London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

• The Diploma an overview
• Approximately 40 of KS4 students gain 5 A-Cs
  including English and Maths
• Post 16 school offer is still predominantly based
  around A levels despite pockets of strong
  vocational provision
• Three lines of learning already being taught
• A further three to be introduced in 2009

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Where do Diplomas fit in?
GCSEs A levels
FLT
DIPLOMAS
Yaps/Apps
Academic
Level 1/ ELQ
Applied
Vocational
3
Level 3 Advanced Diploma PRINCIPAL LEARNING
Proj. ASL
Equivalent to 2 A levels (10 hrs per week)
Equivalent to 1 A level
FS
WE
PLTs
PLT
PL Project graded, FS must be passed
DIPLOMA
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Local challenges

• Funding
• Functional Skills
• Synchronised timetables
• The role of the 14-19 Partnership
• Training
• Employer engagement
• Links with HE
• Selecting learning lines for the Gateway process
• Linking curriculum developments with BSF

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2008
/ 2009
2010
CREATIVE MEDIA HAIR BEAUTY ENGINEERING SOCIETY
HEALTH AND DEV. IT
CONSTRUCTION HOSPITALITY CATERING MANUFACTURING
LAND BASED BUSINESS
PUBLIC SERVICES SPORT AND LEISURE RETAIL TRAVEL
AND TOURISM
2011 SCIENCE HUMANITIES LANGUAGES
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Delivering Diplomas

• Positives
• Practitioners consider the principal learning
  content to be superior to equivalent BTEC
• Some very good employer links have led to
  innovative delivery
• Practitioners and students enjoy the longer
  contact sessions

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Delivering Diplomas

• Negatives
• Concerns over youngsters who may not succeed in
  all components particularly functional skills
• Resources not ready from some publishers
• Overly bureaucratic support arrangements
• Assumption that even though its a pilot we
  should be organising a full scale recruitment
  campaign
• Some employers still think they are vocational

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Barking and Dagenham Curriculum Planning
NORTH EAST CONSORTIUM
Warren
All Saints
LEGI Centres
The Foyer
Robert Clack
Eastbrook
Barking Abbey
CEME
Barking College
Skills Centre
Trinity Special School
CLC
Sydney Russell
Riverside Construction Centre
JRCS
Dagenham Park
Eastbury
PRU
SOUTHERN CONSORTIUM
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• A New Curriculum Mapping Model
• To facilitate the local 14-19 Partnerships new
  strategic planning and commissioning role
• To avoid duplication of provision and ensure VFM
• To provide a way of identifying gaps in provision
  across the area
• To reflect the wide range of providers outside of
  the schools and traditional FE
• To assist in planning the BSF refurbishment and
  building programme
• To help in workforce planning for the local area
• To help a variety of audiences visualise the
  challenges of the 2013 entitlement
• To encourage a more collaborative approach
  amongst the schools and other providers

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Barking and Dagenham Sector/Learning Line
Provision
Creative and Media
Providers
Languages
Society, Health Dev.
Science
Additional Providers
Learning Lines
Engineering
Specialist Schools
DP (P Arts), SR (Media), JR (Music)
Successful Learners Confident Individuals Responsi
ble Citizens
Humanities
RC (Science)
Diploma PL Schools
DP,SR
SR, EBK
BA (Humanities)
W (Eng.)
BCo(Dip) Pt. Blank
FE and WBL
W,SR, EBY
BCo (Dip,Ap)
Sport and Leisure
BCo (Dip) CEME(Dip,YA)
HE
BA (Sports)
Information Technology
UEL
CLC
AS, DP, EBY, EBK
LSBU
EBY (Maths/ Comp)
EBY,RCBA,W
BCo(Dip)
BCo (YA) BCo
City Univ.
BCo (Dip) and RCo (Dip), BDTS
W, EBY
UAL
Public Services
Hospitality and Catering
RCo (Dip)
Headjogs
Quest BCo
BCo (Dip,YA,Ap)
RC
BA, W, SR, RC
Hair and Beauty
Travel and Tourism
W (Business)
Retail
Diplomas Sept.
2008 Diplomas
from Sept. 2009 Gateway 3
Construction
Diplomas to be made available 2010-2013
Business
Land based
Manufacturing
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• 14-19 Pathways

Employment
Employment
Further Education
Diploma Foundation
Further Education
Higher Education
BTEC First
Higher Diploma
Diploma Foundation
BTEC Introductory
14-16 Progression Pathway (FLT)
BTEC National
Self-employment
BTEC First
Less than 3 x level 5s at KS3
Separate GCSEs
Advanced Diploma
Higher Diploma
Higher Education
BTEC First
3 x level 5s at KS3
or
0-14
Separate GCSE courses
Employment
Information, advice and guidance
A levels
14-16
Self-employment
16-18/19
18
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Higher Education or Employment
Employment or Further Education
Post 16
BTEC Introductory or Foundation Diploma
BTEC National
Advanced Diploma
Higher Diploma or BTEC First
A LEVELS
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
KS4
GCSEs and/or BTEC Introductory or Foundation
Diploma
GCSEs and/or BTEC First or Higher Diploma
Foundation Learning Tier
ENTRY LEVEL
Level 1
Level 2
(Equivalent to D-G GCSEs)
(Equivalent to A-C GCSEs)
Key Stage 3 assessments
Lower
Higher
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Jamie.tuplin_at_lbbd.gov.uk