Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) and Post 16 Provision in Lambeth

Children and Young People’s Service Scrutiny Sub-Committee 14 March 2013

All Wards

Joint Report authorised by : Executive Director of Children and Young People’s Service: Debbie Jones and Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration and Environment: Sue Foster

Executive summary

o This national context for this paper is the new requirement for young people to remain in learning until 17 (by 2013) and 18 (by 2015). o The describes the nature of Lambeth’s 16 – 19 cohort, as well as the services in place, and under development aimed at meeting the needs of young people in this age group. o Lambeth is home to more unemployed people than any other London Borough. With over 30,000 jobs potentially being created in the borough in the next 15 years, it is crucial that the Council develops the infrastructure for residents to access, not only these, but also opportunities in the rest of London. Young people need to be ready for these new opportunities in an evolving London economy. This will require a strong pre-employment offer from school onwards based on forecast growth sectors to enable them to access local learning, training and vocational opportunities. o Ensuring that there is effective support and provision to enable young people to progress to appropriate learning and vocational destinations is a whole council responsibility. o For this reason, this report has been prepared collaboratively by officers from CYPS and HRE so that the nature and potential needs of young people remaining in learning can be considered in the context of the major inward investment and growth in jobs that will happen over the next 15 years and beyond. o The challenge now is to use this timely opportunity to drive up attainment, raise aspirations and develop a generation of young people that are ready for the workplace. o Background data about young people in Lambeth aged 16 and older is included along with information about the configuration and scale of local education provision, apprenticeships and other destinations for this group.

Summary of financial implications

Funding responsibility for post-16 provision rests with the Education Funding Agency (EFA) for both the core pupil related funding and the capital funding required to support increase in places. Funding responsibility for all high needs pupils (aged up to 25), both pre and post 16 rests with local authorities and is sourced from the Dedicated Schools Grant. A Growth Cabinet Advisory Panel is being established to consider the complex cross-cutting issues associated with the growth agenda and to allocate investment to support infrastructure development.

Recommendations That CYPS Scrutiny Sub-Committee notes: (1) the information regarding the Raising of the Participation Age including • issues regarding the nature of the 16 – 19 cohort in Lambeth, • the provision for young people wishing to access learning in Lambeth, • the targeted support services available to vulnerable young people and • the context of the increasing opportunities for training and work in Lambeth through the increased inward investment in the borough. and endorses: (2) the setting up of the programme of actions described in the Lambeth RPA strategy which are aimed at ensuring that there is the best possible provision for young people continuing to learn. (3) the establishment of the cross departmental RPA Steering group and the RPA Delivery Team to ensure that RPA benefits Lambeth’s young residents with the full engagement of young people, delivery partners and other interested parties including the voluntary and business sectors.

Consultation

Name of Department or Organisation Date sent Date Comments consultee response appear in report received para: Internal Debbie Jones Executive Director of Children and 20/27.2.13 20/27.2.13 Throughout Young People’s Service CYPS DLT 20/27.2.13 20/27.2.13 Throughout Sue Foster Executive Director of Housing, 20/27.2.13 20/27.2.13 Throughout Regeneration and Environment Ongoing Ongoing Throughout Cathy Twist Assistant Director CYPS and 25.1.13 advice /14.2.13 Frances Farragher Interim Adviser, Planning 5.2.13 Ongoing Section 7 Regeneration and Enterprise Alison Young Divisional Director Planning, 5.2.13 Regeneration and Enterprise E Hastings Legal Services 28.02.13 28.2.13 Approved J Davy Governance and Democracy 18.2.13 22.2.13 Advice re contacts provided N Jethwa Department Finance Officer 14.2.13 18.2.13 Finance comments section 2 Frank Higgins Corporate Finance 25.02.13 26.2.13 See Finance comments Rachel Heywood Cabinet Member for Children and 19.2.13 26.2.13 Throughout Families Jackie Meldrum Cabinet Member for Business and 19.2.13 scrutiny Employment External Mark Silverman Principal Lambeth College 4.1.13 15.1.13 4.4 Headteachers All secondary schools 4.1.13 Verbal advice received

Report history

Date report drafted: Report deadline: Date report sent: Report no.: 14.02.13 01.03.13 28.02.13 275/12-13 Report author and contact for queries: Farquhar McKay 14 – 19 Coordinator; Geraldine Abrahams, Head of Multiagency Team, Targeted Services; Frances Farragher, Employment and Enterprise 020 7926 9881 [email protected]

Background documents

o Department for Education Guidelines: Raising of the Participation Age http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeople/participation/rpa o Department for Education advice on guidance: http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/statutory

Appendices

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Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) and Post 16 Provision in Lambeth

1. Context

1.1 Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) means that young people are expected to remain in learning until the age of 17 (by 2013) and 18 (by 2015). These changes mean that this year’s (2012 -13) Year 10 and Year 11 pupils will remain in learning until the end of the year in which they are 17 (2013 and 2014 respectively); and this year’s Year 9 pupils (and under) will remain in learning until their 18th birthday (2015 onwards).

1.2 Lambeth’s plans for addressing the needs of young people aged 16 – 19 are framed within the context of RPA. This paper explains the obligations of RPA, and how Lambeth Council’s different services including CYPS and HRE , and its partners, including schools, colleges, Job Centre Plus and the Education Funding Agency, are working together to ensure that there is adequate provision for all of its residents in this age group, including vulnerable young people.

1.3 The paper also provides a full description of the nature and size of the RPA cohort and the complexities that arise in Lambeth through the very high mobility of its population, particularly those in this age group. It also provides information about the current participation rates of young people including o NEET and Not Known o the range and nature of learning providers in the borough and their curriculum offer o the development of apprenticeships and other work based opportunities in the context of the anticipated inward investment into the Lambeth.

1.4 This is a complex and rapidly changing area, and in order to address these issues. Lambeth officers, working with partner organisations including all local providers, the Education Funding Agency, Voluntary Sector providers, have developed the Lambeth RPA strategy which is included in this document as Section 12.

2. Proposals and Reasons

2.1 RPA is being introduced at the same time as Lambeth Council is working closely with major inward investment organisations and key partners e.g. colleges and Job Centre Plus to develop the infrastructure to ensure that young people benefit from the job opportunities arising from the forthcoming period of unprecedented growth. The last Lambeth Business Survey (2011) revealed that businesses would prefer to recruit locally, but were unable to attract candidates with the right skills to enable them to do this. To improve skills and co-ordinate the myriad of employment programmes in the borough the council is working with partners to develop Lambeth Working, a brokerage approach to ensure that local people benefit from opportunities as they arise that are secured through the planning process. So far a small number of apprenticeships have been secured on the Riverlight development, one of the first Nine Elms Vauxhall projects. This

approach was successfully adopted by the Olympic host boroughs and LB Newham to secure local employment in Westfield, Stratford.

2.2 It is important to emphasise that RPA does not require young people to remain in school. There is a range of options open to them, including school or college based learning, apprenticeships or jobs with training, and this paper provides an overview of the configuration of learning pathways in Lambeth.

2.3 The report describes the services in place and under development aimed at meeting the needs of young people in this age group. These services are offered by education providers including schools and colleges, apprenticeship providers including Lambeth Council, which has a particular responsibility for coordinating provision with employers and learning providers including the college and private sector partners.

2.4 The priorities of Lambeth Council and Lambeth First both emphasise the need to ensure that local people are helped to acquire the skills and attitudes necessary to benefit from the employment and leisure opportunities being developed in the borough. There is a particular driver for Lambeth Council to ensure that its residents benefit from the opportunities springing from inward investment programmes. These will provide additional access to local learning, training and vocational opportunities.

2.5 This report has been prepared by officers from both CYPS and HRE so that the nature and potential needs of young people remaining in learning can be considered in the context of the major capital developments that are taking place in the borough. As the council moves to its new strategic structure, RPA will remain an important priority; it already provides an example of different departments working together towards a shared objective. This approach is reflected in the proposal to establish a Lambeth RPA Steering Group to further the priorities included in the action plan attached.

2.6 The main content of this report is in three sections: National context: This section describes provides the national context for RPA Lambeth context: This section provides detailed information about: o the current cohort of young people who are in, or moving to the RPA age group. o the nature of learning and training provision offered. o the demography of young people in Lambeth aged 16 and older o an explanation of the configuration and scale of local education provision, apprenticeships and other destinations for this group. RPA strategy: provides the objectives and detail of the RPA action plan proposed for Lambeth, along with a summary of risks and mitigations.

2.7 Throughout the text there is reference to the Data Tables which end this section and which provide detailed illustrations of the points made.

2.8 A contents page has been provided to facilitate access to specific issues and information.

2.9 RPA is an area of fundamental importance to Lambeth Council and the draft Action Plan which is included in this report has been prepared to facilitate the provision and enhancement of opportunities to Lambeth’s young residents. This will be steered by a joint Member and Officer Steering Group which will be serviced by the Operational Group. These are described in Section 11 below.

