The Careers & Enterprise Company Invitation to Local Enterprise Partnerships to be at the heart of our national programme

JUNE 2015

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Purpose of this document •

Invite Local Enterprise Partnerships to join the Careers & Enterprise Company in implementing our national programme

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Provide an overview of our planned national programme and share feedback from Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) that have participated in ‘Phase 0’ of the programme

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Describe how to participate in this programme and what The Careers & Enterprise Company will provide in terms of support

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Lay out the immediate next steps

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Contents

01 SUMMARY 02 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW 03 ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES 04 TIMELINES & NEXT STEPS 05 Q&A

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01 SUMMARY

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What: The Programme

The Careers & Enterprise Company is inviting Local Enterprise Partnerships to join us in implementing our national programme. The programme aims to motivate young people, support them in making informed choices about their future and help them attain against those choices both in and out of school. It will enable networks of Enterprise Advisers working directly with secondary schools and colleges to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of employer-school interactions. We are seeking your involvement straightaway as we start Phase 1 of the programme in June 2015.

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Why: The opportunity Many young people have limited connection to the world of work. Too frequently, young people do not understand the relevance of education nor the skills they need for the future. There is a growing body of evidence to demonstrate that employer engagement with schools produces positive outcomes for young people and employers. Employers want to help, however their offer does not always have the impact that it should. In some parts of the country schools are overwhelmed with employer assistance but are not always in a position to make the best use of it. In other areas schools receive very few offers. There is also an opportunity for greater understanding and sharing on what types of employer-school interactions work best. Our national programme will create a network of brokerage between employers and schools, giving greater consistency and coverage than exists today. It will be backed by evidence of what employer-school interactions are most effective in delivering positive outcomes for young people.

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Who: The Careers & Enterprise Company In December 2014, the Secretary of State for Education announced the The Careers & Enterprise Company which was incorporated in February 2015. The Careers & Enterprise Company is an employer led body set up to unlock the potential of Britain’s young people by strengthening interactions between employers and schools. Its role is to be an enabler, supporting and sharing the good work already out there. It will focus on ‘what works’, measuring impact and commissioning high quality research. “The company will use relationships with employers to break down barriers between schools and colleges on the one hand and employers on the other, and increase the level of employer input into careers inspiration and enterprise in all schools and colleges. It will do this partly through a network of advisers who will broker strong and extensive links at local level. It will assist schools and colleges in choosing effective careers and enterprise organisations to partner with. It will stimulate more, and better, activity in areas where the current provision is poorest”. Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education

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02 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

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Programme goals and approach GOALS

APPROACH

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Develop or enhance a local ‘brokerage’ system with a coordinator at its heart and a set of advisers working directly with secondary schools and colleges

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Focus interactions on ‘what works’ by building a body of research on what are the most high impact interventions

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Scale this model to simplify interactions in areas where schools have many offers of help and fill ‘cold spots’ where they have few

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Develop a sustainable model

Motivate young people, help them make more informed choices and attain against those choices in and out of school by increasing the national coverage and effectiveness of employer-schools interactions

CORE ASSUMPTIONS •

LEP works in partnership with schools, employers and other relevant local organisations (employer bodies, charities, providers, local authorities…)

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Build on what works

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Test, learn and adapt

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The Model REGIONAL VIEW

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Enterprise Coordinator is employed or funded by LEP which in turn draws its representation from local employer community

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Enterprise Adviser is drawn from local employer community and attached to local school

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Network of Enterprise Advisers is directed and managed by Enterprise Coordinator Each regional cluster will have a strong governance board with relevant local parties represented

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EA EC = Enterprise Coordinator

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EA = Enterprise Adviser

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Why we believe this works In 2014, 5 LEPs signed up to an Enterprise Adviser pilot as part of the Government Growth Deal. These pilots were set up in late 2014 and since then over 160 schools and Enterprise Advisers have been matched in a relatively short time. In March/April 2015 The Careers & Enterprise Company and Cabinet Office have each reviewed the pilots and initial results have been encouraging. ‘Our Enterprise Advisers pilot has made a massive difference in linking the world of education and the world of work, with business leaders working directly with the top teams in schools to develop a strategy to make this happen. Almost half of our secondary schools have already signed up and a significant programme of activity is in place including Open for Business Events, Pop Up Job Shops, Apprenticeship Ambassadors and Teacher Training Events. Our ambition now is to roll this out to every school’. JO LAPPIN CHIEF EXECUTIVE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

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03 ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

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Role of the Enterprise Coordinator (EC) Who they are: •

Expected to be employed by or funded through the LEP

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Good organisation skills, well connected locally, with track record of strong relationships with schools and employers; may be already fulfilling a relevant role in the area today

What they do: •

understand the local environment

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encourage local schools and employers to support the programme

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manage and provide support to the local network of Enterprise Advisers

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participate in a national network with other ECs run by The Careers & Enterprise Company

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localise materials and disseminate best practice produced by The Careers & Enterprise Company among schools in the network

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match the Enterprise Advisers to the schools and support their introduction and on-going relationships 13

Role of the Enterprise Adviser (EA) Who they are: •

Volunteers with strong links to business e.g. employee, self employed

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May be recruited from a variety of sources - local/national business, members of professional institutes, employer bodies

