Jon Coles

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Jon Coles

• Director, 14-19 Reform

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Our aim is a system where all young people are
prepared by their education to succeed in life

• A world class system
• All young people continue in education or
  training until at least the age of 18
• Achievement levels match participation levels
• The link between deprivation and low achievement
  is broken
• Raising the participation age while raising
  attainment for all, requires
• Better curriculum choices, pre- and post- 16, so
  that all are engaged and stretched to achieve
• Mastery of the basics for all
• The right support and guidance for all
• A system built around the young person

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Participation is now on the way up
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More young people are achieving level 2
qualifications year by year
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But we need to get much further

• The proportion of 19 year olds with L2
  qualifications is 71.4
• up from 66.3 two years ago
• but we aim to get to 85 by 2013
• The proportion of 16-18 year-olds who are NEET
• has just fallen back again from 10.9 to 10.3...
  
• but we aim to get to 8 by 2010
• Participation among 17 year olds has risen
• from 73.8 in 2004 to 77.5 in 2006
• but we were aiming to get to 90 by 2015
• and now looking at raising the participation age
  to 18
• The new curriculum and qualifications are key to
  future success

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The new secondary curriculum provides major new
opportunities

• Reduced prescription more opportunities for
  teachers to use their professional judgement
  about what and how to teach
• Slimmed down programmes of study and a renewed
  focus on underlying concepts and skills
• Improved coherence links made explicit across
  and between subjects
• Greater personalisation time and space for
  catch up and stretch
• New emphasis on personal and life skills
• The new programmes of study have been widely
  welcomed and models have been developed to show
  fit of KS4 with Diplomas

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The design of a new integrated system of
curriculum and qualifications is on track

• The Foundation Learning Tier is developing new
  units and qualifications to offer new pathways to
  level 1 and beyond
• The new functional skills have been developed and
  trialled, with 1000 centres piloting now, with
  inclusion in Diplomas from 2008 and in GCSEs and
  Apprenticeships in 2010
• Accreditation of the first 5 Diplomas now
  complete. Content for the second 5 published.
• New assessments announced at A level 4 modules,
  more synoptic, backed by A with a new extended
  project at level 3, mirroring the Diplomas
  extended project
• Extended project now being piloted 200 centres
  2,000 students

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We are in good shape for first teaching in 2008

• The Gateway process has been successful 149
  consortia in 100 LAs identified to teach Diplomas
  from 2008
• Every consortium has had a support pack and
  resources to enable delivery or support
  preparatory work
• Effective practice is spreading across the
  country over 140 LAs have undertaken learning
  visits to leading pathfinders
• Resources in place 110m earmarked in DSG
  special grant will be used to support Diploma
  delivery
• The workforce has been trained for the 2007
  functional skills pilot
• Workforce development materials and training
  programme for 2008 delivery has begun positive
  early feedback
• Meanwhile, there is progress across the country
  every LA has a 14-19 partnership and prospectus,
  backed by 15m of support

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And there is much more still to do

• But, to deliver on our vision, we must
• Complete design of all 14 Diploma lines
• Complete development of additional/specialist
  learning
• Complete and learn from the functional skills
  pilot
• Learn from the pilots of the extended project
• Continue to learn every day from the early years
  of the Diploma and refine the qualifications in
  the light of what we learn
• Gateway 2 this time for 10 lines must be
  equally rigorous
• And we should continue to control roll out
  carefully
• But the task is a national entitlement for every
  14-19 year old everywhere to all the new
  elements of curriculum and qualifications not
  only Diplomas
• So we must continue to support partnerships
  across the country to solve problems and share
  their solutions

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We now have the chance to transform opportunity

• So, in summary a lot done and a lot to do
• This year is crucial
• The September Guarantee
• The new National Curriculum programmes of study
• The first full teaching of functional skills
• Preparation to deliver new Diplomas and NC
  training the workforce, supporting partnerships
• Legislation on raising the participation age to
  give us even greater impetus
• The system can offer young people more than ever
  before on the way to transformation