Transition

Life after school: the onward journey for young people with learning disabilities in North Wales

Publisher:

Local Government

Topics:

Transition

Year of Publication:

2022

Type:

Research

The 'Life After School' research was carried out by the North Wales Together Learning Disability Transformation Programme on behalf of the North Wales Learning Disability Partnership Group. The research arose from the North Wales Learning Disability Strategy and the emphasis on the importance of getting transition from secondary school to post-16 options and opportunities right for young people with learning disabilities.

Supported Internship quality framework published

06/04/22

The Supported Internship Quality Framework has been published. It was developed for the Department for Education by the Education and Training Foundation and their centres of excellence. The framework has been developed over the last 6 months and aims to improve the quality of Supported Internships (SIs) provision and outcomes. BASE has fed into discussions and we have asked for a review of the framework in 12 months.

DfE publishes the SEND Review

29/03/22

The Department for Education (DfE) has today published the SEND review. The Green Paper, SEND Review - right support, right place, right time, launches a consultation that seeks responses by 1st July 2022. BASE will be seeking member views on the SEND Review proposals before submitting a response.

The review has identified 3 key challenges facing the SEND and alternative provision system:

The Big Career Conversation - report

Publisher:

Other organisations

Topics:

Transition

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Research

From July – September 2021, Dr Deirdre Hughes led a research project designed to capture the experiences of young people and what they think about careers support in schools/academies across England.

The research commissioned by ‘Launch Your Career’ involved:

Lords call for SEND amendments to Education & Skills Bill

05/07/21

The Post-16 Education and Skills Bill must be amended to include clauses around provision for students with special educational needs, Lord Addington has said.

Transition to Employment Toolkit

Topics:

Autism, Transition, Employer Engagement

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Guidance

Ambitious About Autism has produced a Transition to Employment toolkit that aims to support more autistic young people to carry on into further education, employment or training.

It has been developed to support those working with autistic young people to understand their needs and help them onto the job ladder, or into further training or education.

ETF tender for 6 new SEND mini hubs

21/05/21

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is tendering for six new providers to become mini-hubs for best practice around engaging with employers. The hubs will work with the three existing centres of Excellence; Derby College, Weston College and City College Norwich to develop best practice in engaging employers.

The invitation to tender goes out on May 21 and £30,000 will be available to each provider, who will need to be Ofsted grade 2 or above and working in the north-west, north-east, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, London or the south-east.

My Skills My Future

Topics:

Transition

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Framework

This programme from the Careers and Enterprise Company contains a series of lesson plans, employer project briefs, video content and resources to support young people with SEND in all settings to consider their next steps. It links with the Skills Builder framework. The content aims to develop awareness of key sector areas and raise the aspirations of young people with SEND and showcase the different pathways available to them.

Research into disparities in post-16 destinations

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Transition

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Research

This working paper by Sanne Velthuis (University of Warwick & University of Manchester) and Stella Chatzitheochari (University of Warwick) analyses post-16 destinations and early socio-economic attainment by a cohort of young people born in 1989-90. The researchers used longitudinal data from the "Next Steps" study.

Among the disability gaps revealed by the data are:

APPG report on Youth Employment

Publisher:

Parliament

Topics:

Transition, Apprenticeships, Strategy

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Report

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Youth Employment has published its report after the inquiry into the Chancellor's Plan for Jobs Covid-19 measures. BASE submitted evidence to the inquiry and raised the critical support needs of young people with SEND.

The report doesn't specifically reference disability or SEND which we find very disappointing. BASE will contionue to press for appropriate support and we are part of the Youth Employment Group.

The APPG for Youth Employment has found:

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