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work with a school or small number of schools to support their careers and enterprise strategies

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work closely with the EC to understand the local offer, provision and labour market

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participate in an EA network

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use materials and the toolkit developed by The Careers & Enterprise Company and localised by the LEP

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The Ask of the LEP 1. Be accountable for the local delivery and success of the model 2. Create strong and broad based local governance 3. Employ or fund at least one full time Enterprise Coordinator who will be the main point of contact for the programme 4. Ensure effective local network of Enterprise Advisers 5. Work with employers and interested stakeholders to improve the local offer building on what works 6. Encourage school leaders to participate in the programme with a view to targeting all secondary schools and colleges (although not necessarily in Phase 1) 7. Match the funding provided by The Careers & Enterprise Company 8. Work with The Careers & Enterprise Company to refine the model and track impact

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The Careers & Enterprise Company will provide 1. Funding for the LEP to kick start activities 2. A ‘toolkit’ to support the Enterprise Coordinators and the Enterprise Advisers 3. High quality research 4. Training for Enterprise Coordinators and Enterprise Advisers 5. Support in recruiting Enterprise Coordinators and Enterprise Advisers 6. Coordination of the Enterprise Coordinators 7. Coordination of a national network of Enterprise Advisers 8. Connection with national employers, government and providers

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04 TIMELINES & NEXT STEPS

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Invitation for ‘Phase 1’ participants We invite LEPs to join us in the first phase of our programme, starting in June 2015. We are aware of wider discussions around growth deals and devolution – however we wish to engage now. We are inviting all 39 LEPs to participate. In Phase 1 we wish to work with LEPs who have the appetite to work with us and can meet the tight timescales and we appreciate that not all LEPs can do this at this time. Under our proposed timeline for Phase 1, The Careers & Enterprise Company would support the LEP in initial conversations with schools and in recruiting the Enterprise Coordinator and Enterprise Advisers over the summer months. Activities in schools would start in Autumn 2015. We hope that many of the LEPs will choose to join us now – we are asking for information to help us select our initial focus areas.

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The Phased Implementation Following the ‘Phase 0’ pilots, this programme will roll out in 3 phases: Phase 1 (focus of this document) •

Enrolment of LEPs through June 2015

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Initial interaction with schools in July

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Selection of ECs and EAs during July/August

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Training of EC and EAs in August/September

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Commencement of activities in schools in Autumn 2015

Phase 2 •

Model refined taking into account lessons learnt from Phase 1

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roll out 2016

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Further roll out across England 2016/17

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Request for Information The Careers & Enterprise Company wishes to take a collaborative approach to submission particularly in view of the tight timescales. The following summary information is required for participation in ‘Phase 1’: •

Short overview of proposal and ambition Fit to local strategy, number and type of schools targeted

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Understanding of local challenge/need* Current activities and impact, attainment and destination data, NEETs

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Evidence of opportunity for rapid and significant impact

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Ability to work at pace

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Ability to work with us to track impact

We would like to receive responses within the next 4 weeks. We will review applications as they arrive. *We encourage you to give us details of where existing employer/schools programmes are either working well or not at all so that we can judge best practice and cold spots.

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Submission Please submit a short proposal (preferably powerpoint) of no more than 10 slides/pages covering the information requested.

Please submit by end of June 2015 and we will review proposals as they arrive.

Please contact Mary Tyler to discuss further.

Mary Tyler – [email protected] 07468 714323

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05 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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Q&A

Funding

The Careers & Enterprise Company will fund an amount between £50,000 – £150,000 depending upon the need, number of pupils in LEP area, scale of the programme and match funding. This money will be available to kick start the activity in the LEP. Further details of funding will be discussed with interested LEPs.

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Q&A

Model The Careers & Enterprise Company wishes to use a model similar to that piloted during 2014/15 by the 5 LEPs, and as described in this pack. In those regions where the LEP is not able to support the programme then The Careers & Enterprise Company will investigate alternative delivery models. The programme is to support secondary schools and colleges. Primary schools are not in scope. Enterprise The term ‘enterprise’ is used by The Careers & Enterprise Company in the widest possible context. It means more than setting up a business, it is referring to all kinds of employment as ‘enterprise’ and also encompasses ‘enterprising’ to mean behavioural attributes such as leadership and motivation.

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Q&A

Role of The Careers & Enterprise Company The Careers & Enterprise Company is an enabler, there to facilitate and to encourage activity and to disseminate best practice. It is not a delivery organisation. The Careers & Enterprise Company will support the LEP in the set up of this Programme and produce materials that can and should be used but will not seek to endorse any specific providers nor to replace any existing provision. Existing Pilots We are expecting to build upon the existing pilots. These pilots are taking place in Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly; Leeds City Region; New Anglia, Northamptonshire and Sheffield City Region.

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Engagement For LEPs that are not participating in Phase 1 we would still be interested in hearing a perspective on when LEPs think they would join, and if they do not anticipate joining what their reasons are so that we can further our understanding. We wish to have a degree of flexibility in the model as we appreciate activities in this area may already be underway.

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