Raising of the Participation Age responsibilities, and Post 16 Provision in Lambeth

Contents:

National Context:

3 Introduction Page 8 4 What is RPA? Page 8 5 RPA responsibilities for local authorities and learning providers Page 9

Lambeth Context:

6 Demographic information:16 – 19 year olds in Lambeth Page 10 6.1 Participation Data Page 10 6.2 Travel to learn Page 10 6.3 NEET and Not Knowns Page 11 6.4 Nature and capacity of Lambeth’s education providers Page 12 6.5 Population projection issues Page 13 6.6 Vulnerable young People Page 14 7 Harnessing the benefits of growth and inward investment Page 16 8 Learning provision in Lambeth Page 16 8.1 Curriculum and quality of Lambeth education provision Page 16 8.2 Apprenticeships Page 18 8.3 High Needs Learners Page 19 8.4 Alternative provision Page 20 8.5 Information Advice and Guidance, and work related learning Page 21 9 Data and information tables Page 22 Table 1 Department for Education RPA Guidelines for Local Authorities Page 23 Table 2 Travel into and out of each borough in the region- 16-19 year olds Page 24 Table 3 NEET and Not Known data: A comparison across Inner London boroughs Page 25 Table 4 Risk of NEET Indicator Page 26 Table 5 Current funded places and potential capacity Page 26 Table 6 Lambeth Secondary School Roll Trends by Year Group, 2006-2012 Page 27 Table 7 Predicted increase in 16 – 18 numbers in Lambeth Page 27 Table 8 Number of pupils in Years R-6 in primary schools in Lambeth 2008-2019 Page 27 Table 9 Number of pupils in Years R-6 in primary schools in Lambeth 2007-2019 Page 28 Table 10 Age breakdown of the annual cohort of young offenders Page 28 Table 11 KS5 Level 3 Provisional Results of 16-18 Year Olds - 2011 & 2012 Page 29 Table 12 Destination data from KS 4 Page 29 Table 13 Number of young people starting at university from Lambeth Schools 2012 Page 30 Table 14 Current participation status for 16 – 18 year olds (apprenticeships) Page 30 Table 15 16 – 18 Starts by Sector Subject area Page 30 Table 16 Under 19 year old recruitment to apprenticeships 2012 – 13 Page 31 Table 17 Externally funded projects for NEETS or those at risk of NEET Page 31

Lambeth’s RPA Strategy:

10 Key objectives Page 32 11 Lambeth RPA Steering Group and Delivery team Page 33 12 Action plan Page 34 13 Summary of r isks and mitigations Page 44 14 Glossary Page 46

3. Introduction

3.1 Plans for addressing the needs of young people aged 16 – 19 are framed within the context of Raising of the Participation Age. This paper explains the obligations of RPA, and how Lambeth Council’s different services including CYPS and HRE , and its partners, including schools, colleges, Job Centre Plus and the Education Funding Agency, are working together to ensure that there is adequate provision for all of its residents in this age group, including vulnerable young people.

3.2 This is a complex and rapidly changing area. Lambeth’s officers, working with partner organisations including all local providers, the Education Funding Agency, and Voluntary Sector providers, have developed the Lambeth RPA strategy which is included in this document as Section 12.

3.3 RPA is being introduced at the same time as Lambeth Council is working closely with major inward investment organisations to ensure that young people benefit from the many job opportunities anticipated in the borough.

3.4 RPA is recognised as a key area which requires cross directorate collaboration and for this reason the RPA steering group, and RPA delivery team will be convened to ensure that the complex tasks, consultation and collaboration with partners are fully achieved. This is described in Section 11 below.

4. What is the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA)?

This year’s (2012 -13) Year 10 and Year 11 will remain in learning until the end of the year in which they are 17 (2013 and 2014 respectively)

This year’s Year 9 (and under) will remain in learning until their 18 th birthday (2015 onwards)

4.1 The Education and Skills Act (2008) places a duty on all young people to participate in education or training until their 18th birthday.

4.2 From summer 2013, young people will be required to continue in education or training until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17. From 2015, they will be required to continue until their 18th birthday.

4.3 Young people have a range of options, and they will be supported in making these choices through the schools which are required to provide independent and impartial careers guidance. This doesn’t necessarily mean staying in school. Young people will be able to choose how they participate post-16, which could be through:

o full-time education, such as school, college or otherwise o apprenticeship o part-time education or training if they are employed, self employed or volunteering for 20 hours or more a week.

5. RPA responsibilities for Local Authorities and Learning providers:

5.1 Under the Education and Skills Act (2008) local authorities will be required to: o promote the effective participation in education or training of all 16 and 17 year old residents in their area o make arrangements to identify young people resident in their area who are not participating.

5.2 These complement the existing duties to: o secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all young people aged 16-18 (inclusive) in their area (under sections 15ZA and 18A of the Education Act 1996 (as inserted by the ASCL Act 2009); and o make available to young people age 19 and below support that will encourage, enable or assist them to participate in education or training (Section 68, Education and Skills Act 2008).

5.3 Local authorities are required to continue to track young people’s participation through the local Client Caseload Information System (CCIS) in order to identify those who are at risk of not participating post – 16, or are in need of targeted support.

5.4 Technically RPA has no impact on school admission arrangements as RPA is not about school places; it is about sufficiency of all 16 – 18 provision.

5.5 Schools and other relevant providers have statutory responsibility to provide impartial Careers Guidance to young people in Years 10 and 11. This responsibility will be extended to Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 5 from September 2013.

5.6 Organisations which provide education or training for 16 and 17 year old will be required to meet the following two duties. o promote good attendance of 16 and 17 year olds; and o inform local authority support services if a young person (aged 16 or 17) has dropped out of learning. This is so that the young person can be contacted swiftly and offered support to help them re-engage.

5.7 Funding for High Needs Learners aged 16 – 25 who attend General Further Education Colleges will be managed by local authorities from April 2013.

5.8 More detailed information on RPA can be found at: http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeople/participation/rpa/a002 01391/raising-particip-age . Specific guidelines for local authorities have been produced and are attached as Table 1 below.

5.9 This is a “whole council issue” for Lambeth. Colleagues from HRE and CYPS have worked together on producing this paper, and the Lambeth RPA Steering Group and its RPA Delivery Team, described in Section 11 below, aim to ensure that there is comprehensive involvement from all relevant sections of the council, and its partners.

6. Demographic information: 16 – 19 year olds in Lambeth

6.1 Participation data:

6.1.1 There are two key figures (CLC data January 2013) o The number of 16 – 18 year olds resident in the borough. This will of course include young people who are learning or working outside the borough (about 70% of residents), and NEETs and Not Knowns. There are 6106 residents in this age group. o The number of 16 – 18 year olds attending provision in the borough. Around 30% of the cohort taught in Lambeth live in other boroughs. There are 3359 of these. For further information about this issue refer to Section 6.2 . below.

6.1.2 There are young people within this cohort with particular characteristics for whom specific services are being provided by Lambeth Council and their needs are addressed separately in this paper. These include: o Looked After Children: 56 aged 16, and 74 aged 17 o 131 School aged mothers (16-19 years old) o 304Young Offenders (16 to 17 year olds) o 120 High Needs Learners (16 – 25) Further information on these young people is included in Section 6.6 below.

6.2 Travel to Learn

6.2.1 The travel to learn patterns of Lambeth’s residents and Lambeth’s taught cohort are very complex. Table 2 shows that Lambeth is a “net exporter”. Of its 6106 residents, 4152 are taught outside the borough. At the same time 1300 residents of other boroughs are taught in Lambeth.

6.2.2 The amount of movement between boroughs is particularly high for this age group. These young people are more able to travel longer distances to the very wide and varied range of learning opportunities in London.

6.2.3 The travel to learn factor means that it is very important for Lambeth officers to maintain regular communications with colleagues in other boroughs to ensure that there is a clear understanding of the needs of Lambeth learners who seek learning outside the borough. It is also important that there is good information about Lambeth provision in other boroughs.

6.2.4 Lambeth is not expected to provide provision for all its residents. It is expected to ensure that its young people are well served by choice and appropriateness of provision. This emphasises the need for cross borough dialogue and partnerships and cross borough tracking through CLC.

6.2.5 The key challenge for local authorities is, of course, to work with providers and receiving boroughs to ensure that the curriculum configuration and the quality of that provision is appropriate for all of its learners so that their learning needs and interests are met.

6.2.6 Independent local authority level planning is there fore almost impossible. It is really essential that contiguous boroughs share information about current and planned provision. YPES 1 is an essential forum for addressing these issues.

1 Young Peoples Education and Skills – a division of London Councils

6.3 NEET and Not Knowns

6.3.1 Lambeth officers and CLC have worked hard to identify and support the number of young people who are NEET by o encouraging young people to participate in the core learning programmes available to them o identifying pathways to apprenticeships, or alternative learning programmes including the externally funded programmes as described below.

6.3.2 Lambeth, along with all Central London local authorities contracts with Central London Connexions to identify all young residents in learning or other positive destinations so that NEETs and Not Knowns can be identified and provided with placements.

6.3.3 Lambeth College has a designated department that has responsibility for recruiting NEETS onto its courses. They offer the following programmes: o Personal and Social Development The Princes Trust: 4 teams recruiting 3 times a year with a team based in Clapham, Vauxhall, Brixton, Oval. The programmes are 12 weeks with 3 separate entry points in September, January and April (approx.180 learners) with the capacity to start a 5 th team aiming to recruit potentially an additional 45 learners. o Lambeth Youth Skills : A roll on roll off, NOCN Awards/ Certificate (3 days a week in college-including 1 day in a vocational taster) o Vocational • Enterprise skills • Vocational tasters o Active English and Maths (referrals/ new arrivals) o There is an additional ESOL offer for 16-18 which includes functional English and maths, ICT, work experience and employability skills.

6.3.4 There is a current concern about “Not Knowns”, which are high in Lambeth and for this reason, both the LA teams in targeted services and the contracted CLC staff are working hard to “clean” the list and to indentify the current activity of the remaining names. The result of this has been to reduce the number of Not Knowns, but to increase the number of NEETs. In addition the way in which NEET and not known are calculated nationally has been changed, and this will result in an increased percentage of NEET. There is an assumption that a proportion of Not Knowns will be NEET. January NEET and Not Known data are attached as Table 3 .

6.3.5 In order for young people at risk of NEET to be identified early while attending schools in Lambeth, a Risk of NEET indicator (RONI) is being developed in order to help schools identify and target services at young people who are at risk of NEET. This will link to the LA support to schools from Multiagency Teams which uses the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) as a tool to identify a RONI. Within the MAT teams, Early Intervention Youth Advisors (EIYA) and Early Intervention Social Workers (EISW) will address the risk factors that may result in poor outcomes and helps build vulnerable young people’s resilience. Key characteristics of a Risk of NEET indicator are shown as Table 4 .

6.3.6 Training for teachers, college staff and council officers to provide information on RONI for schools to adapt to their own circumstances is taking place at the end of February 2013.

6.4 Nature and Capacity of Lambeth Providers

6.4.1 Currently there is some capacity for increasing recruitment for 16 to 19 year olds in Lambeth schools and Lambeth College. This is shown in Table 5. The current allocated numbers in this table are those funded by the Education Funding Agency (EFA).

6.4.2 Further provision is planned in Evelyn Grace School, Platanos College, and eventually, City Heights Academy. The Y12-13 column shows this increase in learners in Lambeth’s schools.

6.4.3 The figures indicated in the Capacity column are estimates. Post 16 funding is NOT based on an estimate of physical capacity to deliver. It is based on the previous year’s recruitment data. This is known as “lagged” funding.

