Presentation from January 2013

2. CBI Education and Skills.
Russell Rickett, Chris Borrett, Richard Nash, Dan Clay
22nd January 2013

3. Why am I the one talking to you?
• Russell Rickett
• Left school at 16 and entered an Apprenticeship with e2v
• Went on to HNC level in Manufacturing Engineering after starting as a
toolmaker and aspiring to develop further.
• I am now a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
• Currently managing Apprentices.
• Well positioned to judge if this style of learning has worked for me as well
as the business.
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4. Misunderstanding within Engineering.
• Car Mechanic
• Neil Armstrong
• Boiler Repair Man
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5. Are apprenticeships the way forward
Life skills
Academic
learning
Business
awareness
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6. What is an apprenticeship?
“An Apprenticeship is a real job with training so
you can earn while you learn and pick up
recognised qualifications as you go.”
Taken from The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) website
www.apprenticeships.org.uk
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7. Misconceptions
Some Apprenticeship Misconceptions
• Reduced opportunities
• Lower standard of learning
• Less potential
• Immaturity
Apprentice Stereotype
• Low IQ
• School “Drop-Out”
• Lack of motivation
• Lack of ability
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8. Where did we start ?
Our Backgrounds
• Left school at 16 – Chris & Dan
• Further Education - Richard
What were we looking for?
• Further/Higher Education
• Skills for Life
• Career Experience
• Technical Knowledge
Why did we choose an apprenticeship at e2v?
• Seeking opportunities.
• Ready for a challenge
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9. e2v Apprenticeship Structure
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Induction NVQ Level 3 / BTEC Level 3 NVQ Level 3 / BTEC Level 3
Performing Engineering Ops.
Business Rotations continued Long Term Placement continued
NVQ Level 2 / BTEC Level 2
Essential Skills Training /
Interviews End of Apprenticeship
Development
Business Rotations Long Term Placement
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10. Experiences through Opportunities
• Represent your organisation.
• STEM Ambassadors, (Science
technology Engineering and Maths)
• Build working relationships
• Develop independence
• Valued team member
• Skills development
• Gain an understanding of company
operations
• Gaining core engineering abilities
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11. “You get out, what you put in”.
CEO
& Directors
Management
Engineers &
operators
Apprentices
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12. Our Next Steps, the sky is the limit.
• Aspiration
Practical
- Setting realistic targets Experience
• Continued Progression
- Educational Knowledge – Degree / PhD
- Technical Experience
- Responsibility (Independence)
Theoretical
• Grasping Opportunities Understanding
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13. Are Apprenticeships worth the Effort?
Genuine
Occupation
Interest
Contribution
Transferable
&
Skills
commitment
Extensive
Company
Working
Nurtured
Relationships
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14. Business Benefits
• Employees skills specific to business needs
• Well rounded employees
• General business knowledge
• Providing a future for our business‟s
• Push boundaries and bring new vigor
• Builds talent pipeline
• 83% of employers rely on their Apprenticeships programme to provide the skilled
workers that they need for the future;
• 57% report a high proportion of their apprentices going on to management
positions within the company;
(Figures from Earlier research, conducted in February 2008 by Populus on behalf of the
LSC (Learning and Skills Council) to launch the first National Apprenticeship Week)
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15. Where are they now?
• Matt Mooney
• 3rd year apprentice
• Won apprentice of the year for 2012
• Lead technician Engineer on 2 development thermal cameras.
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16. Where are they now?
• Chris Davies
• Now a Facilities Project Engineer.
• Completed HNC & NVQ level 3, July 2012
• Sole responsibility on projects up to the value of £300K
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17. Where are they now?
Justine Buckley
• Completed apprenticeship in 2007
• Now in the final year of a Degree in
Integrated Engineering
• Covering Electrical, Mechanical, Maths
and People skills.
• Now an Engineering Manager leading a
team of 11 ranging in skill from technician
through to Principal Engineer.
• On accelerated Talent Management
programme.
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18. The Challenges
• Raise awareness
• Apprenticeships
• School engagement
• Industry
• Improve engagement with both boys and girls.
• Continuing the programme and investment through downturns.
• Continuous improvement.
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19. Ask not what you can do for Apprentices,
but what Apprentices can do for you.
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20. Slide 21

