London 1419: An overview and next steps

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London 14-19An overview and next steps

• Sean McMahon

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• 400,000 14-19 year olds
• in London
• 16-19
• over 1billion in 2007/8

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• London progress against four key target areas,
  16-19.

• Post-16 Participation
• NEET
• Level 2 by 19
• Level 3 by 19

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Issues still to tackle

• Relatively high drop-out from learning at 17
• Low AS/A-level outcomes
• Stabilising 90 participation
• 16-19 Transition

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How the Learning and Skills Council will support
the 16-19 transition to LAs..
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Key dates for the transition
- National, regional local structures in place
by September 2009 - New System fully in place to
deliver by September 2010 Funding transferred to
LAs in 2010/11 - Participation age raised to 17
2013 - Participation age raised to 18 2015.
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Will probably look something like
2008/2009 - Learning Skills Council (Local
Authority) LA LSC Partnership Teams will be
working closely together with the LSC leading the
process and retaining its statutory
responsibility funding. 2009/2010 - Local
Authority (Learning Skills Council ) Same again
but this time the LA will lead and be much more
closely involved with the end product engaging
its shadow structure into the decision making -
but the LSC will retain statutory responsibility
funding.
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2010/2011 - Local Authority Local Authority will
lead and own process from beginning to end and
have the funding to support commissioning
decisions.
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LSC offer for London transition

• LSC proposes to work with LAs across London have
  a test run of the process beginning September
  2008
• REGIONALLY LSC will align its business cycle as
  closely as possible with the new proposed process
• - LOCALLY Partnership Teams will work very
  closely with LAs on the entire commissioning
  process the details resources will be agreed
  with individual boroughs as they will vary.

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Questions