6.4.4 Because there are so many factors involved in post 16 planning of provision the figure for Additional Places should be treated with caution. Head teachers and College principals can expand their provision on the basis of lagged funding through imaginative use of accommodation.

6.4.5 The EFA also funds places in the following organisations for this age group: o Morley College (part time funding for this age group): 83 o Roots and Shoots (Alternative Learning Provider for young people with special education needs: 36 o Turney Secondary Special School: 2

6.4.6 In London (and Lambeth), RPA reinforces current practice particularly for 16 year olds. Most young people remain in learning after Key Stage 4. This is shown in the steady increase in the taught cohort in Lambeth schools post 16. See Table 6.

6.4.7 There is concern about retention at 17 where there is some drop out. This is shown by comparing the year 12 and year 13 columns in Table 6. For example in 2011 there were 780 young people in Year 12, but there are only 557 in the 2012 year 13+ group.

6.4.8 This issue is actually of national concern and further work needs to be done on the curriculum offer for this age group, to ensure that there are full and valid two year programmes for young people 2. These can of course include apprenticeships and work based learning.

6.4.9 The DfE’s consultation on Traineeships finished on 8 February 2013. Traineeships if introduced will aim to equip young people with the skills and experience they need to secure an apprenticeship or other good job. The proposed programme is flexible but will have 3 core elements, all key to preparing for and gaining access to the huge increase in projected employment opportunities in and around the borough. o Work preparation training – e.g. CV writing, interview preparation, job search, self discipline and inter-personal skills o High quality work placement (extended here possible) to offer meaningful experience o English and maths for those who do not have GCSE maths and English at Grade C or equivalent.

6.4.10 Current government policy supports the development of different and varied offers for young people of this age. For example two organisations in Westminster are applying for funding for UTCs 3, one focussing on rail industry related skills relating to Crossrail and

2 AS levels are one year in duration, for example, and there are many short courses that young people may follow, but which would be hard to compile into a full valuable, and valid two year learning programme. 3 University Technical Colleges

HS2, and the other on Beauty Therapy, with the London College of Beauty Therapy. A UTC focusing on medical technology is planned for Southwark.

6.4.11 From September 2013, Further Education colleges will able to recruit young people at age 14. There are the following limiting criteria: Colleges must: • Have been rated Good or above at their last Ofsted inspection. If a college was rated as Satisfactory, and their last inspection was a number of years ago, they will have to show evidence of improved performance over the past four years. • Conduct an assessment of their capability and readiness using the ‘readiness to open checklist’ published by the Government today. • Have their finances in good order. Lambeth College is not proposing to offer 14 plus programmes in the near future.

6.4.12 There are two additional factors which inform the capacity planning provision: o As there is more local provision in sixth forms, then more young people are likely to remain in their schools for their post 16 learning. o Lambeth College is working closely with Lambeth Secondary schools to match its curriculum to the learning interests of Lambeth learners for whom academic programmes are not appropriate. It is anticipated that as College provision matches the aspirations of young people wishing to follow vocational learning programmes, more young people are likely to remain in the borough. The college is developing a pre apprenticeship programme across a range of vocational areas offering a vocational level 1 or level 2 diploma, English and maths and with an element of relevant work experience which will enable the young person to acquire the necessary skills to progress onto a full apprenticeship at 16 (subject to employment).This could be a combined delivery model with the young person spending 3 days at college and 2 days at school.

6.4.12 In addition, the college is looking to establish a vocational careers school with direct entry for 14 year olds where A level is not the preferred or most suitable route for the young person re their skillset of career aspirations.

6.4.13 Lambeth College already provides 14 to 16 year olds with 200places (school links Yr 10 & Yr11) for day release onto vocational tasters throughout the year from schools. These are in a range of subjects including construction, engineering, hair and beauty, health and social care and early years. From Sept 13 Lambeth College intends to expand this provision to encourage progression into vocational education, improving the employment prospects of young people in additional areas of hospitality and catering, motor vehicle, sport and fitness and uniformed and public services. o Infills: 14-16 can infill into full time provision where appropriate accessing mainstream curriculum which is negotiated on an individual basis o ESOL: 14-16 The college plans to offer provision for 14-16 year olds in the future.

6.5 Population Projection Issues

6.5.1 There is an expected increase in the population of this age group which will impact after 2020.

6.5.2 The Greater London Authority (GLA) has produced projections of population increase for London boroughs. This is very approximate information, and it predicts a small and steady increase in population for this age group until after 2020. The projections in

Table 7 show that the Lambeth 16-18 resident population is increasing steadily over the next 8 years 4.

6.5.3 There is an identified increase in population in Lambeth’s primary schools which will affect this age group after 2020. See Tables 8 and Table 9. These figures are more robust, as they are already learning in Lambeth’s schools. These figures therefore refer to young people actually attending Lambeth schools regardless of where they live. They are not necessarily residents.

6.6 Vulnerable young people:

6.6.1 There remains a small proportion of young people who are vulnerable having additional needs at high risk of non participation

6.6.2 Children Looked After: Currently there are 65 children looked after aged 16, and 74 aged 17. It is expected that those numbers will rise due to the introduction of LASPO (The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.) LASP means that all young people who are remanded to custody become looked after automatically.

6.6.3 Not all of these young people will be in Lambeth but the Virtual school for Children Looked After will be responsible for reporting on all of them.

6.6.4 At present Lambeth supports these young people through the Education Employment and training (EET) Personal Adviser based in the Leaving Care service. There is one post responsible for all young people up to the age of 25. Currently around 80% of the CLA 16 and 17 year olds are EET. This is an area of risk, as one member of staff spread across around 400 young people is thinly spread. The Virtual School is currently working on an improved transition process from Year 11.

6.6.5 The risks are generally around the fact that many of these young people are extremely disaffected with formal education. They will have had disrupted care histories. Many of those becoming looked after through Southwark judgement or LASPO will have had troubled educational histories.

6.6.6 Lambeth is currently considering whether to introduce a Personal Education Plan for Key Stage 5. This has been a requirement for all children up to 16 but we have not been operating this up to now. We want to consult with young people about our draft PEP.

6.6.7 The cohort has changed over time as less serious offenders are exiting the Criminal Justice System (CJS) through Triage, prevention activity and targeted early intervention work. This means that the number of young people left in the CJS have more complex and endurable needs. Their NEET status and reluctance to sustain EET provision are elements of these characteristics.

6.6.8 Young Offenders – 16/17 year old – 300. There is a high level of disengagement in this group .The RPA will have a significant impact on the YOS client group as potentially those young people not in school will lack structured advice and guidance. Also those leaving custodial institutions or LAC out of borough will have a greater likelihood of experiencing discontinuity in service provision. Table 10 shows the age breakdown of the annual cohort of young offenders.

6.6.9 The YOS has done much to improve the tracking process which captures NEETs and introduce early intensive help to reduce this. For those persistent and serious offenders identifying non-school based vocational and functional learning which builds on skills

4 Custom Age Range Creator Tool for GLA Population Projections, by Borough

development and employability is essential. For low level offences and first time offences Triage offers a service which aims to prevent young people from re offending and entering the Criminal Justice System through joined up working between the Police and the Youth Offending Service (YOS).This service will need to ensure support for 16-18yr olds.

6.6.10 YOS has recently been restructured in order to improve the way the team manages NEET and to have a better sense of the team’s performance. A tracking process has been established which captures NEETs and describes the activity taken to reduce this. Line management arrangements have been changed so that NEET practitioners have a shared manager. NEETs are systematically identified early enough to provide a more intensive approach.

6.6.11 RPA will have a significant impact on the YOS client group as potentially those young people not in school will lack structured advice and guidance. Also those leaving custodial institutions or LAC placed out of borough will have a greater likelihood of experiencing discontinuity in service provision. For those persistent and serious offenders identifying non-school based vocational and functional learning which builds on skills development and employability is essential.

6.6.12 To ensure effective partnership working of cases between the Lambeth YOS and Lambeth Schools which will support the RPA a working agreement has been drawn up to ensure the following : o Improved information Sharing between the YOS and schools o A consistent approach to management of young people known to the Youth Justice System and Schools o Allocation of a SPOC named point of contact in the YOS for each school o Early support offer provided by referral to the MAT teams

6.6.13 Teenage Mothers – 16-19yrs old teenage mothers 131, this cohort is decreasing year on year however the level of support for those identified as vulnerable is increasing in terms of complexity . Current support is provided by the SAMRO School Aged Mothers Re-integration Officer but support is targeted at the 16-17 year old and delivered from the Secondary PRU, their caseload will need to extend to cover the 18 year olds. Additional support is provided by the Voluntary Sector from St Michaels Fellowship which helps young mothers up to 21yrs.

6.6.14 Early Help for o young people with additional needs -physical , social or emotional ill health o young People with poor school attendance o those excluded from school or subject of persistent absenteeism Effective working relationships and identification of vulnerable young people in this group is supported by the development of joint planning via Multiagency review meetings in schools (MAMs). This includes the identification of a Lead Professional who will carry out the Common Assessment and co-ordinate action plans to address those needs acting as a barrier to full participation.. Some of these young people may have additional needs and require a CAF or maybe known to Social Care but in the process of being stepped down or at an early stage of causing concern. The MAMS are supported by the MAT teams manager and where cases are identified as requiring support for additional needs the MAT staff are deployed following the use of the CAF as an assessment. This system will support the

7. Harnessing the benefits of growth and inward investment

7.1 There is an opportunity to create 32,000 new jobs in Lambeth by 2026, largely through new development in Vauxhall, Waterloo and Brixton. The council has recently adopted a more proactive approach to delivering growth and capturing the benefits for residents. One of the key themes within this approach is Access to Employment - ensuring that local residents are able to beneift from new job opportunities.

7.2 Access to Employment - current and planned activities: The primary responsibility for supporting unemployed residents into work is through Jobcentre Plus and the Work Programme. However, the council commissions and delivers a range of additional employment and skills activities in partnership with local providers. Increasingly, this activity is focused on creating an effective model of job brokerage under the 'Lambeth Working' brand to ensure that residents are able to access employment opportunities generated through growth and development. This includes programmes funded through Section 106 contributions from developers and from securing European funding opportunities.

7.3 Most employment and skills programmes are targeted at residents aged 18 or over but there is some variation in eligibility, which is largely dependent on requirements attached to specific funding. However, future bidding and commissioning activities will need to address gaps where this has an impact on younger residents.

