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Key areas for exploration: The Hertfordshire FE response

Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership

 Collaboration  Specialisms  Basic and employability skills  Greater employer engagement  Meeting anticipated demand

Hertfordshire County Council

 Gaps in provision  Closer collaboration with schools  Vocational options for young people aged 14-16  Traineeships  More specialist provision for students with Special Educational Needs

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

Introducing the Hertfordshire colleges

Geographical reach across key growth corridors

Strong fundamentals

 A college in every major town across Hertfordshire  Broad curriculum relevant to Hertfordshire’s mixed mainstream economy  Established and increasing specialisation targeting niche skills for productivity in growth areas  Modern estate/facilities and redevelopment plans in place  Serving young people, adults and employers

Key objectives

 Level 3 and above: the gateway to higher earning potential  Qualifications coupled with strong employability skills inc English/maths  High quality advice and guidance  All colleges MATRIX accredited

Serving Hertfordshire’s mixed mainstream economy

16-19 Students – by NVQ Levels 1-3 16-19 EFA-Funded Provider Summary (All Provision)

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hertford Regional College North Hertfordshire College Oaklands College West Herts College Entry Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4+

Adult Students by NVQ Levels 1-3 Adults Provider Summary (All Provision)

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hertford Regional College North Hertfordshire College Oaklands College West Herts College Entry Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Rooted in mainstream employment sectors

Health, Public Services and Care Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Construction, Planning & Built Environ Information & Communication Tech Retail and Commercial Enterprise Leisure, Travel and Tourism Arts, Media and Publishing Preparation for Life and Work Business, Administration and Law

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Key Areas for Growth Health and Social Care Science and Technology Accounting and Finance High-end Logistics Retail Sales Film and Media Hertford Regional College

Developing and expanding provision

North Hertfordshire College Oaklands College West Herts College

Curriculum and qualification development priorities

Working in partnership with employers

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

Employer engagement priorities

 Work experience opportunities for young people across a broad range of employment sectors  Employer-led motivational talks to inspire young people …including into priority sectors and occupations  Quality assurance activities – maintaining high standards and meeting expectations  Curriculum design – keeping up with changing requirements

West Hemel Hempstead and south to M25 and Watford CENTRAL Welwyn Garden City, St Albans and south to M25 EAST Ware and south to M25 NORTH EAST HERTS Centred on Stevenage ECONOMIC TRENDS & GROWTH SECTORS Known cluster area for:  Screen industries / digitial: Warner Bros Studios and Elstree Studios, plus supply chains and wider halo of digital SMEs  Sustainabillity and enviro tech: RES, BRE, Rothamstead Growth sectors:  Business and admin  Professional, scientific and technical  Retail  Health Larger businesses have a significant presence in Welwyn Garden City and surrounding area. Area idenitfied with:  Telecommunications and computing related sectors  Manufacturing endures and is reinventing itself Growth sectors:  Business and admin  Construction  Professional, scientific, technical  Health and social work activities Knowledge-based businesses in ascendancy, with professional, scientific and technical (specifically electrotechnical) growing in significance. Real estate, property development and residential construction also growing. Public administration and retail in decline but still large sectors. Growth sectors:

• Business Administration / Financial Services
• Professional, Scientific and Technical
• Hospitality
• Health & Social Care

Knowledge-based businesses, with strong professional, scientific and technical stream across defence, engineering and life sciences. Economic focus is national as well we London- based, with strong national/international transport links, plus influence of tech/science-based Greater Cambridgeshire Growth sectors:  Business admin and related  Professional, scientific and technical  Retail  Health and Social Care SIGNIFCANT/ LARGER EMPLOYERS (signified by HQs being based locally) Facilities/engineering/architecture:  , Vinci, Skanska Hospitality:  The Grove, JD Weatherspoon, Pizza Hut Leisure:  Bourne Leisure Pharma:  Bristol Laboratories Retail:  Dixons Carphone, Brighthouse, Majestic Wine, Mothercare, TK Maxx Soft drinks / snacks manufacture:  Britvic, Technology:  Imagination Technologies Aerospace / engineering:  Mitsubishi Electric Europe Ltd Care:  Quantum Care Construction:  TSG Building Services  Taylor Wimpey  Morgan Sindall  BRE (amongst others) Facilities/engineering/architecture:  AECOM,  Pinnacle Consulting HQ location  Tesco ICT / Electronics:  Computacenter PLC  Deutsche Telekom (UK) Ltd  T-Mobile UK Life sciences:  Roche  Eisai  Schering-Plough Online retail:  Ocado Soft drinks / snacks manufacture:  Premier Foods, Burtons Biscuit Co., Water utilities:  Affinity Water Retail:

• Marks and Spencer
• Sainsbury’s PLC
• Tesco (relocating to Welwyn Garden City)

Manufacturing:

• Merk Sharp and Dohme Ltd
• McMullen & Sons Ltd

Construction:

• Volkerwessels UK Ltd

Care:

• CareTech Holdings PLC

Finance:

• Unitum Ltd
• Shield Group Investments Ltd

Utilities:

• Green Energy (UK) PLC

Other:

• Park Plaza (world’s largest print plant – News

International) Larger businesses centred in Stevenage, the major business district in North East Herts, which more widely has strong semi-rural features. Stevenage is location for regional/national HQs for a significant range of major employers: Aerospace / engineering

• Airbus
• Astrium
• MBDA
• BAE
• EADS

Science/engineering

• Dupont

Logistics

• Beattie Brothers

ICT / Electronics

• Fujitsu Services
• AVC Digital

Pharmaceutical

• GSK

Other

• Initial Cleaning Services
• Magnite PR

Other Norwich Union

• Server Choice
• Wine Society

Meeting the needs of students with high needs

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

High Needs provision 2016/17

Hertford Regional College 63 North Hertfordshire College 74 Oaklands College 208 West Herts College 96 Total College places 441 Mainstream sixth forms 14 Special schools 197 Total places 652

• 68% of high

needs students accessing Hertfordshire colleges

• Internships
• 5-day specialist

provision

• Transition to

independent living and work

The Care Quality Commission/OFSTED Inspection: Hertfordshire 2016

Extract from Inspection Report 2016:

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

Progression pathways

Free movement for students

 Seamless post-14 skills escalator from Level 1 to Level 7 in a broad range of sectors across the colleges and University of Hertfordshire  Step-off points clearly linked to employment potential and apprenticeships  Broad base of Level 3 courses with high levels of attainment – with full Level 3 qualifications equipping students for higher level learning

A platform for higher-level learning

 Geography counts: localism for core curriculum offers  Increased mobility accessing higher-level provision  40% of college leavers access higher level learning – the highest in East of England  Some free-trade agreements levels 4-7

The higher-level learning offer

At the Colleges:  Foundation Degrees

 Higher National Diplomas  Higher-level Apprenticeships

At University:

 Honours Degrees

 Master Degrees  Degree Apprenticeships Research shows:

• Higher-level skills

critical to individual prosperity and economic growth

• Increasing

requirement for higher-level skills due to expansion in housing and employment

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

Collaboration across higher-level learning

The University of Hertfordshire and Further Education College Consortium

 Promoted as a family of institutions across the Hertfordshire region  Access to 35 full and part-time courses and qualifications  Approximately 600 students access higher education qualifications via the Consortium each year – plus other college-led provision  Priority subjects including: science, engineering, health and social care, business and professional services

Other collaboration: University College St Albans

 A joint venture between the University of Hertfordshire and Oaklands College  University of Hertfordshire honours part–time degrees delivered at Oaklands College  Rooted in both further education and university realities – well placed to respond to Degree Apprenticeship requirements  Developing new qualifications in key areas. EG: Higher-level App Nursing Associate, Degree Apprenticeship in Construction Management

Collaboration east to west Herts

East to West Herts collaborative offer focusing on A414/M25 growth corridor

Scope includes science and engineering; Creative Industries

Specialisms

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

Hertfordshire key growth sectors

 Engineering and manufacturing  Film and media  Financial and business services  High-end logistics  Science and technology  Sports, leisure, tourism Extend mainstream FE provision to include specialisms directly relating to the needs of these modern and growing sectors Given low unemployment, grow talent pipelines from young people and by attracting local adults to reskill or relocate their careers (most likely from London)

Established and emerging specialisms

Maximising resource and investment:  Engineering  Science  Land-based  Film, theatre, digital media  Traineeships  Sales and professional services  Learners with learning difficulties and disabilities  Public sector services

The Apprenticeship solution

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

Building on existing provision

 All colleges committed to meeting the needs

• f local employers and local people

 All colleges committed to making a full contribution to government expectations  All colleges developed strategies to support apprenticeship growth and maximise new opportunities, eg: Levy  All colleges committed to ongoing investment in education and training

New partnerships and innovations

West Herts College / Oaklands College

 Joint Venture Apprenticeship Training Company

North Herts College

 The Hart Learning and Development Company

Herts Regional College

 The London Apprenticeship Training Group

Herts FE

 Collective response to Hertfordshire Public Sector Apprenticeship requirements

Final thoughts

Skills priorities for growth The Hertfordshire FE response

National expectations…

 Financial health: Maintain it  Boost growth and increase productivity: Do it  English and Maths: Fix it  Work readiness: Own it  Apprenticeships: Deliver it  Adapt to changing priorities: Get on with it

…with a strong local flavour

 Collaboration: Doing it  Specialisms: Developing them  Basic and employability skills: Delivering them  Greater employer engagement: Growing it  Meeting anticipated demand: Planning it

Hertfordshire County Council

 Gaps in provision: Filling them  Closer collaboration with schools: Asking them  Vocational options for young people aged 14-16: Inviting them  Traineeships: On it  More specialist provision for students with Special Educational Needs: Committed to it

Thank you