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ITEM CA9
CABINET
– 22 JUNE 2005
OXFORDSHIRE
14-19 STRATEGY
Report by
Director for Learning & Culture
Background
- The Oxfordshire
14-19 area wide inspection report was published on 6 October 2003. The
Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Learning and Skills Council
and Oxfordshire County Council as the Local Education Authority were
charged to take the lead in developing and implementing a Post Inspection
Action Plan responding to the findings of the area wide inspection report.
The recommendations of the area wide inspection report and the contents
of the post inspection action plan were reported to the Executive on
14 January 2004. The Executive resolved to note these recommendations
and resolved to approve the submission of the 14-19 Action Plan to the
DfES and partner bodies.1
- The Oxfordshire
14-19 Strategy Group2, a cross sector, high level group has
been meeting since May 2004 to implement the 14-19 Post Inspection Action
Plan. A key feature of the plan is the requirement to develop a strategy
for 14-19 education and training in Oxfordshire.
- The 2004 inspection
of Oxfordshire’s Education Service criticised slow progress in constructing
a 14-19 Strategy for Oxfordshire. Recent appointments have enabled progress
to be made since February 2005.
Oxfordshire
14-19 Strategy
- The Oxfordshire
14-19 Strategy was developed in Spring 2005 and published for consultation
in March 2005. The Strategy has been drawn up in the light of the 14-19
area wide inspection report, the 14-19 area wide action plan, the unfolding
requirements for the Children and Young People’s Plan and the indicators
to be used in joint area reviews. The Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy seeks
to address the recommendations of the 14-19 area wide inspection. These
are reproduced in Annex 1
for reference.
Summary of key events
Oct 2003 Oxfordshire
14-19 area wide inspection report published
Jan 2004 Post Inspection Action Plan approved by OCC Executive
May 2004 Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy Group (OFSG) established
Mar 2005 Draft Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy published for consultation
Apr 2005 Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy Event
Jun 2005 Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy submitted to OCC Cabinet
- The Oxfordshire
14-19 Strategy gives a commitment to young people aged 14-19. It describes
the support they can expect to help them develop their potential and
achieve the personal, intellectual and technical skills they will need
not only to progress to further training, employment or higher education,
but also as a foundation for their future development. The strategy
sets out a framework for action by all partners in Oxfordshire to work
in collaboration to deliver world-class education and training opportunities
for young people.
- The full version
of the Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy is provided in Annex 2, which comprises:
1. Vision
2. Commitment
to young people aged 14-19
3. Curriculum
framework
4. Key
performance measures
5. Proposals
to build capacity through 14-19 Partnerships to meet the commitment
to young people
6. Expectations
and responsibilities of providers and stakeholders
- The commitment
to young people aged 14-19 is central to the strategy, namely, that
young people in Oxfordshire can expect:
- impartial information,
advice and guidance in relation to learning choices
- equal access
to learning opportunities
- a programme
of learning that meets their needs
- preparation
for employment and economic well being
- the right conditions
for high quality learning and a culture of high aspiration and high
achievement
- a safe and secure
learning environment
- personal and
academic support throughout the 14-19 phase
- to be listened
to, responded to and respected.
Consultation
on Draft Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy
- The Oxfordshire
14-19 Strategy was finalised after consideration of consultation comments
from a wide range of stakeholders and a stakeholder event held in April
2005. The Strategy in Annex 2 (download
as .doc file) lists the stakeholder organisations and provides
further details of the consultation responses.
Funding
for the Strategy
- The Strategy is
supported by funding from the DfES, transferred via the Local Initiative
and Development Fund of the Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Learning and Skills Council up to and including the 2006-07 financial
year.
2004/05 -
£476,000
2005/06 -
£965,240
2006/07 -
indicative figures of £900k
- A high proportion
of this funding will be devolved to 14-19 Partnerships of schools, colleges
and training providers working together to expand and improve education
and training opportunities for Oxfordshire. If this provision is to
be maintained beyond the period of external funding from the Local Initiative
and Development Fund the County Council and its partners will need to
identify how 14-19 development could be funded beyond 2006.
RECOMMENDATIONS
- The Cabinet
is RECOMMENDED to:
- subject
to (b) below, approve the Oxfordshire 14-19 Strategy;
- note
the need to consider how 14-19 development could be funded beyond
2006-07, if provision for additional vocational education and
skills based training in accordance with the Strategy is to
be realised.
KEITH
BARTLEY
Director for
Learning & Culture
Background
papers: Nil
Contact
Officers:
Christine Southall Tel: 01865 458543
Gautam Patel Tel: 01865 291845
June
2005
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