development and help to ensure that learners are on individually planned pathways matched to their needs.

The Option Menu

• The themes identified in 07-08 continue to be developed within the new ANDP for 08-09. The main difference is the way in which the support for provision is being managed.

• The Network is moving away from the Extended Opportunities programme to a broader concept of “The Cardiff Collaborative Options Menu”. This takes a holistic view of provision across the city and embraces all collaborative activity regardless of its source of origin.

• It has been agreed that there are certain provisions eg Construction that are best delivered through centralised facilities but that other provision is best delivered locally within the individual partnerships. It is therefore important that local partnerships take responsibility for developing that provision in response to their local circumstances and the priorities agreed within the Network.

• It is expected that the transport costs, also devolved to partnerships, will also show a significant reduction compared to current levels of expenditure.

• In order to achieve this balance between strategic priorities and local delivery the budget for collaborative provision is being notionally delegated to the Partnerships.

• The Secondary Heads and College Principals have agreed that a large part or all of the AWPU for learners be allocated to this collaborative budget on the basis of a 60 / 40 split of costs between the Network and the schools. For Cardiff this will represent a movement of in excess of £400,000 of school funds into the budget to support the Collaborative elements of the Options Menu.

• In generating the notional budget partnerships will be asked to agree which courses, subject to Network guidelines, will be covered by this budget and to what extent the subsidy will be applied ie 60 / 40 to 50 / 50 subject to an overall contribution of 40% from the schools (although this could change in the future). Once the notional budget has been allocated any further collaborative course costs will have to be met in full by the schools in the partnership.

The Cardiff 14-19 Network believes that this is the start of creating a sustainable model of funding and will enable it to provide detailed forecasts to the WAG of the size of the revenue stream that will be needed to support the newly developed collaborative learning pathways in the long term once the grant-funded phase is completed.

Targets

These remain largely unchanged but modifications reflecting changing circumstance or emphasis are shown in bold.

Targets Possible responses To embed consistent and appropriate Through the work of the Curriculum curriculum structures and timetable Managers Group with implementation arrangements that will enable from Sept. 07 learners to access Network provision To enhance and/or develop quality Taking forward the 3 year capital facilities fit for purpose and bring new strategy and working collaboratively provision on stream with partners to develop these facilities To continue to expand the range of Continue to asses the regional and vocational / extended provision local skills need; to carry out further analysis on the Options Menu and respond to gaps, duplication and inefficient group size To reduce the numbers of learners Multi-agency co-operation through regarded as NEETs within 14-19. the establishment of a 7th To establish a common framework for partnership focused on learners learner support that integrates the who are NEET. work of schools and external A developed framework with agencies, guidance, coaching and protocols and processes = best mentoring so that learners are placed practice model. on the learning pathway appropriate Enhanced support provision for the to their needs and access the support most disadvantaged. needed to maintain them on it Developing the role of the learning coach. To establish QA protocols and Take existing practice and upgrade to processes across all providers in the make it fit for purpose in new model Network of partnerships and delivery Tasked to the Quality Champion To improve learner outcomes in More appropriate options leading to relation to levels of attendance, engagement. reduced exclusions, standards of Development of new skills. achievement, level and numbers of Improved motivation through finding qualifications gained success in new environments. Improved retention rates. Improved numbers with qualifications. Higher levels of achievement across Cardiff. [See also the Vision into Action Outcomes listed below.]

Vision into Action : Outcomes

• 95% of young people, by the age of 25, to be ready for high skilled employment and / or further or higher education by 2015. • The percentage of 16-18 year olds in employment, education or training to reach 93% by 2010 (2007 milestone – 90%) • The average points score per 15-year –old student for all qualifications approved for pre- 16 use in Wales to improve year on year. • The percentage of 15-year-olds achieving the equivalent of GCSE grade A* - C to reach 60% by 2010 (2007 milestone 53%) • By 2010, no student to leave full-time education without an approved qualification.

