Memorandum submitted by Sunderland City
Council
ADJUSTED NEET 16-18
DATA
| Nov 07-Jan 08 |
Nov 08-Jan 09 | Nov 09-Jan 10
|
Sunderland | 12.8%
| 13.2% | 9.5% |
| Tyne & Wear | 10.5% |
10.2% | 8.6% |
| North East | 10% | 9.8%
| 9.0% |
| All England average | 6.7% |
6.7% | 6.4% |
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| Sunderland 16-8 adjusted NEET |
2007-08
|
2008-09 |
2009-10
|
| Numbers of young people
| Adjusted NEET
% | Numbers of young people
| Adjusted NEET
% | Numbers of young people
| Adjusted NEET
% |
November | 1,307 |
13.2% | 1,319 | 13.3%
| 1,027 | 10.7% |
| December | 1,215 | 12.7%
| 1,263 | 13.0% | 894
| 9.7% |
| January | 1,169 | 12.6%
| 1,262 | 13.3% | 723
| 8.1% |
| 3 month average (Nov/Dec/Jan) | 1,230
| 12.8% | 1,281 | 13.2%
| 881 | 9.5% |
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WHAT WE
HAVE DONE
DIFFERENTLY OVER
THE LAST
12 MONTHS
Ownership of the NEET Agenda by all local partners—NEET
is very much everybody's business—Local Strategic Partnership,
City Council, 14-19 Strategic Group.
Utilising additional resources within Connexions and the
wider Partnership.
Increased ownership of the NEET agenda by schools and the
14-19 education and work based learning providers and schools
for ensuring young people begin the correct course and are supported
to remain in EET by moving to another opportunity rather than
dropping out.
For instance, a school for those young people with emotional
and behavioural difficulties trained some staff at the College
and a work based learning provider on the issues that some of
their pupils face and how to support them. During year 11 the
young people who are moving to the providers have regular visits
so they are familiar with the new environment. They also allow
the young people to return to school if a difficult situation
arises or they are considering dropping out. This has improved
the retention figures for these young people. This scheme is now
replicated across another school and may be rolled out further.
Improved data sharing between partners to identify those
who are at risk of being NEET or at risk of dropping out of provision
so that they can be given the correct level of support by Connexions
and other support staff.
Increased number of opportunities for young people on the
wide variety of opportunities with a wide choice of providers
and locations. Details of all opportunities received by Connexions
from providers and passed onto young people.
Engagement of a wide range of partners in an Outcome Based
Accountability "Turn the Curve" exercise that resulted
in an action plan focused on what will make the difference to
engage more young people in EET.
Involvement of Partners in case conferencing NEET clients
to identify suitable provision and where required to tailor provision
to suit specific needs.
Assessment and referral process between all providers and
Connexions, with provider staff interviewing prospective learners
in Connexions premises as well as their own.
Additional funding for an Engagement, Support and Prevention
project in which young people who are in year 11 and at risk of
being NEET or are already NEET are given one to one support to
identify and address barriers to learning and supported until
they progress. Partners arrange taster courses and bespoke provision
for small groups and support them to progress into mainstream
learning.
Additional provision through Working Neighbourhood Funding
that offers supported apprenticeships and intermediate labour
market opportunities.
Part of the Activity Agreement pilot which supports 16 and
17 year olds who have been NEET for more than 6 months or are
vulnerable by having one to one support to identify and address
barriers to learning. Actions are agreed, bespoke training is
organised, and financial support is provided and if actions implemented
a financial payment is made. Support is given for up to 20 weeks
or until they move into EET. However, whilst on the programme
they are NEET.
Positive Activities budget used to offer bespoke support
and courses with progression routes built in.
Additional financial support in certain postcode areas that
allows for bespoke training and support.
Increased opportunities available through Future Jobs Fund.
Support for young people financially and emotionally to attend
interviews and start courses.
Robust monitoring of implementation of the September and
January Guarantee.
Understanding of the NEET data by the 14-19 Partnership—what
does success look like, geographical split, occupational choices,
level of attainment, where are gaps in provision.
Understanding and review of where young people join the NEET
group from so that issues with particular providers or support
staff could be addressed.
