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EAST NORFOLK Sixth Form College

Students travel from all over East Norfolk and North Suffolk to our Sixth Form College at Gorleston-on-Sea.

Students travel from all over East Norfolk and North Suffolk to our Sixth Form College at Gorleston-on-Sea.

Study Programmes for Learners with a Learning Difficulty or Disability

What do we mean by LLDD Many definitions used in current literature and legislation- Learners with Learning Difficulties and or Disabilities, Special Educational Needs, Additional Needs, Disability, High Needs • All definitions used interchangeably in this presentation • All LLDD are High Needs Learners • Preferred term is Disability, Difficulty or Disadvantage

Aims • To outline the context by which study programmes have arisen in the way we are defining them today in Post 16 education • Show one practical way study programmes are delivered in a Sixth Form College that yields curriculum and personal achievement in a financially viable package for LLDD

Objectives • Understand context at national and local levels for how Sports / Hobbies (S/H) and Employability / Supported Work Placement (E/SWP) for LLDD have developed • Working design of S/H & E/SWP study programmes for LLDD that are cost effective and curriculum rich for successful progression

Drivers for Change

Local Need for Change Gorleston, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft have • High unemployment • Areas of High Social Deprivation • Below National Average GCSE results in Year 11 60% of EN College students come from schools who achieve below the national average in leaving school with 5 or more GCSEs at C grade or above, including Maths and English

Numbers of LLDD at EN • Norfolk writes 300 S139a or Learning Difficulties Assessments per year for Year 11 pupils with High Needs Learning (HNL) • EN enrols 50 Norfolk HNL per year - 17% of Norfolk High Needs Learners but Not 17% of Year 11 pupils leaving school • HNL increased from 3 funded (2010) to 30 (2013) out of 60 enrolled (2013) • 2014 levelling out at 60 HNL – 50 Norfolk, 10 Suffolk

Government Post 16 Education Policy • Wolf Report 2011 on Post 16 education progression routes and principles that guide study programmes to deliver skills that result in jobs or further learning • Ofsted Report 2011 on Post 16 LLDD education higher risk of not achieving • ‘Building Engagement, Building Futures’ 2011 maximise participation • ‘New Challenges, New Chances’ 2011 strong work offer

Post 16 Funding • Loss of Post 16 Enrichment funding 2010/11 • Study programme 50% award v 50% non taught 2012/13 • Additional Learning Support - Place Plus and Disadvantage allocations 2012

Lack of Achievement for LLDD • 30% of young people who had a statement of special educational needs when they were in Year 11, and 22% of young people with a declared disability, were not in any form of education, employment or training when they reached age 18 in 2009 compared with 13% of their peers. Reported in Ofsted 2011 Progression post-16 for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities

Lack of Achievement for LLDD • At 16 years 15% SEN pupils compared to 7% non SEN pupils are ‘Not in Education, Employment nor Training’ • 36% SEN pupils are not doing the subjects they wish to do because of inaccessible curriculum (assessment, teaching styles, and resource issues) and attitudes (1, 2, 3)

EN Success and Retention • Success (2012) Disability 79% • Retention (2012) Disability 90% • Success (2012) No Disability 81% • Retention (2012) No Disability 92% • How to close 2% gap in success and retention between learners with a disability and those without a disability?

ENSFC Overview • 2012/13 awarded Prince’s Trust Award in English for the commitment for inspirational teaching • 7 years in a row, East Norfolk has been the “Top College for Sport” in the East of England • Over 350 colleges in the UK and for the last twelve years East Norfolk Sixth Form College has been in the top 20

ENSFC Overview • Some 275 students gained the equivalent of three GCSE A levels in 2012/13 • Over 400 students went to 95 universities to study in 113 different degree areas in 2013. • 1850 learners (2012), Grade 2 (2013) • 100 learners withdrawing • Good Value Added Learning • 25% with a difficulty, disadvantage or disability

Additional Needs Overview • 450 learners with a Difficulty, Disadvantage or Disability • 60 High Needs Learners (HNL) with complex needs • 20 HNL with 7 hrpwk plus in and out of class • 10 HNL with 8 – 23 hrpwk plus in and out of class

Response to Deprivation and Disadvantage • Pastoral, Welfare and ALS provision integrated with Curriculum delivery across L2 and L3 • Personal Tutor for every student • Career advice, work placement co-ordination, counselling, subsidised and free transport, free books and examination entries for F/T students • Gifted and Talented access Foundation Scholarships

The Study Programmes

What are they? • Sports / Hobbies – 12 students • Employability / Supported Work Placement – 6 students • Within a standard “6 block” time table • Pilot projects with small numbers of students in 2012 • Mainstream in September 2013

Profile • Small student number but high staff intensity • Costed to High Needs Learners (SEN/LDA) • Often with an element 3 over £6K cost • Part of time table with registration and attendance • No difference to subject based class

Hours and Pounds • LLDD 3 subjects, S/H or E/SWP, Study Skills Block (1:1 or Small group 1:4) • LLDD 855 hrpa v 608 hrpa for Non LLDD • S/H & E/SWP 4.5 hours each x 38 weeks • 18 LLDD are HNL so £4K plus £6K with element 3 funding • S/H & E/SWP costed at small group or 1:1 within Place Plus Model

Benefits • Move from a “dependency” on high levels of support in school, towards “independency” • LLDD with 23 hours in September now 15 hours a week via S/H • Immature and attitudinal LLDD now has 2 p/t jobs since starting E/SWP • Place Plus funding for LLDD delivers on a reduced ALS per head than 2 years ago (50 – 100% reduction)

Conclusion S/H & E/SWP Study Programmes do 3 things • Provide a Good Service • Provide a Fast Service • Provide an Expensive Service Resources and funding limit number (15 - 25) LLDD within student population of 1850 • Cost all expenditure to Place Plus • Reasonable cost units (Audit and LA friendly)

Lessons Learnt • Difficult to set up – national projects via LSIS helped bring about a cross college approach • Requires effective management for curriculum, staffing and funding yearly • LLDD have personalised planning and reviews • Do not replicate work - Personalised Planning and Reviews needed for Place Plus Funding so one work completes the other

Outcomes • Increased reputation of college for inclusion and progression • Working example of Wolf Report Recommendations • Cost effective funding methodology • Cross college communication improvements • Employer relations developed for non LLDD study programme for volunteering, work placements and apprenticeships

Immediate Challenges to the Study Programmes

SEN Code of Practice (Indicative 14/03/14) • ECH Plan – local design, key co-ordinators for 16 – 25 years • Local Offer – Transport for HNL, Partnerships between colleges and other providers • Family/Carer and YP role – Choice and Complaint • Specified information about provision, policies, plans and practice in relation to disabled learners

Children's and Families Act 2014 LA role for • identifying children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities • Duty to keep education and care provision under review Health Authority role • to bring certain children to local authority’s attention

Sources 1. Social Market Foundation 2007 ‘Disability, Skills and Work - Raising Our Ambitions’ 2. DCSF ‘Special Educational Needs in England: January 2009 Statistics’ 3. Education and Skills Select Committee: ‘SEN Third Report of Session 2005-6 Vol 3’ 4. Ofsted Report August 2011. ‘Progression post-16 for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.’ 100232 5. Ofsted Briefing Paper for Inspection September 2012. ‘Pupils with medical needs.’ 090202 6. Review of Vocational Education – Wolf Report. December 2011. Accessed 19/03/14 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attach ment_data/file/180504/DFE-00031-2011.pdf