Working with Schools

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Working with Schools

• Liz Banister
• General Secondary Adviser
• Sub-area co-ordinator

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Sub-area co-ordinator working with

• Schools
• Directly with 7 target 12 non target in the
  Aimhigher West area of county
• Indirectly with 7 target 3 non target in the
  LIFE area
• LA colleagues
• Colleagues from other agencies
• Aimhigher colleagues

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All schools

• Work includes
• Raising awareness
• Promotion of the programme and individual strands
  
• Distribution of relevant information updates

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Schools within Aimhigher West

• School co-ordinators network ( FE invited) meets
  three times a year
• Meeting with individual co-ordinators
• Meeting with headteachers members of their
  senior teams
• Monitoring and evaluation of progress
• Facilitation organisation of joint events

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Local authority

• Work includes
• Raising awareness of the programme
• Providing colleagues with updates link
  advisers, 14 19 adviser, YPSS, LAC
• Ensuring Aimhigher is discussed / incorporated
  in other relevant key areas e.g. 14- 19 strategy,
  SEN, GT

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Colleagues in other agencies

• Liaison on Aimhigher developments
• Collaborative working in relevant areas
• 14 19 strategy
• Connexions provision in schools
• Staff development

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Aimhigher colleagues

• Representing Wiltshire schools and LA
• Creating opportunities for schools
• Acting as a point of contact providing
• school LA perspective
• an update on latest initiatives, issues
• Feedback, monitoring and evaluation

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Impact so far

• Much improved awareness of Aimhigher within
  schools and LA
• Aimhigher West target schools all have
  co-ordinators
• cohorts of students identified
• progression planning
• greater engagement with HEIs
• monitoring evaluation of activities
• Collaborative working
• Aimhigher features in school self evaluation

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Next steps

• Continue to develop the co-ordinators network
• Share good practice
• Develop the links between schools and FE
• Use the data available to inform planning
• Ensure colleagues are kept updated