Quality review of all NEET clients to identify process improvements
and actions that could be taken to move young people on.
Improved data recording and scrutiny of records to ensure
performance reported was accurate.
Implementing good practice from regional forums, publications
and national conferences.
ACTIONS TO
SUSTAIN AND
IMPROVE THE
CURRENT LEVEL
OF PERFORMANCE
Continuing the support and involvement of key strategic partners.
Continuing the culture change—NEET is everyone's business.
Focus resources on NEET preventative activity—identifying,
supporting and providing additional programmes for young people
at risk of being NEET.
Continue to reduce the "churn" by young people
remaining in provision and being supported to find different provision
without becoming NEET.
Expand the number of Apprenticeship opportunities available
whilst at the same time absorbing the impact of the reduction
in programme led apprenticeships.
Funding for some of the projects that have supported the
improvement are coming to an end (ESP/WNF/Back on the Map) and
we need to mainstream the good practice identified whilst meeting
the public sector efficiencies agenda.
Utilising existing funding streams fully with all partners
so that expected reductions in public sector funding can be accommodated
without impacting on NEET and service provided to young people.
Use the learning from Total Place pilots.
Continue to offer young people appropriate learning opportunities
to achieve their aspirations despite the expected cuts in the
FE and HE sector and the reduction in places that this will entail.
Improve working practices and data sharing with Job Centre
plus colleagues so that the Sunderland Partnership can support
the delivery of the young persons guarantee.
Improve funding streams so that funding supports young peoples
level of attainment and support requirements rather than being
restricted due to timescales.
Implementation of the new Quality, Choices and Aspiration
information advice and guidance strategy and the proposed pupil
and parent guarantees.
Following through on all agreed actions and process improvements
across the partnership.
Evaluate and improve the role of the NEET Panels.
Joining up activity of Youth and Adult Services—overcoming
data sharing issues.
Develop further performance management and quality assurance
arrangements within Connexions and other partners.
Reduction in the size of the 16-18 cohort.
Changing of responsibility for all 0-19 provision to the
Local Authority.
Implementing changes required for raising the participation
age.
Progressing those young people who refuse support or just
want a job.
Group of young people to visit a similar geographical area
to Sweden to share good practice.
Understand implications of reporting based on where educated
compared to where resident (currently those who are educated in
Sunderland or Sunderland residents who are in HE or NEET are reported
rather than report the destination of Sunderland residents no
matter where the educational institution is located).
ADDITIONAL DATA
TO UNDERSTAND
THE MAKE
UP OF
THE NEET GROUP
IN SUNDERLAND
Details of NEET group as at 31 January 2010 for information
| Aged 16 |
Aged 17 | Aged 18
| 16-18 Total |
Available to labour market |
76 | 85% | 240 |
81% | 247 | 76% |
563 | 79% |
| Not available to labour market | 13
| 15% | 58 | 19%
| 78 | 24% | 149
| 21% |
| Young carers | | 0
| | 2 |
| 4 | | 6
|
| Teenage parents |
| 3 | | 27
| | 50 |
| 80 |
| Illness | | 6
| | 13 |
| 15 | | 34
|
| Pregnancy | |
2 | | 12
| | 6 |
| 20 |
| Other reasons | |
2 | | 4
| | 3 |
| 9 |
| Not knowns counted as NEET |
| 0 | | 2 |
| 9 | | 11
|
Adjusted NEET Group total |
89 |
12% |
300 |
41%
| 3,344
12 |
46%
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72,3161 |
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This includes 82 young people who are engaging with the Activity
Agreement Pilot who are recorded as NEET despite the majority
of them engaging in personal development opportunities.