7.4 Examples of current activities: • Construction Employer Accord, supporting local people to access construction industry jobs (16-64) • London Council’s ESF projects - GAIN Plus and Exchange Group (16-64) • Green Man Skills Zone and other community locations - National Careers Service (19+) and Jobcentre Plus (mainly 18+ but 16 and 17 year olds can access certain services) • Apprenticeship activities (16+) • Work Programme (18+ by referral) • Lambeth College has established a free brokering service called the Skills Exchange, which will be fully operational from September 2013, linking employers with its 13000 students to access work experience, apprenticeships, full and part- time work, serving the local community. The College has also refocused as a Career College, including a range of enrichment opportunities to support learners in vocational education to be work ready, with workshops on setting up businesses, enterprise training and career planning.

8. Learning provision in Lambeth

8.1 Curriculum and quality of Lambeth provision

8.1.1 Lambeth schools’ sixth form provision is predominantly at Level 3, and at this level mainly A levels are offered, with some vocational provision. The detail of their provision is included in the Lambeth 16 – 19 prospectus which will be published at the end of March 2013.

8.1.2 Further work will need to take place to ensure that the curriculum offered matches learners’ needs. A key development is the way Lambeth College a key partner in developing the Access to Employment theme in the growth business plan has reconfigured its curriculum under the key idea of Lambeth College – the Careers College . It is developing a wide range of vocationally oriented learning programmes and opportunities for practical learning. These include the current physical adaptations of the

Lambeth site so that there will be a street of shop front learning environments to boost the retail offer in response to growth in the sector.

8.1.3 Lambeth College will shortly be launching a new commercial arm which, amongst other things, will enable it to provide greater opportunities for young people who wish to take advantage of apprenticeships and other work based learning. It will also be widening its programme of support to help young people gain the skills necessary to access employment and/ or apprenticeships (pre-employment and employability programmes).

8.1.4 To support this activity, Lambeth College is working in partnership with the council and JCP to offer a recruitment service for local employers and learners known as 'The Skills Exchange'. In summary, this will provide all learners with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience whilst they are studying with the college, improving both their employability skills and chances of gaining sustainable employment once they have completed their studies and successfully moved on from the college.

8.1.5 These developments will allow Lambeth College to play a key role in ensuring that young people in the borough are able to access relevant and practical training and skills programmes, which will support the RPA and ultimately lead to successful outcomes.

8.1.6 Lambeth College offers courses and apprenticeships in o Business and Computing o Construction o Creative Arts and Media o Engineering, o Health Care and Early Years o Service and Leisure Industries and Science. Further vocational programmes are offered in: o Spa Therapy o Hospitality and Catering o Motor Vehicle Engineering o Uniformed Public Services o Travel and Tourism, Music Technology o Sport and Personal Training o Photography o Fashion o From September 2013, Lambeth College will be well placed to offer the new Traineeships for young people in a range of vocations and is planning an expansion of provision to accommodate increased demand for vocational education.

8.1.7 The profile of learners leaving Lambeth schools shows about 37% of Key Stage 4 leavers do not have 5 A*-C GCSEs and are therefore not ready for Level 3 learning. (about 670 out of 1800 young people). For this reason Lambeth College is strengthening its offer to young people who have not achieved high qualifications.

8.1.8 A Levels are core to the curriculum offered to post 16 learners in the school sixth forms . Table 11 below shows Level 3 attainment of provision in Lambeth’s providers. It shows that the attainment at A level is variable from school to school. From September 2013, where there is low attainment schools, under the minimum standards described below in 8.1.10 will be required to improve.

8.1.9 Lambeth College has ceased to include A Levels in its 16 – 18 offer, and is concentrating on providing vocational programmes at all levels which the schools are unable to provide because of economy of scale, and lack of specialist resources. .

8.1.10 In December 2012 the DfE minister, Matthew Hancock, announced " new minimum standards that will apply to school sixth forms, sixth-form colleges and further education colleges . These will identify the weakest performing institutions either in A levels or in vocational qualifications. This is part of a strategy to weed out underperformance, and treat academic and vocational qualifications as different but equally important part of a high-quality education, with comparable measures across schools and colleges. Until now, minimum standards have applied only to further education colleges, sixth form colleges and training providers, and have been based on success rates . There have been no standards that apply to school sixth forms. " http://www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/inthenews/a00217370/low-quality-qualifications- to-be-cut-from-post-16-tables-

8.1.11 All providers must have adequate self assessment review procedures in place to ensure that they meet these quality criteria.

8.1.12 Success rates therefore are crucial, but outcomes – key progression information - are also increasingly important. Destinations at year 11 are now published in July of each year. It is in the nature of this data that it is not recent. The information published this year was for the destinations of the 2009-10 cohort. Schools are much more skilled in collecting destination data now with the support of Central London Connexions, and Lambeth officers. Table 11 does not contain robust data, as it was the first run through, but it does show the categories which will be used for this annual report.

8.1.13 CLC has provided further information on progression. Table 12 gives an indication as to how many young people progress to university from Lambeth’s schools. This information needs to be treated with great caution as young people frequently delay progression to universities because of gap year, getting work, and so on.

8.2 Apprenticeships

8.2.1 An Apprenticeship scheme or programme has a framework of work-based training designed around the needs of employers, which lead to national recognised qualifications. It is possible to use Apprenticeships to train both new and existing employees at a local college or Skills Funding Agency approved training provider.

8.2.2 Apprenticeships are jobs. Employers pay an agreed salary and the costs of training are met by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS a section of the SFA)

8.2.3 Depending on the sector and job role an Apprenticeship can take anything between one and four years to complete. It is a package of on-the-job training and qualifications.

8.2.4 Employment must be for at least 30 hours per week, except in the minority of circumstances where the learner cannot complete the full 30 hours. In these cases employment must be for more than 16 hours per week.

8.2.5 There are three levels of Apprenticeship Training programmes available, intermediate, advanced and higher.

8.2.6 Most Apprenticeship frameworks are made up of three elements: • A National Vocational Qualification, which examines the apprentices work based skills

• A Technical Certificate, which examines the apprentices theoretical knowledge • Functional Skills, which improve essential skills needed to succeed in employment and training and include communication, numeracy and IT

8.2.7 Lambeth recognises the important part that apprenticeships can play in responding to the growth agenda in the borough as well as supporting the RPA. Lambeth Council is currently developing an apprenticeship policy to ensure that as a major employer in the local area, the council has a defined process to recruit and support new apprentices. An Apprenticeship Co-ordinator has recently been appointed to support the Lambeth Working job brokerage.

8.2.8 Apprenticeships will mainly be taken up by younger residents and will help the council to strengthen and diversify its workforce.

8.2.9 Through the recent recruitment of an apprenticeship coordinator and better partnership working with key stakeholders we are also encouraging other employers in the borough to take on apprentices. Table 13 provides a snap shot of current apprenticeship activity in the borough provided by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS).

8.2.10 Lambeth College have a dedicated Apprenticeship team who provide an expert, responsive service for both employers and learners. The college works closely with industry experts and sector skills councils to make sure their Apprenticeship programmes satisfy industry needs

8.2.11 Lambeth College has cultivated many important partnerships that benefit students and have provided Apprenticeship opportunities with a range of employers including Homerton University Hospital, Kings College Hospital, Mears, Higgins, Crossrail, The Shard, and Lambeth Living.

8.2.12 The college has ambitious plans for apprenticeship provision, and aims to grow provision to over 1,000 Apprentices by 2015/16. Planned growth will be across a number of sectors including Construction, Leisure and Tourism, Business and IT, Health Care and Early Years and Engineering, but will remain flexible and responsive to changes in demand. 16-18 Apprenticeship provision will remain a key focus of the college’s apprenticeship growth plans.

8.2.13 Table 14 shows the sector areas into which Lambeth’s apprenticeships are entering.

8.2.14 It is interesting to compare Lambeth’s performance in recruiting 16-18 year old apprentices with the patterns in other London boroughs. See Table 15.

8.3 High Needs Learners

8.3.1 High Needs Learners particularly those with SEN are more likely to become Long Term NEETS and ongoing additional support to ensure participation is achieved is essential from a range of providers and the LA.

8.3.2 Schools are responsible for ensuring that effective and impartial information advice and guidance are provided for all year 10 and 11 learners. I is absolutely essential that this guidance is used to ensure that young people are guided to appropriate destinations to meet the RPA requirements

8.3.3 Lambeth has the following providers for Learners with Special Education Needs aged 14 and above:

• Michael Tippett School • Lansdowne School • Elm Court School • Turney School Of these a small number of young people remain in post 16 learning according to need.

8.3.4 Lambeth College is a core provider to the borough of services to High Needs learners.All students, including School Link groups, take part in supported employment and enterprise projects while at College including: London Programme, Smoothie Bar, Prowork supported employment, Mencap Change Makers, and many other projects in the community and in partnership with local employers. Internal enterprises including Healthy Gourmet Café, ReCo College shop, delivery and recycling projects, Enterprise stall, Catering for special internal and external events, volunteering opportunities.

8.3.5 These opportunities give students real life experiences outside the classroom. LLDD at Lambeth College was graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted with ‘Outstanding’ outcomes for learners. Once enrolled, all new students undertake a Baseline Learning Profile andIndividual Learning Plan to capture their prior achievement and to help them focus on developing the right skills to reach their long term goals. The ILP includes goals in personal progress, employability, literacy, numeracy and communication. It will also have targets related to independence, living skills, social and work skills – as well as some aims related to their chosen course. Tutors and support staff will help students choose and work on goals and they will have regular meetings to review their progress.

8.3.6 This plan is designed for each learner showing the training and support they will receive in order to fulfil their learning goals and their learning programme. The support ratio is one Learning Assistant and one tutor per group of ten learners. Therefore, we are not able to provide individual one to one support at all times. The needs of each learner is considered on a case by case basis.

8.3.7 Responsibility for managing the 16 – 25 age LLDD budget transfers to local authorities from September 2013. There are approximately 120 young people who are affected by this transition.

8.3.8 A consequence of this change is the need for Lambeth Council to ensure that it achieves value for money in this area, and discussions are taking place with Lambeth College about the possible development of more local capacity for these young people.

8.3.9 The borough is carrying out a comprehensive review of Special Education Needs provision in the borough and this will inform planning and provision for High Needs learners aged 16 – 25.