21. CBI Conference 22nd February 2013
Joanne Collins – Divisional HR Manager
Dalehead Foods
Ian Simmons – Head of Faculty
Business Enterprise
Linton Village College

22. We are a Double Act!

23. We are a Double Act!

24. Who are Dalehead Foods?

25. Who are Dalehead Foods?
• A division of Tulip Ltd
• Farming division (BQP) – Outdoor bred pigs
• Four manufacturing sites (3 East Anglia)
• All dedicated to Waitrose
• Supply 100% - Fresh Lamb, Fresh Pork, Cooked
Meats, Bacon and 60% Sausages
• Employ 1500 people as a division

26. Dalehead Foods Waitrose Dedicated Sites
Procurement (pigs)
Stradbroke, Suffolk
Abattoir (pigs)
Spalding, Lincolnshire
Butchery to finished product
Pork, Sausage, Added Value
Linton, Cambridgeshire
Butchery to finished product
Bacon, fresh lamb, Added Value
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Butchery to cooked finished product
Cooked Meats
Pre cooked BBQ range
Corsham, Wiltshire

27. Dalehead Foods
Dedicated to Waitrose
• The Waitrose Way
– Treating People Fairly
– Living Well
– Championing British Food
– Treading Lightly

28. Dalehead Foods
Being a Responsible Employer
• Recognising the role good businesses have in the local
community
• Devoting time to volunteering
• Supporting local charities and fund raising events
• Taking part in local community initiatives
• Engaging with young people in the local community
• Part of our ASPYRE programme (Aiming to support young
people in the rural environment)
• Being a great Company to work for
• Being Best In Class!

29. Linton Village College
• Opened 75 years ago inspired by Henry Morris
• Vision was to provide education for all
• Currently 860 students 11-16
• 92% A* - C
• 73% A* - C including English & Maths
• A passion for Business & Enterprise

30. Linton Village College
• LVC Outstanding Ofsted 2012
‘Linton Village College provides an outstanding all-round
education for its students’ Ofsted 2012
• Academically robust
– Over 60% of lessons seen were Outstanding
• A powerful combination of outstanding teaching and
the rich diversity of our extra-curricular offer
• Avoid the temptation to be an ‘exam factory’

31. Linton Village College
• Business & Enterprise Specialist School from 2002
• Excellence in providing enterprising and work related learning
opportunities
• Developed many business relationships over the last 10 years
• Developed the Cambs & Peterborough Enterprise Learning
Partnership
• SSAT Lead Practitioner for Business & Enterprise
• Lead on Business & Engineering Diplomas locally
• Delivered Young Apprenticeships
• Actively involved in STEM

32. Why BITC?
• Founded funded and led by business
• 30 years experience
• 850 Corporate members
• Business led charity
• Provides practical support to integrate responsible
business practice
• Facilitates tackling issues where business can make
a real difference

33. Why Business Class?
The Business Class
programme is an excellent
example of how schools can
take advantage of the
expertise and experience that
the business world has to
offer”
Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
Secretary of State for Education

34. Business Class Framework
“ • Provides a systematic & proven framework
• Rooted in the needs of the school
• Underpinned by Strategic Support
• And Collaborative Action!
• 200 Business Class partnerships (500 by 2015)
• Share best practice
• Identify common challenges
• Accelerate improvement

35. The Scale of the Problem
“one in two adults has numeracy
“One in six people in the UK skills roughly equivalent to those
struggle with literacy. This means expected of children at primary
their literacy is below the level school”
expected of an eleven year old”
1.8m employed people in the UK 1 million young
64% of young people
are considered not to have the people aged
say they learn best
skills needed to perform their job
outside the classroom 16-24 are NEET
effectively.
Over 70% of post-graduate students studying ( Not in
science, technology, engineering and maths Education,
subjects in the UK are from overseas
Employment or
By 2014 the UK will need an extra 730K people with Training)
STEM qualifications compared to 2007 (CBI)

