Material of the 10th Annual meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development |23-25 April 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden More info http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/10th-fplg-meeting.htm

1. Supporting Successful Transitions
from School in Glasgow
Martin Collins
Employment and Skills Manager
Glasgow City Council

2. Scotland’s National Commitment to
Full Youth Employment
Opportunities for All
‘Every young person aged between 16
and 19 will be offered a place in
employment, education or training if they
need one’
Alex Salmond
Scotland’s First Minister

3. In Context; in Glasgow
• Around 35,000 young people aged 15-19 (10% of national figure)
• 12,000 in school; 23,000 left school; of which (approximately)
– 50% University or College
– 20% in Employment
– 10% in Training
– 5% in personal development programmes
– 15% unemployed
• These figures are not static – around a third of our 16-19 year olds (10,000+)
are in a state of flux
• Enduring issues of poverty, reduced life chances and inequality across the city

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1-Most
Deprived
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10-Least
Deprived
Glasgow City All local authorities
41% of pupils in Glasgow City Council schools live in the most deprived 10% of
data zones compared to 11% in Scotland
58% of pupils in Glasgow City Council schools live in the most deprived 20% of
data zones compared to 22% in Scotland
6% of pupils in Glasgow City Council schools live in the least deprived 20% of
data zones compared to 19% in Scotland
Distribution
of wealth in
the city and
across the
country

5. School Leaver Destinations - Positive
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
HE
FE
Training
Employed
Vol Work
Activity Agreement
School Leaver Destinations - Negative
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
16.0%
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
U/E Seeking
U/E Not Seeking
Unknown
Changes /
Progress in
school
leaver
destinations
from 2006

6. How we compare to the rest of the
country…
Glasgow and Scotland Positive Destination Comparison
78%
80%
82%
84%
86%
88%
90%
92%
94%
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Glasgow
Scotland

7. Why have we improved despite our
economic frailty?
• National and local policy focus - consistent
direction of travel and consistently high priority
amongst our politicians
• Investment of time and resources in partnership
and infrastructure development
• Commitment to understanding the needs of our
young people better and supporting our most
vulnerable
• But…..is this real improvement (or statistical
improvement)?

8. Glasgow’s Youth Gateway
• One referral form, a single entry point into GYG – no wrong door
• Risk Matrix and Data Sharing Agreements
• Case allocation based on systematic, consistent criteria;
• Shared Case Management at local levels (school, job centre etc) and referrals based
on need
• Referral Routes (two way) with Glasgow’s Training, Voluntary and Private Sector
provision
• Co-location of staff and area team communication model
• Shared publicised targets

9. S5-6 School
Further education
Higher education
Modern Apprenticeship /
Skillseeker
Get Ready for Work
Employment
with training
Employment without
training – ILA
Youngpeopleapproachingend
ofcompulsoryparticipation
andreadyforformallearningoption
Youngpeopleapproachingend
ofcompulsoryparticipation
andnotreadyfor
formallearningoption
Activity Agreement
Referralto
relevant
existing
activity
Individuallycommissioned
personaldevelopmentactivity
LACLDopprtunities
Voluntarysectorpersonal
developmentopportunities
Relevantactivitycommissioned
strategically(e.g.existingLifeSkills)
volunteering

10. •
Glasgow’s Model for
Activity Agreements

11. Solutions rather than sticking
plasters…
• Earlier intervention
• Focus on aspirations from primary school (age
5+)
• Better understanding of labour markets and
growth areas – huge skills deficits in growth
areas
• Better partnerships with businesses – enough
jobs to go round in the city to employ every
young person who lives there!
• Better understanding of young people’s needs;
and better support to their parents

12. • to increase the aspirations and choices available to
Glasgow’s children and young people in respect of their future
careers
• to improve and contextualise employability and sector specific
skills to make our young people’s ambitions achievable
• to increase the number of young people leaving Local
Authority funded education into high quality, positive and
sustained destinations with clear future career pathways
Time to be a bit more ambitious…
Re-defining our Aims

13. Enterprise
Skills&Aspirations
Employability
TransitionInclusion
School and
Business
Partnership

14. Strong Focus on Economic
Growth – business partnerships
are key
– Engineering
– Low Carbon Industries
– Hospitality
– Life Sciences
– Financial Services
– Creative Industries
– New qualifications, new locations and methods of
learning, greater fluidity between school, college and
the workplace…

15. Redefining Skills and
Updating Aspirations
• 25% of our boys want to work in the
construction industry – construction makes
up less than 5% of the Glasgow labour
market
• Translating these aspirations to 21st
century –
e.g. green / digital infrastructures;
• Start aged 5 through to 19 with a coherent
approach that involves parents as well as
children

16. Supporting Successful
Transitions from School in
Glasgow
Martin Collins
Employment and Skills Manager
Glasgow City Council