8.4 Alternative Provision

8.4.1 Education outside of mainstream schools, arranged by local authorities or schools is called alternative provision. It can be offered by pupil referral units (PRUs), further education colleges or voluntary sector organisations. In Lambeth, the Park Campus works with schools to arrange alternative options for young people so that they can access forms of learning or training that may not be available in their school.

8.4.2 Many alternative education programmes place a strong emphasis on developing personal and social skills within a programme of study so that young people can develop skills and strategies that will progress them successfully into further education, training or employment.

8.4.3 The Park Campus is working with private and voluntary sector partners to establish a network of providers and to quality assure their work.

8.4.4 These providers include for example: o Fairbridge/Princes Trust o Hampton Project o Kids Company o Newstart Training o Roots and Shoots o Your Story These providers change frequently.

8.4.5 There are a number of externally funded programmes aiming to work with young people who are NEET, or at risk of NEET. The funding is from a wide range of sources including European Social Fund (ESF), Greater London Authority (GLA), Youth Contract, and recently the City of London Bridges Trust. See Table 16 below.

8.5 Information Advice and Guidance, and Work Related Learning

8.5.1 The responsibility for Guidance to young people in Key Stage 4 in planning their post 16 progression is held by secondary schools.

8.5.2 Schools must provide access to impartial and independent information and guidance about the range of education and training options that are most likely to help young people achieve their ambitions.

8.5.3 DfE guidance states that it is for school to decide the careers guidance provision to be made available based on the needs of pupils and the opportunities available.

8.5.4 This issue has been subject to critical scrutiny from the Education Select committee in January 2013.

8.5.5 Ofsted are currently carrying out a national survey of the effectiveness of schools work in this area and two Lambeth schools (Dunraven and St Martins) were visited. They received very positive feed about their provision.

8.5.6 UCAS Search is a service which Lambeth providers have participated in, publishing their post 16 nationally. From 2013 providers will need to subscribe themselves to this service www.ucas.ac.uk/students/coursesearch/ .

8.5.7 Lambeth’s own 16 -19 prospectus is published in April 2013. This lists all courses available to young people in the borough. Following advice from providers the prospectus for 2014 – 2015 will be published by January 2014.

8.5.8 Housing Regeneration and Employment Section is working closely with inward investment organisations to ensure that there are real and substantial opportunities for young people to benefit from their developments though work experience, sector specific taster courses, mentoring apprenticeships and other opportunities.

8.5.9 The Park Campus is leading on helping partner schools engage with Work Related learning opportunities.

9 Data and information tables

Table 1: Department for Education RPA Guidelines for Local Authorities

Raising the Participation Age – Important information for local authorities

Raising the Participation Age (RPA) will come into effect from summer 2013. Local Authorities (LAs) will be subject to new duties to support all young people to participate . Students currently in Year 11 and below will be affected by the changes.

What is RPA?

The Government has changed the law so that all young people will be required to continue in education or training: - Until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17 from summer 2013; and - Until their 18th birthday from summer 2015.

The information here will help you to understand what this means for you.

When the participation age increases, young people will need to continue to study or train in one of several ways: - Study full-time in a school, college or with a training provider. - Full-time work or volunteering combined with part-time education or training. - An Apprenticeship ( www.apprenticeships.org.uk ).

Why are you making this change?

The vast majority of 16 and 17 year olds already continue in some form of education or training. However, the small group of young people not participating includes some of the most vulnerable. We want to give all young people the opportunity to develop the skills they need for adult life and to achieve their full potential.

What does this mean for local authorities?

The Education and Skills Act places additional duties on local authorities in relation to RPA: - Promoting the effective participation of all 16 and 17 year old residents in your area ; and - Making arrangements to identify young people resident in your area who are not participating

These complement the existing duties to secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all 16-19 year olds and to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate 2. They also complement the processes in place to deliver the ‘ September Guarantee ’ and to track young people’s participation. There is another important link to the new duty on education providers to inform their local authority when a young person drops out of learning .

Work is already underway to prepare for RPA…

We will continue to make more information available about local participation rates and we have committed to continue the September Guarantee process, which aims to ensure that all 16 and 17 year olds received an offer of a suitable place in education or training.

As part of the Youth Contract , we will spend £126m to provide additional support for the hardest to help 16-17 year olds in England over the next three years, and this is targeted at the areas with the highest levels of 16-17 year olds not in education, employment or training.

Education Destination Measures were published for the first time in July 2012. The Measures show the percentage of students continuing their education in school, Further Education or 6th form college or Higher Education institution, and the percentage training through an apprenticeship or work-based learning. Destination Measures provide clear and comparable information on how young people do when they leave school or college. From 2013, we plan to publish the Key Stage 4 Education Destination Measures on the performance tables website.

Since 2009, 66 local authorities from across the country have participated in RPA Locally-Led Delivery Projects , testing different approaches to achieving RPA and sharing their learning with other areas. This has helped to inform preparations across the country in the build up to 2013/2015.

Independent evaluations have been carried out for all three previous phases of the programme. The evaluation reports, including recommendations and principles of good practice, are available here; http://education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeople/participation/rpa/a0075564/rpa-past- projects More information on the wide range of information and tools generated by the Projects can be downloaded from the Local Government Association’s Knowledge Hub website: https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk

Table 2: Travel into and out of each borough in the region- 16-19 year old (February 2012 LCCIS data). Highlighted in yellow top ten importer/exporters.

Remain Resident Borough Import Export in cohort borough Barking & Dagenham 1621 1843 3138 4981 Barnet 2835 1949 4764 6713 Bexley 1452 2339 3342 5681 Brent 1203 3350 3563 6913 Bromley 3222 1378 4939 6317 Camden 3168 1276 1653 2929 City of London 138 42 131 173 Croydon 2190 3947 4405 8352 Ealing 1338 3207 3702 6909 Enfield 1422 3419 4476 7895 Greenwich 1194 2742 2811 5553 Hackney 1805 3064 2164 5228 Hammersmith 1837 1371 639 2010 Haringey 1284 3358 1886 5244 Harrow 1601 2016 2962 4978 Havering 2296 1029 4402 5431 Hillingdon 1937 1457 4227 5684 Hounslow 1690 1872 3139 5011 Islington 3745 1912 1610 3522 Kensington 2138 972 486 1458 Kingston 3099 1028 1862 2890 Lambeth 1300 4152 1954 6106 Lewisham 3017 3013 3234 6247 Merton 915 3010 914 3924 Newham 872 3869 3778 7647 Redbridge 2195 2421 4440 6861 Richmond 2514 1417 920 2337 Southwark 844 4074 1846 5920 Sutton 2603 1537 2855 4392 Tower Hamlets 795 1705 3143 4848 Waltham Forest 2978 2689 3340 6029 Wandsworth 4494 1661 2204 3865 Westminster 3525 1110 1577 2687

Table 3 NEET and Not Known data: A comparison across Inner London boroughs:

Year 12 to Year 14 Resident NEET (Adjusted NEET- Including percentage of expired records)

% Nov-12 % Dec-12 % Jan-13 % Camden 8.3% 360 8.9% 494 11.6% 488 11.3% Hackney 6.0% 375 5.6% 586 8.4% 598 8.5% Islington 8.9% 399 8.5% 415 8.6% 440 9.1% Kensington 8.9% 160 8.1% 206 9.7% 206 9.7% Lambeth 5.9% 394 6.1% 627 8.8% 640 8.8% Southwark 6.7% 468 6.5% 710 9.1% 713 8.9% Wandsworth 6.2% 304 6.2% 418 7.9% 422 7.9% Westminster 7.0% 180 5.4% 321 9.1% 320 9.0% Total 7.0% 2,640 6.7% 3,777 9.0% 9.0%

Year 12 to Year 14 Resident Not known

% Nov-12 % Dec-12 % Jan-13 % Camden 34.9% 412 9.3% 248 5.5% 312 6.9% Hackney 52.0% 842 11.1% 528 7.0% 573 7.6% Islington 49.1% 672 12.6% 574 10.8% 563 10.6% Kensington 50.8% 231 10.5% 143 6.4% 154 6.9% Lambeth 59.2% 1,258 16.3% 748 9.5% 757 9.5% Southwark 53.2% 934 11.4% 431 5.2% 455 5.4% Wandsworth 50.2% 715 12.7% 499 8.6% 511 8.8% Westminster 47.7% 467 12.4% 279 7.4% 290 7.7% Total 50.8% 5,531 12.3% 3,450 7.6% 3,615 8.0% .

Table 4: Risk of NEET Indicator:

Typical Risk of NEET Indicators (RONI)

o Looked after Child o EAL o FSM o Traveller o Not in receipt of public funding o SEN status o Poor attendance o Exclusion

Other less data based criteria can include o Friendship difficulties o Lack of involvement in school activities o Lack of parental involvement o Not accessing or engaging with IAG and work related learning o Personal and family problems o Youth offending o Substance misuse o Teenage parenthood

Table 5: Current funded places and potential capacity

Provider Current Capacity 6 Potential Commentary allocated additional student places 5 numbers Archbishop 67 >100 22 While this school received capital investment in Tenison’s School 2011, its site is small and is a constraint on its development. th Bishop Thomas 215 >2 106 Bishop Thomas Grant’s is a new 6 form. It has Grant increased its capacity with Demographic Growth Capital Funds (DGCF) from the EFA (2011) 7.

