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	Inspire - the Education Business Partnership for Hackney's Ready for Work programme
	Initiating and accessing work experience opportunities in Bristol City Council
	County Durham's use of NVQs within the key stage 4 engagement programme
	Support and training for trusted adults in Norfolk
	South Gloucestershire’s Work2Learn programme
	Medway’s Starter 4 Ten programme: Integrating previously non-attending pupils into regular mainstream classes
	Southwark Guarantee: Electronic management of student attendance and progression pathways across multiple sites
	Equal opportunities good practice

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Key stage 4 engagement programme


		11-16 schools

		6th form schools

		Colleges

Case studies from Bristol, County Durham, Hackney and Norfolk and equal opportunities good practice were added to this page in March and April 2008.

The key stage 4 Engagement Programme is a personalised programme for those key stage 4 learners most at risk of disengagement. It comprises each learner’s whole key stage 4 programme, placing an emphasis on the development of personal, social and functional skills. It includes a work-focused component, preferably taking place in a work environment, and is underpinned by high-quality and regular support, advice and guidance from a trusted adult.

The national programme was piloted by 21 partnerships in 2006-07. In 2007-08, it will run in 70 partnerships across the country, making the programme available to up to 15,000 young people. The programme is based on a template devised by QCA, which builds on the good practice that exists across the country. The template sets out clear principles for the programme but it is up to individual partnerships to devise personalised programmes, which meet the needs of their learners and are appropriate to the local employment landscape.

An evaluation of the programme started in January 2007 and will be completed by July 2008.

Guidance for practitioners who develop, manage and deliver local key stage 4 engagement programmes is available from this page. This guidance is based on the work of the 21 pilots and includes:

case studies and good practice from different partnerships (from the left hand menu)
key stage 4 Engagement Programme: Making the programme work for your students (QCA)
the QCA template that outlines the key elements of the programme
key stage 4 Engagement Programme: Ways to Accredit Generic Learning (ASDAN/DCSF)
key stage 4 Engagement Programme Equal Opportunities Review: Challenging Stereotypes (University of Exeter/DCSF)
key stage 4 Engagement Programme Equal Opportunites in the Recruitment Process (University of Exeter/DCSF)
using Non Formal Awards in the key stage 4 Engagement Programme (NYA)
key stage 4 engagement programme factsheet.