36. The perils of averages around
youth unemployment

37. Dalehead & Linton College
Partners since November 2011

38. Partnership
Aims & Objectives
• Form a key part of our CSR strategy
• Support our values - a responsible neighbour
and giving back to the local community and
being an employer of choice
• Support the values of Waitrose
• Add real value to Dalehead & LVC

39. Partnership Launch
Enterprise Award 2011
• Deliver a Food Technology Lesson
• To 160 year 9 students on Product Development
• Challenge- develop Olympic Theme product for Waitrose
• Ten finalists teams selected to present their idea and
compete for the Enterprise Award
• Presentation day – Pork Powerballs is our winner!
• All 30 finalist students return to visit the site
• Site Tour, Making Bacon and Sausages, Presentation on
career opportunities

40. BITC – Community Impact Award

41. Winning Product - Pork Powerballs
(available at lunch!)

42. Welcome Back

43. What did you want to be when you left school?

44. Partnership grows from
strength to strength
• Support curriculum and bring study alive!
– Diploma in Engineering/Diploma in Business Studies
• Work Experience programmes – meaningful and fun!
• Careers talks during Enrichment Week
• Sponsored a Food Writer during Linton Book Week
• Work together on charity and community projects – Macmillan
and Mandela Day
• Supported the school in reviewing Administration function – to
improve school efficiencies
• Enterprise Award 2012 – Sausage Challenge

45. ‘ for every business to act responsibly and so ensure a
sustainable future for all’
Specialised workshops
Work Experience
Career opportunities

46. What we have achieved so far...
• Introduced students to
career opportunities
within the food industry
• Enhanced our
reputation locally
• Given our employees
opportunities to
develop new skills and
give something back
• Delighted our customer
• Delighted my MD!

47. Partnership
Benefits to Dalehead
• Supports our values of being a responsible business
• Supports our commitment to the local community
• Promotes our reputation - a good employer
• Enables us to support the learning opportunity of young
people living locally to our business
• Inform and Inspire local young people to consider career
opportunities within the food industry and our business
• Gives our employees the chance to develop new skills –
presentation, mentoring, organising, giving something
back. Promotes Staff Engagement.

48. Partnership
Benefits to LVC
• Supports our commitment to a ‘Outstanding all-round
education’ for our students
• To instil entrepreneurship and risk taking amongst all our
students
• To think about their education in the broadest sense and how it
fits into the global economy
• To embed and engage our students in the world of work
• To extend the most able our ‘Gifted and Talented’
• To give staff opportunities to extend the professional
development
• Supports the wider development of LVC and its staff

49. Partnership
Benefits to Dalehead
• Clearly demonstrates the alignment of our
values to those of Waitrose
• Helping us deliver Excellence to Waitrose
• Embracing the Waitrose Way
– Treating People Fairly
– Community Matters
– Championing British Food

50. Delighting our Customer
You Tube Clip
Filmed by Quentin Clarke
Head of Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing for Waitrose
Enterprise Award 2012 – Sausage of the month for Waitrose

51. Looking Ahead!
• Develop further initiatives with Dalehead/LVC
• Supporting careers day in June 2013
• Considering Apprenticeships and Scholarships
• In 14 months we have achieved a great deal but
there is so much more that we can do!
• How you can get involved?
• Cambridge Business Class
• LVC Careers Day June 2013

52. How can you help ‘Raise
ambition for all’ CBI 2012

53. Want to know more?
• Linton Village College Careers Day June 2012
If you are interested or would like further
information on our story please contact me
ian.simmons@lvc.org
•Dalehead Foods supporting Business Class. If
you would like to know more contact me
joanne.collins@dalehead.co.uk

54. Thank you

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Schools and employers – issues and challenges
Brian Lightman
General Secretary ASCL
www.ascl.org.uk

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The Association of School and College Leaders
• The first choice professional association for secondary
school and college leaders.
• Members in 90% of secondary schools, 6th form and
general FE colleges in England, Wales and NI + sister
organisation School Leaders Scotland.
• 80% of secondary heads.
• 17000+ school and college leaders.
www.ascl.org.uk