The Elmgreen 192 200 8 The small numbers funded reflect the fact that this School school has just opened its sixth form. The school would like to expand its planned provision subject to addressing accommodation constraints La Retraite Roman 194 200 6 The school has received two tranches of DGCF Catholic Girls funding which may allow for a small additional School increase in capacity The Lambeth 240 250 10 Has new facilities funded by the DGCF Academy Lambeth College 1450 3000 1550 Lambeth College has reconfigured its provision and is recruiting more learners this year. It is expanding its offer to include motor vehicle, uniformed and public service, hospitality and catering and increasing the offer within sport and fitness, hair and beauty to include qualifications in hair and media make-up, nail technology and holistic therapies. Where appropriate and available courses will be from E3 to level 3 Lilian Baylis 198 200+ 150 A new Sixth Form. This will be its second year of Technology funding. School London Nautical 110 150 40 A small site mitigates against expansion School Norwood School 103 200 93 Norwood’s capacity to recruit when its current building works are complete. St Martin in the 150 200 50 A slight decrease in numbers from the previous Fields year Dunraven School 229 250 21 Operating from a new sixth form building

Platanos College 0 250 250 Sixth form opening date not confirmed Evelyn Grace 0 250 250 Sixth form opening date not confirmed School City Heights 0 250 250 Sixth form opening date not confirmed Academy Oasis Academy 0 0 0 So far no plans are in place for provision Saint Gabriel’s 0 0 0 Has closed its 6 th form provision College Total 3149 2556

5 EFA funding allocations 2012 - 2013 6 The capacity numbers are very approximate; schools are likely to be able to manage accommodating a small increase in demand within existing space, and there is an annual round of Demographic Growth Capital Fund to which they can apply for developing their capacity further. 7 DGCF: Demographic Growth Capital Fund

Table 6: Lambeth Secondary School Roll Trends by Year Group, 2006-2012

Total Total Grand Year 10 11 12 13+ Y10-11 Y12-13 Total 2006 1,465 1,405 370 335 2,870 705 3,575 2007 1,553 1,525 357 373 3078 730 3,808 2008 1,611 1,468 526 288 3,079 814 3,893 2009 1,641 1,528 474 351 3,169 825 3,994 2010 1,647 1,576 723 387 3,223 1,110 4,333 2011 1,814 1,598 780 474 3,412 1,254 4,666 2012 1,934 1,758 728 557 3,692 1,285 4,977 Change 2006-2012 469 353 358 222 822 580 1,402

Table 7: Predicted increase in 16 – 18 numbers in Lambeth (These figures are approximate and include NEET and not known)

Year 2103 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 16 – 18 8000 8100 8200 8200 8200 8100 8200 8400 Total

Table 8 Number of pupils in Years R-6 in primary schools in Lambeth 2008-2019

All Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 All 2009 2,852 2,819 2,631 2,575 2,546 2,484 2,421 18,328 2010 2,904 2,863 2,777 2,560 2,527 2,522 2,466 18,619 2011 3,041 2,953 2,835 2,740 2,537 2,493 2,505 19,104 2012 3,158 3,061 2,922 2,816 2,720 2,523 2,500 19,700 2013 3,314 3,196 3,031 2,879 2,761 2,684 2,511 20,381 2014 3,445 3,356 3,159 2,990 2,847 2,735 2,679 21,221 2015 3,495 3,493 3,317 3,117 2,957 2,820 2,728 22,020 2016 3,70 0 3,628 3,452 3,273 3,086 2,930 2,815 22,911 2017 3,846 3,768 3,586 3,407 3,242 3,060 2,922 23,847 2018 3,995 3,906 3,724 3,539 3,374 3,212 3,057 24,809 2019 4,148 4,043 3,860 3,675 3,505 3,343 3,205 25,765 Red text shows actual roll numbers

Table 9 Number of pupils in Years R-6 in primary schools in Lambeth 2007-2019

Table 10 : age breakdown of the annual cohort of young offenders:

Age Number 10 – 14 73 15 81 16 130 17 174 Total 458

Table 11: KS5 Level 3 Provisional Results of 16-18 Year Olds - 2011 & 2012

2011 Final Results 2012 Final Results Change 2011-2012 Cohort Cohort Cohort APS APS APS APS per at end APS per at end APS per at end per per per student of student of student of study entry entry entry study study Archbishop Tenison's 9 345.0 121.8 25 369.0 141.9 16 24.0 20.1 BTG 51 686.9 198.6 69 681.2 203.9 18 -5.7 5.3 Dunraven 90 752.8 207.4 82 761.2 217.1 -8 8.4 9.7 La Retraite 68 624.9 202.7 62 731.0 207.9 -6 106.1 5.2 Lambeth Academy 39 632.7 214.6 68 708.3 219.4 29 75.6 4.8 Lambeth College 178 604.5 210.8 221 504.2 194.9 43 -100.3 -15.9 London Nautical 35 529.8 186.0 34 484.1 167.3 -1 -45.7 -18.7 Norwood 5 - - 21 890.4 222.6 16 - - St Martin-in-the-Fields 44 649.4 201.2 59 625.8 202.1 15 -23.6 0.9 Lambeth 519 634.5 203.6 641 617.2 202.1 122 -17.3 -1.5 National (all schools and FE) - 745.9 216.2 - 733.0 212.8 -12.9 -3.4 National (excl independents) - 728.2 213.1 - 714.3 209.3 -13.9 -3.8

Table 12: Destination data from KS 4

No of Any ED FE Other School 6FC Apps WBL HE Education Not students FE Sixth dest not Captured 1 Form sustained 8 in Data 9 ENGLAND 569,110 85 33 4 36 12 4 0 0 9 6 INNER LONDON City of London ...... Lambeth 1,500 88 34 2 35 17 1 0 0 8 4 Archbishop Tenison's 80 88 15 x 35 36 x 0 0 9 4 Bishop Thomas Grant 170 87 18 x 42 27 x 0 0 8 5 Charles Edward Brooke 140 92 43 2 22 24 x 0 0 7 x Dunraven 190 92 29 2 56 6 x 0 0 5 3 La Retraite 140 93 26 0 46 21 x 0 0 7 0 Lambeth Academy 160 88 29 x 52 6 0 0 0 7 4 Lilian Baylis 110 82 62 5 6 10 x 0 0 9 10 London Nautical 110 86 22 8 53 4 7 0 0 11 4 Norwood School 100 88 45 0 25 17 0 0 0 9 4 St Martin in the Fields 140 93 36 x 25 30 0 0 0 5 2 Stockwell Park S 170 82 54 2 10 16 3 0 0 10 8

Table 13 Number of young people starting at university from Lambeth Schools 2012

School attended to KS4 Number progressing to University Archbishop Tenisons 25 Bishop Thomas Grant 37 Dunraven 63 Elm Court 1 La Retraite 50 Lambeth Academy 48 Lilian Baylis 28 London Nautical 16 Norwood 29 Park Campus 3 Platanos College 40 Saint Gabriel’s 28 Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields 49 Turney 1

Table 14 Current participation status for 16-18 year olds (Apprenticeships)

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 LEA 287 399 456 National 12,305 15860 16518 Regional 190,853 210218 203981

Table 15: 16 – 18 Starts by Sector Subject area

Table 16: Under 19 year old recruitment to apprenticeships 2012 – 13

Local Education Authority 2012/13 Year to Date August to October (provisional) Intermediate Advanced Higher All Under 19 Under 19 Under 19 Under 19 Camden 20 10 - 30 City Of London - - - - Hackney 50 30 - 80 Hammersmith and Fulham 10 10 - 20 Haringey 30 20 - 60 Islington 50 20 - 70 Kensington and Chelsea 10 10 - 20 Lambeth 50 10 - 70 Lewisham 80 30 - 110 Newham 80 40 - 120 Southwark 70 30 - 100 Tower Hamlets 70 30 - 100 Wandsworth 30 20 - 50 Westminster 30 10 - 40 Total 590 250 10 850

Table 17: Externally funded projects for NEETS or those at risk of NEET:

Project Name Provider Delivery Eligibility Summary Area Fast Forward Central London Lambeth 16-19 NEET Supports young people into EET by devising a Connexions - Lambeth resident bespoke programme that will up skill, motivate and delivered by provide young people with a range of opportunities Lambeth NEET and activities that will support them into EET advisers as part of the MAT Go4it Prospects Pan 16 – 19 NEET Offers young people a chance to enhance job Services Ltd London who are Teenage readiness through various motivational Parents or Care experiences such as work experience, work Leavers shadowing and non-accredited skills development. An employment & skills adviser will broker opportunities. Right Futures Reed in Pan 16-19 NEET Supports young people into employment, Partnership London education and training through volunteering. Work (project will be preparation and support are given to develop skills delivered by and experience. Lionheart in the Young people have access to a range of training Community in and employment opportunities as well as ongoing Lambeth) financial support Training for City of Pan 16 - 19 NEET Provides 2-4 weeks of employability skills via the Work Westminster London support of a College dedicated IAG Adviser which will see progression into an apprenticeship or employment Families Project Lionheart in the Lambeth Families including This project offers support for families where at Community 16-19 and above least 1 family member is unemployed and in receipt of benefits. The adviser can work with all members of the family who are looking for EET including 16-19 year olds Provides more intensive support and looks at the whole family circumstances

Project Name Provider Delivery Eligibility Summary Area Pre London Pan 16-19 and Young people have a personalised programme Apprenticeship Education London resident in a that will prepare them for the world of work. Programme Business London Borough Activities include work experience, CV preparation, Partnership confidence building Network Upon completion, young people are supported to find an apprenticeship and receive support for 6 months once an opportunity is found. Youth Contract Prevista/Twist Lambeth 16 & 17 NEET Youth empowerment programme where young with no GCSE's people work in groups to design and deliver a A* - C project to change things for the better for themselves or for people like themselves City Bridge Trust City of London Grant

Back to Central London Lambeth 14 – 19 in EET Young people are put on a personalised Business Connexions - and at risk of programme that includes a range of activities delivered by becoming NEET which seek to inspire, motivate and reengage them Lambeth NEET back in to learning, training or employment. advisers as part Having participated in activities and maintaining of the MAT regular contact with their project worker, they are rewarded for sustaining13 weeks and 26 weeks EET Fit For Sport GLA Lambeth Young person must Engage young people through physical activity have 2 fixed term exclusions over a 12 month period of which 1 must be within the last term

10. Lambeth’s RPA Strategy - Key objectives:

10.1 All young people resident in the borough, and those taking part in learning in Lambeth education provision should receive effective, impartial advice and guidance and ongoing support through learning in their schools from September 2012 for students in years 9 – 11. This responsibility will be extended to students in Year 8, and up to Year 13 in schools and colleges from September 2013.

10.2 Young people will be offered learning programmes, apprenticeships or work with learning which meets their needs interests and abilities which leads to further positive learning or work. Employer engagement is essential to promote real forthcoming opportunities and to ensure that industry needs and expectations are understood.

10.3 The progress of all young people in learning will be monitored to identify those in need of additional support, and to maintain good data to demonstrate progress on participation as required.

10.4 Those young people who, because of their particular learning needs or social circumstances require particular guidance and support to remain in and benefit from learning will be identified and supported.

10.5 Further support will be offered to young people at transition points and whenever they need it to sustain their participation and communicate information about opportunities available to them.