Details of the EET group as at 31 January 2010 for information
| Aged 16 |
Aged 17 | Aged 18
| 16-18 Total |
In education post year 11 | 1,482
| 82% | 2,415 | 75%
| 1,877 | 62% | 5,774
| 72% |
| Employment | 101 | 6%
| 325 | 10% | 771
| 25% | 1,197 | 15%
|
| Training | 234 | 12%
| 465 | 15% | 395
| 13% | 1,094 | 13%
|
| EET total | 1,817 | 22%
| 3,205 | 40% | 3,043
| 38% | | 8,065
|
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Geographical breakdown of 16-18 NEET as at 31 January 2010
| DH4 | DH5 | NE37
| NE38 | SR1 |
SR2 | SR3 | SR4
| SR5 | SR6 |
8.5% | 10.3% |
8.7% | 8.2% | 13.2%
| 9.7% | 8.3% | 8.6%
| 10.9% | 6% |
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Gender breakdown of 16-18 NEET as at 31 January 2010
| Female | Male
|
NEET available | 43%
| 57% |
| NEET not available | 78% |
22% |
| Total NEET | 52% | 48%
|
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Additional circumstances recorded as at 31 January 2010 (data
relates to 16-19 not 16-18)
|
LAC |
Care Leaver | Known to YOS
|
LDD | Young carer
|
Pregnant | Teenage parent
| Teenage mother |
In Learning % | 76.3%
| 64.4% | 71.8% | 68.9%
| 66.1% | 21.4% | 24.9%
| 22.2% |
| Adjusted NEET% | 17.5% | 21.4%
| 22.5% | 13.5% | 57.2%
| 61.4% | 57.2% | 61.3%
|
| Cohort total | 59 | 45
| 71 | 1,265 | 124
| 206 | 382 | 338
|
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Length of time those recorded as NEET on 31st January 2010
have been NEET
| NEET available |
NEET not available | Total NEET
|
< 1 month | 93
| 13 | 106 | 15%
|
| 1-3 months | 118 | 17
| 135 | 19% |
| 4-6 months | 180 | 41
| 221 | 31% |
| 7-9 months | 88 | 23
| 111 | 16% |
| 10-12 months | 34 | 6
| 40 | 6% |
| > 12 months | 50 | 49
| 99 | 13% |
| Total NEET | 563 | 149
| 712 | |
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16-18 NEET TURNOVER
Joiners to the NEET group
| Joining NEET from | Sept 2009
| Oct 2009 | Nov 2009
| Dec 2009 | Jan 2010
| Total joiners in 5 months
|
Apprenticeships | 11
| 10 | 15 | 9 |
8 | 53 | 6% |
| E2E/Work based learning | 42 |
41 | 24 | 21 | 51
| 179 | 20% |
| Employment | 12 | 21
| 13 | 17 | 25 |
88 | 10% |
| Gap Year | 0 | 1
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0% |
| Sixth form and FE College | 124
| 52 | 62 | 16 |
39 | 293 | 32% |
| HE College | 1 | 0
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0% |
| School | 95 | 2
| 0 | 2 | 2 |
101 | 11% |
| New Deal and other personal development opportunities
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 4 | 6 | 1%
|
| EET total | 286 | 118
| 115 | 71 | 129
| 719 | |
| Unknown total | 46 | 75
| 25 | 9 | 22 |
177 | 20% |
| Total joiners to NEET | 332 |
193 | 140 | 80 |
151 | 896 | |
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Leavers from the NEET group
| Leaving NEET from | Sept 2009
| Oct 2009 | Nov 2009
| Dec 2009 | Jan 2010
| Total joiners in 5 months
|
Apprenticeships | 41
| 27 | 42 | 5 |
24 | 139 | 10% |
| E2E/Work based learning | 76 |
89 | 91 | 19 | 77
| 352 | 24% |
| Employment | 57 | 71
| 61 | 24 | 36 |
249 | 17% |
| Sixth form and FE College | 281
| 19 | 9 | 1 |
74 | 384 | 27% |
| HE | 4 | 3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 7
| 0% |
| School | 1 | 0
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0% |
| New Deal and other personal development opportunities
| 6 | 6 | 10 |
16 | 44 | 82 | 6%
|
| EET total | 466 | 215
| 213 | 65 | 255
| 1214 | |
| Unknown total | 6 | 7
| 71 | 96 | 54 |
234 | 16% |
| Total leaving NEET | 472 |
222 | 284 | 161 |
309 | 1448 | |
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| NET leavers from the NEET group | 140
| 29 | 144 | 81
| 158 | 552 | 140
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March 2010
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