These outcome indicators have been introduced into the 2008-09 ANDP and are cross- referenced on the spreadsheet. Appendix 3

The Cardiff Collaborative Options Menu 2008 - 2009

Cost per Group place / Name of course or provision Provider Location size day Priority Courses (pilots & new) Theatrical & Media Makeup Pauline Aitken Michaelston Community College 12 £30.00 Construction ACT Hadfield Road N/A £30.00 Automotive ACT Hadfield Rd 12 £0.00 MC-ing, Animation & Film (CHI) CHI Delivered in partnership 16 £25.00 Mobile Music Lab Immtech Delivered in partnership 12 £30.00 DJ Skills Immtech Delivered in partnership 12 £30.00 Radio Production Immtech Delivered in partnership 12 £30.00 Creative Arts Now Youth Theatre Company Bryn-y-Deryn Bryn-y-Deryn 12 £32.00 Acron - Sporting Development Acorn Delivered in partnership N/A £32.80 Acorn - Vocational Tasters for Year 9 Acorn Delivered in partnership 10 £40.00 Acorn - Employment Skills Acorn Delivered in partnership 15 £12.57 Acorn - Customer care Course Acorn Delivered in partnership 15 £42.85 Youth Performing Arts & Multimedia Project Andrea Heath Delivered in partnership 8 £0.00 Sport Cardiff - Leadership Contiunum Sport Cardiff Delivered in partnership 15 £23.01 Your Motive' NEET access to Learning Pathways Course Gary Fish Delivered in partnership 6 £60.00 Provision in New Facilities Painting & Decorating Barry College Cantonian 12 £18.00 Painting & Decorating Barry College Whitchurch 12 £18.00 Welding & Fabrication Barry College Fitzalan 12 £18.00 Multimedia Barry College Fitzalan 12 £18.00 Current Extended Opportunities Provision Amelia Trust Farm Amelia Trust Barry (Five Mile Lane) N/A £40.00 Automotive Three Arches MCC 30 £20.00 Catering Barry College Glyn Derw High School 12 £18.00 Catering Barry College Willows High School 12 £18.00 Appendix 3

The Cardiff Collaborative Options Menu 2008 - 2009

Cost per Group place / Name of course or provision Provider Location size day Catering Barry College 12 £18.00 Construction Capital Training Wentloog Industrial Estate N/A £29.00 DJ Skills Immtech Immtech N/A £30.00 Hair & Beauty Barry College Michaelston Community College 12 £23.00 Hair & Beauty Coleg Glan Hafren 12 £23.00 Hair & Beauty Coleg Glan Hafren Willows High School 12 £18.00 Hair & Beauty Coleg Glan Hafren Cantonian 12 £18.00 Media4Schools - Animation Media4Schools Penarth Road 14 £50.00 Media4Schools - Media, TV & Film Production Media4Schools Penarth Road 14 £50.00 Motivation Gary Fish Delivered in partnership 16 £30.00 Music Production Immtech Immtech N/A £30.00 Military Preparation Military Preparation Curran Road 20 £25.00 Acting Out Sherman Theatre Sherman Theatre 18 £44.00 Radio Production Immtech Immtech N/A £30.00 Sports Course - Extending Horizons Emma Rees Delivered in partnership 15 £36.00 Video & Animation Immtech Immtech N/A £30.00 Vision 21 Vision 21 Birchgrove N/A £33.02 Current College Provision Hair NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Willows 12 £24.88 Beauty NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Willows 12 £24.88 Auto PAP Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Willows) 12 £25.34 Cache Foundation Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Willows) 18 £17.33 Heating & Ventilation OCN Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Willows) 12 £23.77 Auto PAP Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Cantonian) 12 £25.34 Beauty NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Cantonian 12 £24.88 Automotive Pre Apprenticeship Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (St Teilos) 12 £25.34 Appendix 3

The Cardiff Collaborative Options Menu 2008 - 2009

Cost per Group place / Name of course or provision Provider Location size day CACHE Coleg Glan Hafren Willows (St Teilos) 18 £26.00 Hair NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Llanrumney 12 £24.88 CACHE Foundation Coleg Glan Hafren Llanederyn 20 £26.42 PAP1 Auto Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Llanederyn) 12 £23.50 Hair NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Willows (Llanederyn) 12 £24.88 Beauty NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Willows (Llanederyn) 12 £24.88 Engineering PEO 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Fitzalan 12 £13.95 Engineering PEO 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Fitzalan 12 £13.95 New College Provision Heating & Ventilation OCN Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Northern Cluster) 12 £23.77 Auto PAP Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Northern Cluster) 12 £25.34 Hair NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Llanishan (Northern Cluster) 12 £28.45 Catering NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Cardiff High (Northern Cluster) 12 £22.74 Auto PAP Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren (Welsh Cluster) 12 £26.53 Junior Sports Leadership Coleg Glan Hafren Glantaf 12 £7.23 Hair NVQ Level 1 Coleg Glan Hafren Glantaf 12 £28.44 Video Conferencing AS Courses (Nelson Thorne) Accounting AS Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Citizenship Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Classical Civilisation Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Critical Thinking Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Economincs Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Film Studies Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 French Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 German Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Government & Politics Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Appendix 3