10.6 An effective partnership between the local authority services, including schools and other local authorities, schools colleges and providers will be maintained in order to ensure that provision matches need.

10.7 Ongoing links will be sustained with neighbouring boroughs and across London so that planning takes place in an appropriate regional context.

11. Lambeth RPA Steering Group and Delivery team

11.1 Since this is a key programme of work RPA will be led by the RPA Steering Group, and its agreed priorities delivered by the RPA Delivery team

11.1 The RPA Steering group will comprise senior officers and members currently working in CYPS and HRE. Its membership is still under discussion but is likely to include: o Assistant Director CYPS (SEIS) – Chair o Assistant Director CYPS (EIP) o Senior Officers HRE o CYPS 14 – 19 Coordinator o CYPS Multi agency team

11.2 The Steering Group will meet regularly to ensure that the objectives of the action plan are met and will work will direct the activities of the RPA Delivery team.

11.3 The membership of the RPA Delivery team also needs to be confirmed but it is likely to include the following representatives: o Targeted Support Multi Agency Team o Specialist Support (representation from YOS, and Social Care) o Head of Special Education Needs o Children and Young Peoples Service 14 – 19 Coordinator o Children and Young Peoples Service School Improvement Adviser o Education Estates and Capital Projects - Pupil place planning o NEET support officers o Young Lambeth o Apprenticeship Coordinator

11.5 RPA Delivery Team: frequency of meetings:

o The first meeting is scheduled for March 25 th o Every 4 weeks for the first two meetings, and then as required

11.4 RPA Steering Group and Delivery Team Summary Terms of Reference: (These will form the basis if discussion at the first meetings of these groups. )

o To provide the forum for identifying young people who will benefit from programmes designed to prepare them for effective progression o To identify key priorities for future projects to use to inform future projects o To indentify, collate and communicate the range of externally funded programmes working with young people NEET or at risk of NEET o To ensure best practice around tracking systems which identify vulnerable young people o To agree how to indentify young people who would benefit from support programmes o To ensure good communications on these issues within the council o To be informed of, monitor the progress of the different programmes in this area. o To provide regular reports on NEET progress and to identify underlying issues o To consult on the borough’s RPA strategy o To provide the forum for planning Work Related Learning programmes

12. Lambeth’s RPA Strategy: Action Plan

Achieving full participation through partnership

The Education and Skills Act (2008) places a duty on all young people to participate in education or training until their 18th birthday.

From summer 2013, young people will be required to continue in education or training until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17. From 2015, they will be required to continue until their 18th birthday.

RPA is everyone’s business

This strategy will be subject to regular review through the agency of the Work Readiness and RPA Team. The first meeting to agree the actions and responsibilities below will take place in March 2013.

Lambeth Council will:

1. Establish clear data regarding the nature, size and recruitment patterns of the cohort 2. Ensure Regeneration programmes include real benefits for young people of this age group to be enacted through the planning process. 3. Secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all 16 – 19 year olds, including apprenticeships (and 16 – 25 year olds LLDD) 4. Work with providers to identify any issues regarding quality of provision 5. Support all young people to participate 6. Identify key groups with specific needs and ensure these are met by developing tracking systems with partners that identify vulnerable young people, eg support use of RONI 7. Identify those young people who are not participating , and learning programmes which meet their needs. 8. Monitor attainment of learners and offer support and challenge 9. Participate cross borough partnership planning and delivery service 10. Work with providers on the planning, provision and partnership delivery of learning for High Needs Learners

Schools, Colleges and work based learning providers8 will:

1. Provide effective and impartial Careers Guidance (this became a statutory obligation for schools from September 2012 ) 2. Provide an appropriate curriculum for the young people whom they recruit, particularly at KS4 transition 3. Maintain good and accurate data on young peoples’ participation, and attainment and progression 4. Provide learning programmes of the highest quality 5. Inform the designated contact at the local authority if anyone leaves provision prematurely. 6. Assess their Key Stage 4 cohort (and younger) for risk of NEET and put in place support procedures to retain them in learning.

8 Referred to collectively as providers

LA responsibilities (to be reviewed and completed at the LA Work Readiness and RPA team:

Priority Actions Responsibility Further information LA1 Establish clear data regarding the nature, Set up LA RPA team Assistant Director CYPS (SEIS) size and recruitment patterns of the cohort Head of MAT 14 -19 Coordinator Analyse curriculum offered to 14 – 19 coordinator young people 14 -16 and 16 – 19 CYPS R&S Analyse attainment data CYPS R&S Compare curriculum offer to 14 – 19 coordinator attainment for appropriateness CYPS R&S Coordinate collection of Head of MAT This data is managed in partnership with Central London participation data 14-19 coordinator Connexions. EITS data management Commission data management Head of MAT The process for data collection and management will benefit from from CLC review. LA2 Ensure Regeneration programmes include Require employment and skills Planning Regeneration and Enterprise Plans are negotiated and kept by Planning Regeneration and real benefits for young people of this age plans for all large developments Enterprise group. LA3 Secure sufficient suitable education and Use data collected above to CYPS R&S It would be useful to use the techniques developed by MIME training provision for all 16 – 19 year identify the key levels and 14 – 19 coordinator consulting which compare the scale of the levels required with olds, including apprenticeships curriculum areas where provision scale of the levels provided needs to be strengthened

Identify and encourage the 14 – 19 coordinator in partnership with There is a lot of activity in this area, and a lot of confusion. The development of non academic providers and in particular Lambeth EBC is the focus of national and local curriculum planning. learning programmes in line with College and voluntary sector providers London Councils YPES is a key partnership which will support us the Wolf Report recommendations in this work. with a focus on L1 and L2 programmes and English and Maths Develop apprenticeship HRE Employment and Skills Take advantage of key development programmes in the borough opportunities Apprenticeship coordinator including Vauxhall Nine Elms (VNEB). The London Boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth have adopted a reciprocal approach. Engage with employers for their 14 – 19 coordinator There is real good will amongst employers working in Lambeth for support to learning HRE Employment and Skills supporting young people learning. This can range from a visit to a school, to mentoring to offering apprenticeships. We are working with Wandsworth which is the other beneficiary of the VNEB development plans

Priority Actions Responsibility Further information Identify, and develop, where Head of MAT appropriate support programmes HRE Employment and Skills for NEETs and those at risk of 14-19 coordinator NEET Produce guide to support Head of MAT programmes available

Maintain regular contact with ESF 14-19 coordinator contact for mutual advice Senior Adviser EFA 9

Maintain regular networking with 14 – 19 Coordinator There are key boroughs which we link through the central London London boroughs, especially the network, which includes Wandsworth, Southwark and Westminster key learning hosts for Lambeth – key destinations for Lambeth learners. residents London Councils YPES is a key partner here. IT will be essential through the network to identify any plans for new provision and any specialist provision LA4 Work with providers to identify an issues Analyse data to show areas where Secondary Adviser LPUK data analysis is helpful here. The imminent changes to the regarding quality of provision recruitment is low and where 14-19 coordinator minimum standards for sixth forms are likely to make a major attainment is concern impact on school post 16 planning.

Offer to work with providers to Secondary Adviser This is a key service for schools in particular where sixth form develop action plans for raising 14-19 coordinator provision is sometimes small. IT would need to be negotiated on a standards in areas of concern cost basis. Work in partnership with partners AD SEIS This is a volatile area – new types of state funding provision may which wish to develop new 14 – 19 Coordinator well be developed provision Contribute to Cross London Secondary Adviser Quality is a key issue for London Councils and networking will be Planning in this area 14-19 coordinator essential in this area. LA5 Support all young people to participate Work with schools in particular to 14 – 19 Coordinator This is a key issue. We are meeting Careers teachers regularly ensure that they are offering and are encouraging them to think of some joint provision impartial CEIAG 10

9 Education Funding Agency 10 Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance

Priority Actions Responsibility Further information Use the data gathered in LA1 to Use the data gathered in LA1 to develop Use the data gathered in LA1 to develop a local prospectus develop a local prospectus a local prospectus

Target young people at risk of Head of MAT Support schools to develop RONI link to use of the CAF and NEET in schools through use of access to early help provided by the MATS applied Risk of NEET indicator Build on development of MAMS in schools to identify vulnerable (RONI) see Appendix 3 cohort Develop website and brochure of Develop website and brochure of Develop website and brochure of Lambeth opportunities Lambeth opportunities Lambeth opportunities LA6 Identify key groups with specific needs Ensure the colleagues responsible 14 – 19 Coordinator This is an area of transition in 2013 and requires regular contact and ensure these are met for LLDD are aware of funding Senior Adviser EFA with the providers in and out of Lambeth and the Education issues Head of SEN Funding Agency. Manage the budget for young Head of SEN More detail from Michael Donkor on this people aged 16 – 25 with Special Lambeth CYPS finance team Education Needs Increase provision for young Lambeth Council Local research shows that there is need for futher provision for people with autism in the borough Lambeth College young people with autism. Other key partners. Maintain information exchange with 14-19 coordinator groups who are inhibited from Contacts to be agreed. participation, including young parents, young people with emotional or behavioural difficulties, Looked After Children, young offenders. LA7 Identify those young people who are not Maintain good and regular data Head of MAT The borough contracts with Central London Connexions for this participating , and learning programmes about September Guarantee, HRE Employment and Skills service. Clarification of roles will be helpful. which meet their needs. planned learning routes, and actual 14-19 coordinator activity. CLC Agree data protocols with 14 – 19 Coordinator providers.

Request updates from Schools on 14 – 19 Coordinator planned and actual participations

Refer young people who are NEET Head of MAT See LA4 or Not Known to appropriate support services

Priority Actions Responsibility Further information Take part in the development, Head of MAT There are a number of projects currently available to young people where possible, and the promotion HRE Employment and Skills funded through LGA 11 , ESF 12 etc. of the range of funded projects 14-19 coordinator CLC LA8 Monitor attainment of learners and offer Offer to work with providers to Secondary Adviser This is a key service for schools in particular where sixth form support and challenge develop action plans for raising 14-19 coordinator provision is sometimes small. It would need to be negotiated on a standards in areas of concern cost basis. (entered twice – I’m not sure where to put it)

LA9 Participate cross borough partnership Participate in relevant cross Head of MAT These can include, London Councils, Central London Subgroup, planning and delivery service borough forums HRE Employment and Skills Regeneration Initiatives etc. 14-19 coordinator

LA10 Work with providers on the planning, Manage transition from EFA Head of SEN This is at the point of transition. Further information about provision and partnership delivery of MAT management and delivery will be included after further consultation learning for High Needs Learners . with the EFA .