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There has never been a more important time for education
and employers to work together.
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SHIFT HAPPENS – Karl Fisch
• We are currently
preparing students
for jobs that
don’t yet exist . . .
• using technologies
that haven’t yet
been invented . . .
• in order to solve
problems we don’t
even know are
problems yet.
www.ascl.org.uk

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The challenge!
• Professor Dylan William
„We are destroying jobs faster than we can improve young
peoples‟ achievements.‟
www.ascl.org.uk

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More challenges
• The economy, globalisation, technological advances.
• Raising the participation age
• School accountability
• Government priorities for curriculum and qualifications.
• A long history of vocational courses being the „Cinderella‟
• Communications
• Careers guidance
• Pressure on employers
• Need for consensus
www.ascl.org.uk

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What is education for?
• Personal empowerment
• Cultural transmission
• Transmission of knowledge
• Development of behaviours, attitudes and skills.
• Preparation for citizenship
• Enabling young people to lead fulfilling lives
• Preparation for work.
www.ascl.org.uk

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Raising of the Participation Age (RPA)
• From Summer 2013 all young people will be required to continue
in education or training until end of academic year in which they
turn 17. Eg. current year 11
• Expectation that they continue to study core subjects if not yet
passed.
• From 2015 they will be required to continue until 18th birthday.
• Participation= full time education in school, college or otherwise
• Apprenticeships
• Full time employment, volunteering or self employment with part
time accredited education or training alongside.
www.ascl.org.uk

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ASCL survey: To what extent has your local authority
prepared for RPA?
They are on target for 4%
implementation
They have been consulting 29%
schools and colleges
They have put/are putting in 35%
place a preventive strategy
for NEETS
Effective careers guidance 11%
systems are in place
The LA has not put anything 51%
in place to implement RPA
www.ascl.org.uk

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Independent advice and guidance - challenges
• Funding and accountability measures
• Competition pressures – the elephant in the room.
• Access to face-to-face guidance for under 19s
• Access to relevant „trusted information‟ on labour markets
• Lack of clarity and confusion about routes and implications of RPA
• Consistency / variable quality / access to services
• Professional training and development for capacity building of
intermediaries
• NCS „USP‟ and its links to business and the wider careers support market –
relationship and focus?
• Making explicit the expected role of Government, employers and individuals
• A clear business case needs to be made in favour of all-age careers
services.
Success will look like ......
Agreeing a future shared vision for careers work
www.ascl.org.uk

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Independent advice and guidance -opportunities
• There has never been greater need for career development support given
choices, complexity and competition
• Raising aspirations and injecting hope in a climate of cuts backs and austerity measures
• Feedback from employers –CBI, Education & Employers Taskforce, LEPs, British
Chambers of Commerce, Heseltine, Richard and Select Committee Reviews
• New curriculum and employment-based routes – need to educate individuals to navigate
successfully through evolving and new arrangements
• Returns on Investment – need to make it worthwhile for individuals to engage in learning
and work
• Careers work - evidence and impact findings show positive returns for individuals, the
economy and society.
• Links to high performing systems within and outside of England
• Opportunities for institutions to determine own provision (?) and rising demand for more
information on destinations and career trajectories
• Opportunities for collaboration, maximising limited resources and innovation
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Opportunities to work together
• Speakers for Schools www.speakers4schools.org
• Inspiring the Future http://www.inspiringthefuture.org/
• Other initiatives like Business Class
• School governance
• Volunteering/assistance/support/dialogue
• Placements for school staff and employers – two way
process.
• „Work experience‟, work related education, careers
education.
www.ascl.org.uk

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The wrong question
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The challenge of seeking a consensus.
• Development of a clear, widely-owned and stable
statement of the outcome that all schools are asked to
deliver. This should go beyond the merely academic,
into the behaviours and attitudes schools should foster
in everything they do. It should be the basis on which
we judge all new policy ideas, schools, and the
structures we set up to monitor them.
www.ascl.org.uk

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