The Cardiff Collaborative Options Menu 2008 - 2009

Cost per Group place / Name of course or provision Provider Location size day Latin Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Law Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Philosophy Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Physics Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Psychology Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Religious Studies Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Sociology Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 Spanish Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £20.00 MFL Nelson Thorne Delivered in partnership 5 £24.00 Independent Provision Acorn - Employment Skills Acorn Delivered in partnership 15 £12.57 Construction ACT Hadfield Road 10 £30.00 Coleg Glan Hafren AS Courses Film Studies/Media AS Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren / School 12 £18.00 Critical Thinking AS Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren / School 12 £18.00 Photography AS Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren / School 12 £18.00 Government & Politics AS Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren / School 12 £18.00 Law AS Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren / School 12 £18.00 Philosophy AS Coleg Glan Hafren Coleg Glan Hafren / School 12 £18.00 Appendix 4

TRANSPORT

CARDIFF BUS Two types of ticket:

⇒ Scratch Card = all day travel across Cardiff for that day only for £2.00

⇒ 12 Journey = 12 single journeys across Cardiff for £7.00 ( one bus = one journey)

⇒ Therefore if YP has to change buses scratch card is more economical. Where no bus changes are necessary the 12 single journey card is more cost effective.

⇒ Please let me know how many of each card you will need half- termly, Cardiff Bus will issue and we will distribute out to you.

Planning Journeys:

⇒ Peter Heath from Cardiff Bus will operate a planning service for your young people. Please email him with starting point and final destination and he will inform which bus numbers, stops and times. Peter Heath – Commercial Manager Cardiff Bus [email protected] 02920787700

School Transport

⇒ Where your school will be providing a minibus & driver please forward timesheets to me by the 20th of each month and payment will be made by county on the 10th of each month. ⇒ Mileage sheets – please ask driver to fill in and return to me on a monthly basis ⇒ These forms will be forwarded to you with bus tickets ready for September

Youth Worker Minibus

⇒ Where a bus journey or school minibus is not please let me know and we can arrange for your YP to be collected on a youth worker minibus – please note where this is not appropriate a taxi will be put in place instead.

Please note that training providers will be expected to call the High School or referral agent by 10am and report to a named contact if a young person has not arrived as outlined in the new service level agreements

Appendix 5

Extended Opportunities Summer Term

Training Provider Report

Student Name: School:

Training Provider: Course:

Date:

Accreditation gained this term:

Course Attendance: %

Excellent Good Average Poor Attitude Effort Progress

Training Providers Comments:

Training Provider Signature: ______

Appendix 5

Extended Opportunities Summer Term

School Report

Qualifications working towards:

School Attendance: %

Excellent Good Average Poor Attitude Effort Progress

Extended Opportunities Coordinators Comments:

Students Comments:

Extended Opportunities Coordinators Signature: ______

Students Signature: ______Appendix 6 Cardiff 14-19 Network ANDP 2008-09 Feedback for WAG 10th March 2008 Updated for 18th April 2008