11 Local Government Association 12 European Social Fund

Learning providers to complete:

Priority Actions Responsbility Timing Further information P1 Provide effective and impartial Careers Incorporate CEIAG planning Providers Schools in particular have a statutory duty for this work with Guidance (this is a statutory obligation for into curriculum, to include 14 – 16 year olds which is likely to be extended to include 9 schools) information on all the options, – 13 year olds. and work force development 13 P2 Provide an appropriate curriculum for the Curriculum analysis against young people whom they recruit, intake to be done on an particularly at KS4 transition annual basis

P3 Maintain good and accurate data on young peoples’ participation, and attainment and progression P4 Provide learning programmes of the highest quality

P5 Inform the designated contact at the local Use RONI 14 tool to identify authority if anyone leaves provision learners at risk prematurely.

P6 Assess their Key Stage 4 cohort (and younger) for risk of NEET and put in place support procedures to retain them in learning.

13 Information on training available can be found at http://www.centrallondonconnexions.org.uk 14 Risk of NEET indicator – see Appendix 3

Lambeth RPA Year Planner 2013

LA Tasks Specific dates to be amended as appropriate through RPA team meeting processes

Actions J F M A M J J A S O N D LA1 Set up LA RPA team Analyse curriculum offered to young people 14 - 16 and 16 – 19 Analyse attainment data Compare curriculum offer to attainment for appropriateness Coordinate collection of participation data (3 stage process) Commission data management from CLC LA2 Use data collected above to identify the key levels and curriculum areas where provision needs to be strengthened Identify and encourage the development of non academic learning programmes in line with the Wolf Report recommendations with a focus on L1 and L2 programmes and English and Maths Develop apprenticeship opportunities Engage with employers for their support to learning Identify, and develop, where appropriate support programmes for NEETs and those at risk of NEET Maintain regular contact with ESF contact for mutual advice Maintain regular networking with London boroughs, especially the key learning hosts for Lambeth residents LA3 Analyse data to show areas where recruitment is low and where attainment is concern Offer to work with providers to develop action plans for raising standards in areas of concern Work in partnership with partners which wish to develop new provision Contribute to Cross London Planning in this area LA4 Work with schools in particular to ensure that they are offering impartial CEIAG and are planning for guidance to 9 – 13 year olds as well. 15 Use the data gathered in LA1 to develop a local prospectus Target young people at risk of NEET in schools

15 Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance

Actions J F M A M J J A S O N D through use of applied Risk of NEET indicator (RONI) see Appendix 3 Develop website and brochure of Lambeth opportunities LA5 Ensure the colleagues responsible for LLDD are aware of funding issues Maintain information exchange with groups who are inhibited from participation, including young parents, young people with emotional or behavioural difficulties, Looked After Children young offenders LA6 Maintain good and regular data about September Guarantee , planned learning routes, and actual activity. Agree data exchange protocols with providers. Request updates from Schools on planned and actual participations Refer young people who are NEET or Not Known to appropriate support services Take part in the development, where possible, and the promotion of the range of funded projects LA7 Offer to work with providers to develop action plans for raising standards in areas of concern LA8 Participate in relevant cross borough forums

Learning provider Tasks Each provider should develop its own RPA Strategy and inform this planning.

Actions J F M A M J J A S O N D P1 Provide effective and impartial Careers Guidance (this is a statutory obligation for schools)

P2 Provide an appropriate curriculum for the young people whom they recruit, particularly at KS4 transition

P3 Maintain good and accurate data on young peoples’ participation, and attainment and progression P4 Provide learning programmes of the highest quality

P5 Complete Risk of NEET indicator

P6 Inform the designated contact at the local authority if anyone leaves provision prematurely.

P7 Assess their Key Stage 4 cohort (and younger) for risk of NEET and put in place support procedures to retain them in learning.

13. Summary table of risks and mitigations

Key area Risk Planned mitigation

Data analysis • Inappropriate or inadequate programmes developed • There effective procedures for ensuring within providers and alternative provision communication of data amongst the following • Not enough evidence for curriculum change or capital bodies: Lambeth Council, funding agencies and development providers. NEET /Not Knowns • Young people not engaged in appropriate learning or • Use RONI as tool and support school to use CAF work leading to poverty and disaffection to assess vulnerable groups • Individual’s aspirations and potential not being • Ensure interface developed between specialist achieved and targeted services in order to support • Potential disorder and social concerns transition between services e.g. Social Care, YOT and MAT • Multi Agency Teams offer early help with programmes of intervention and support establishment of MAMS- multiagency meetings in schools • Good data management from Lambeth Council and Central London Connexions Youth Offending Service • High level of disengagement linked to the absence of • Identification of second Early Years Youth provision could increase our NEET. Adviser. • Also absence of flexible (intensive) support for both • Identification of better risk of NEET systems within those at risk of NEET and actual NEETs could increase the YOS NEET. • Better Divisional and Corporate join up of both NEET reduction activity and commissioning of non-school based alternatives. Capacity of Provision • Not enough of the right places for young people to • Lambeth Education Estates and Capital projects learn or be trained, including apprenticeships providing key information and advice • Lambeth College, reconfiguring its provision in line with identified curriculum need • HRE and CYPS are working closely with providers to ensure that their curriculum and capacity planning meet the profiles of young people. • Apprenticeship Coordinator in place to promote this avenue of work • Detailed population projection work is taking place in CYPS

Key area Risk Planned mitigation

Guidance • Inadequate information and guidance to young people • Schools are clear about their responsibilities in leading to educational failure disaffection and NEET this area • Prospectus published High Needs Learners • Inadequate funding and provision to meet the needs of • Firm management of the provider client process high needs learners leading to real social care, led by SEN officers education and support difficulties for vulnerable people. • Clarification of funding allocations with EFA • Application for further capital resources through the DGCF • Improved communications between Lambeth SEN service and current and future providers External Resources • Lack of access to targeted inward investment to • Effective communications and joint planning with provide additional learning opportunities and facilities to neighbouring boroughs in areas including Lambeth residents Streatham and Vauxhall Nine Elms.

14. Glossary:

CAF Common Assessment Framework CCIS Client Caseload Information System CJS Criminal Justice System CLA Children Looked After CLC Central London Connexions CMB Councillor Members Briefing CYPS Children and Young People's Service DfE Department for Education DLT Departmental Leadership Team EET (In) Education Employment or Training HRE Housing Regeneration and Employment HS2 High Speed Railway 2 KS Key Stage JCP Job Centre Plus LA Local Authority LAC Looked After Children LASPO Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act LLDD Learners with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities. MAMs Multiagency review meetings in schools MAT Multi Agency Team NEET Young person not in employment Education or Training Not Known Young person whose current situation is not known PA Personal Advisor PEP Personal Education Plan PRU Pupil Referral Unit RONI Risk of NEET indicator RPA Raising of the Participation Age SAMRO School Aged Mother Reintegration officer SEIS Schools and Education Improvement Service SPOC Specific Point of Contact UTC University Technical College Wolf Report Prof Alison Wolf’s report on Vocational Learning programmes YOS Youth Offending Service YPES Young People’s Employment Skills (London Councils).

13. Finance Comments

13.1 Pupils aged 16-19 in school sixth forms and colleges are funded directly by the Education Funding Agency Funding. Consequently funding responsibility for pupils taking a post-16 course will rest with the EFA and not local authorities.

13.2 Responsibility for funding pupils aged 16 – 25 with LLDD transfers to local authorities from September 2013 and will be included in their High Needs block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). Mainstream SEN budgets are currently subject to significant pressure although SEN funding reforms which take effect from April 2013, requires providers to fund the first £10,000 of a high cost pupils needs.

13.3 Pupils in the Pupil Referral Units are funded from local authorities allocation of the Dedicated Schools Grant. From April 2013, Pupil Referral Units will receive delegated budgets based on the number of places commissioned by the local authority and topped up based on the individual needs of the pupils. Funding for places and top-up will be sourced from the authorities DSG High Needs Block.

13.4 Funding for apprentices is the responsibility of the EFA which funds provider directly.

13.5 Capital funding to support post 16 places is the responsibility of the Education Funding Agency. In 2012-13, the EFA provided funding from the Demographic Growth Capital Funding to support the increase in post-16 capacity at La Retraite, Archbishop Tenison’s, Lambeth Academy and Bishop Thomas Grant Schools. It is anticipated that responsibility for capital works to increase post -16 places will remain with the EFA.

14 Comments from Director of Governance and Democracy

14.1 Cleared by legal services 28.1.13

15 Results of consultation

15.1 This paper has been prepared for the Scrutiny committee on 14 th March 2013. It is being presented to CPS DLT on 20 th February 2013, and to CYPS CMB on 27 th February 2013.

15.2 This document has been produced by officers in CYPS School and Education Improvement Service and the Multi Agency Teams, and from Housing Regeneration and Employment

15.3 Early drafts of this document have been sent to schools, Lambeth College, and senior officers in Lambeth CYPS and their comments have been incorporated into this draft. An early draft was presented to DLT on January 30 th 2013, and this draft has been produced in the context of their advice.

16 Organisational implications

16.1 Risk management:

A summary Risk Assessment is included in this document on Page 41.

16.2 Equalities impact assessment: Full consultation has taken place with colleagues within and outside Lambeth Council in order to ensure that the needs of the vulnerable groups affected by Raising of the Participation Age are appropriately met.

16.3 Community safety implications: It is crucial that there are clearly identified, adequate and good quality activities for the vulnerable young people identified in this age group, in order that they are able to progress to further education work and positive adult lives.

16.4 Environmental implications: NA

16.5 Staffing and accommodation implications:

The key services to young people described in this paper are currently performed by identified members of staff. It will be necessary to ensure that their responsibilities are included in any future staffing arrangements as the Lambeth council moves to its new structure. In fact RPA models the collaborative way of working that underpins the thinking behind the collaborative council approach for Lambeth.

17 Timetable for implementation

17.1 An RPA implementation timetable is included in Section 7, Page 30. This will be reviewed at the Work and RPA team meeting.