Background A major programme of reform in the way we educate our 1419 year olds in England'

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• Background A major programme of reform in
  the way we educate our 14-19 year olds in
  England.
• Begun in 2005, with the Government White Paper
  on 1419 Education and Skills For some, the
  national curriculum causes them to switch off,
  even though they may do well at GCSEs. For them,
  the curriculum and qualifications do not provide
  a route to improving their life chances and they
  may drop out of further study at, or shortly
  after, the age of 16.

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• The Key Recommendation
• A brand new qualification
• The Diploma (known previously as the 14-19
  Specialised Diploma).
• Occupationally based. To be offered alongside
  -(traditional)
• Academic route (GCSEs/GCE A-levels). -(more
  recent) Vocational route (Young/Advanced
  Apprenticeships). Aimed principally at 14-19 year
  olds.
• Available at Levels 1, 2 and 3. In 14 different
  subjects, or Lines of Learning.

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• The Third Way but with built in flexibility
  the opportunity to switch across from one route
  to another at any stage.

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• When?

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• How?
• Content to be defined by employers. Exit Routes
  (for progression onto advanced study) to be
  defined by HE/FE.
• Sport and Leisure Diploma Development
  Partnership to steer the work
• Convening SSC SkillsActive. Participating
  SSCs/SSBs -Construction Skills, LANTRA, Skills
  for Security, Lifelong Learning UK, Childrens
  Workforce Network. Observing SSCs -People 1st,
  Childrens Workforce Development Council.
  Guides QCA, SSDA.

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• Starting Vision To equip learners with the world
  class skills and knowledge necessary to make a
  valuable contribution to the UKs sport and
  leisure industry and its forthcoming 2012 and
  2020 targets. Starting Definition The Sport
  and Leisure Diploma will help learners
  principally aged 14-19 acquire an understanding
  of the sport and leisure industry and the
  employability skills its employers most value
  from all new entrants to the sector, while at the
  same time allowing individuals an opportunity to
  progress within education and/or their chosen
  career.

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• Scope
• Sport Fitness Coaching Sports Venues/Facilities
  Spectator Safety The Outdoors Industry Youth Work
  Playwork Caravan Parks Not all areas may appear
  in Principal Learning? Some more likely to be
  specialist pathways in Additional/Specialist
  Learning?

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• Where Delivered? Potentially all Schools and
  Colleges by September 2010
• Pilot through 400 Specialist Sports Colleges?
  8-10 sport and leisure focused CoVEs? 40-50 sport
  and leisure related HE institutions? Linked into
  National Skills Academy for Sport and Active
  Leisure from day one.

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• Next Steps

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• Finally, in Summary They are not vocational
  qualifications. They do not produce job ready,
  technically qualified staff. They do not replace
  Apprenticeships or YAs. They are not instead of
  A levels or GCSEs they sit alongside. They are
  not only for those who cant ! We arent writing
  a qualification (yet) we are writing a
  statement of content by March 2008.

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