WAG Ref. No. Activity Budgets Targets Other Questions REV 01 Conference £12,000 Successful tri-partite conference with employers, learners and educationalists. 6-8 sector projects established REV 01 Admin salaries £54,000 Extended Opportunities Programme Manager plus some of Education Development Officer 14-19 with a margin for accounts support and consultancy REV 01 Revision of the Options £5,000 A re-appraisal of the presentation Menu of the Options Menu and new version published on the web REV 01 General Admin, Attendance £4,000 N/A at conferences REV 02 Management support for £30,000 3 subject groups (Maths, This is linked to the training of staff Moodle Chemistry, Geog.) established in and the support management for the 07-08 with 7 more subjects added new VLE in 08-09. It is not linked in 08-09 to provision but ultimately to the 6 High Schools engaged with VLE development of resources by trained 07-08 with 8 more in 08-09 staff through either the school or subject groups indicated opposite REV 03 Comms. Strategy and Web £15,000 Development of the Learner Consultant works for the Network development section of the web site with the for 1.5 days per week at £350 per involvement of learners. day and will be paid from REV 01, Increasing access to site as REV 03 and REV 04 measured by hits on site from baseline established at year end. REV 04 Learner Voice – Training £10,000 6 more High Schools engaged in Conference costs about £3,000 and and conference Student Leadership training with training £4,000 UfA. 14-19 Learner conference in Autumn 2008 Rev 04 Learner Voice – student £10,000 Completed surveys across 14-19. The Network will be consulting on attitudinal survey across Survey results used to inform which survey product to adopt and at either the city or piloted in future planning what price but within the budget that one or more partnerships has been set. Costs to be negotiated with preferred supplier. REV 05 Extended Work Placement £25,000 80% learners retained on The qualifications and levels Officer placement. available are:

40% of new placements in 08-09 • ASDAN Employability gain a WEX qualification. Qualification (Entry Level 3 and Level 1) 100% of extended work placements are managed through • British Safety Council this service. Workplace Hazard Awareness Course (Entry 3)

• WJEC GCSE (short course) Preparation for Working Life

The Work placements are sourced by the Placement Officer who also carries out all the required H&S and insurance checks. Work experience by its nature is not funded. REV 06 EMAS £80,000 The development of the Learning • Learning mentors only in mentor role, a new function in post since late October. schools, has been individual to EMAS team are reporting each setting and is monitored by good impact in most schools. the EMAS service. • A formal report will be Review of current provision to be requested from EMAS as part undertaken 24-30 April 08. of April review. Numbers of learners and the range • The Executive Board has of activities and their outcomes recognised a deficit of will be established as baseline support for post-16 BME measure of intervention. learners which needs to be Year end outcomes will be addressed. recorded to describe outcome • Need to give a commitment measures linked to engagement, to schools for summer term retention on courses and and discuss with EMAS a achievement rates. reduced budget so that some funds (circa 7/10 of £35,000) can be directed to post 16. • There are issues of sustainability with the EMAS grant being insufficient to cover all the BME communities that need support and with its grant being reduced. • Value for money – how do you calculate this for this type of intervention? REV 07 Sport & Leisure WBLP £22,000 100% completion of work-based The level was provided. WBLPs are programme Level 2 programmes. 95% accreditation through BTEC REV 08 NEETs and Learning Coach £100,000 In conjunction with KIT co- • Existing LC in Ely project project ordinator and Steering group it has will continue until end of been agreed that all identified July. NEETs in current Year 11 are • As the new NEETs targeted for intervention ( approx. Partnership is formalised a 400 learners) with the aim of co-ordinator will be reducing the number by 50% by appointed. March 2009. • The new partnership will have access to other funds outside 14-19 eg Cymorth, Leaving Care etc. • Costs: • Approx. £9,000 for continuation of project • 7/10 of salary for co- ordinator but this could be supported by other agencies • Rest is for provision. REV 09 Developments in Key skills £22,500 The development of a coherent The Welsh-medium proposal is: £10,000 for Key Cardiff strategy for Key Skills • Appoint, train and develop key Skills group both pre and post-16. skills specialists to lead the £7,500 for Welsh- The strategy and its activities will development of the skills on behalf medium be determined by the 2 recently Where PLUS is established sub-groups on pre and of the Partnership. taken up some post 16 Key Skills. The outcomes will be determined by funds will be used There will be a requirement for all the recommendations of the Key to support Basic alternative curriculum type Skills Group and its pre-16 and post- Skills training for programmes to provide Basic 16 sub-groups. staff. Skills training with at least an offer of the PLUS Enrichment Programmes. REV 10 Development of Welsh Bac. £10,000 3 or 4 High Schools to take Funding breakdown is in response to advantage of budget and plan for needs and demands of local schools the implementation of Welsh Bac. taking Welsh Bac. forward. through utilising expertise of local partners. REV 11 Informal and non-formal £30,000 Learning Centres in High Schools Apart from the recommendation on learning establish new projects in 08-09. Computer Clubs for girls the 75 % of High Schools set up emphasis is on responding to local Computer Clubs for girls in needs as identified by schools partnership with e-skills UK (SSC) through their Learning Centre co- ordinators rather than centrally determined provision. Targets and numbers will be generated through proposals submitted. REV 12 Learning Coach Training £50,000 Develop a regional approach to 3 Cardiff staff accepted on to Train Learning coach Training. the Trainer programme. Train a minimum of 20 coaches. 16 Cardiff staff already commenced Support school teams with generic LC training this year. training on specific modules to support the LC function. REV 14 Quality Assurance £60,000 • Agreement from Heads and • QA Champion working to Principles on a QA WAG brief by conducting framework and Vision detailed audit across Cardiff. statement for 14-19 in • QA Champions in SE and Cardiff (April 2008) South central Wales working • Executive Board formally together to share results of approves these statements audit and generate tools and and framework key structures for use in • Detailed protocols and collaborative activities within processes drawn up and and across Networks. trialled with partners across • Reports produced by end of the Network March 2008 for use in development work 08-09. REV 15 SD2 project £5,500 Minimum of 5 web-based programmes charting the rise of SD2 and the careers of key workers. At least on Welsh- medium programme will be included. REV 13 Cardiff Collaborative £577,871 The Network wishes to set • A budgeting tool has been Options Menu high expectations and developed and approved for aspirations for all collaborative use by Heads and Curriculum courses by setting : group and Board. 98% completion targets • Agreement has been reached 95% accreditation targets. on a minimum 40% These are compatible with contribution by schools to all achievement rates for at least 1 collaborative provision. GCSE at A*-G headline target • The publication of provider in RE2. costs and qualification routes is enabling the Network to begin to establish VFM for its provision. • The Network is developing a database for holding key information on attendance, retention, achievement outcomes and progression routes as part of a self-review and evaluation of the collaborative options menu provisions. • This will be available and applied to current cohorts in summer 2008. • The Network will be happy to share the outcomes of this review with an independent body.

