LIFE AREA 20082011

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LIFE AREA 2008-2011

• Stella Lees
• Area Co-ordinator

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Our profile

• Smallest Area in SW (16)
• 2nd largest conurbation in SW
• Very low LA funding
• Complex mix of education systems
• No prior WP funding
• No funding directly to LAs/schools
• Aimhigher was hard to sell!

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Key issues 2008-11

• Aimhigher reduced funding nationally
• Area funding??
• LIFE loss of South Wiltshire
• Somerset agreements with SW Areas?
• Under 500k pa?
• Remain or merge?

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Addressing these by

• Planning Partnership meetings at all levels
• Review of current Strand structure
• Review of target schools
• Review of activities targeting /costing
• Development of LIFE Ladder
• Regional considerations

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Agreed in principle, subject to funding

• Remain as an Area
• Retain Strands rename Eng to STEM
• Incorporate Strands into LIFE Ladder
• Reduce number of target schools
• Three tiers of support for schools
• No direct funding to schools
• Retain some Regional support

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Points Agreed

• Define criteria for target schools
• Define criteria for disabled students
• Look outside schools for target learners
• Learner focused strategy
• Link with other initiatives, e.g. HEI WP
  strategies, 14-19 Agenda

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Biggest Challenges

• Reaching learners not in target schools
• Ensuring appropriate target groups
• FE College target learners
• Managing expectations of non target schools
• 19 learners, WBL?
• Parents
• Funding