Capital Projects

1. Multi-media at Mary Immaculate £25,000 A dedicated suite of rooms for This would provide a focus of Multi-media courses. provision for the Faith-based and WAGCAP - 01 Western Partnerships. 2. Retail facility at Radyr £17,000 A specialist teaching room for In line with one of our priority the delivery of Retail BTEC. areas and the development of a WAGCAP - 02 Work Based Learning Pathway with Skillsmart. 3. Expansion of catering at Willows £15,000 Increase capacity in Willows A popular venue for catering, the catering facility expansion is needed to meet WAGCAP-03 increased demands for places. 4. Room refurbishment for BTEC Art £12,000 A specialist facility for the To develop a vocational route in at Rumney delivery of BTEC Art. a priority area within the Eastern Partnership WAGCAP-04 5. Expansion of motor area at £50,000 An expansion of existing Due to increasing size of intake Michaelston to enable Three Arches provision to provide an area at Michaelston, the school is to meet capacity demands. for learners to work on motor taking back a technology room vehicles. that had been loaned for 2007-08 WAGCAP-05 for motor vehicle courses. Three Arches provides around 300 training places and this project will expand the remaining dedicated area into a courtyard area to provide an area for students to work on motor vehicles. 6. Upgrading of Care Facilities at £19,000 Upgraded facility supporting Upgrading to ensure that the Coleg Glan Hafren – progression FE students and progression Network has appropriate and routes for CACHE courses in routes from schools. quality provision for progression schools. from KS4 programmes. WAGCAP-06 7. Refurbishment of Fashion Studio at £20,000 Upgraded facility supporting Upgrading to ensure that the Coleg Glan Hafren – progression FE students and progression Network has appropriate and routes from Art & Design and routes from schools. quality provision for progression Textiles courses in schools. from KS4 programmes.

WAGCAP-07 8. Development of web-based £20,000 1. Deployment of bespoke With the new servers now materials for pan-Cardiff Moodle Science resources on-line. coming on-line work will be 2. Resources from 8 underway through this budget to WAGCAP-08 participating schools hosted on populate the VLE with high Moodle. quality resources, both locally produced and professional packages, for teachers and learners to access.