Technical education at Barnet should be stimulated by the creation of a dedicated sixth year offer.
The Council’s strategy in terms of post-16 education and skills proposes to create “a dedicated technical and vocational sixth offer linked to one or more existing sixths”.
Education and Skills Director Ian Harrison told counselors that the Director of Jewish Community High School (JCoSS) in New Barnet said his school was already looking to establish technical and vocational education for the post-16.
“We believe that would be a major benefit,” Mr Harrison said at a meeting of the Children, Education and Safeguarding Committee on Monday. “It is so difficult for religious schools to develop technical and vocational education.
He added: “We have told JCoSS that, subject to the decision of this committee, we would like to explore ways to help them find sites for this separate provision. ”
Schools in Barnet have been ranked among the best in the country in recent years, with over 96% of students in schools scoring good or better on their last Ofsted inspection.
But according to the education and skills strategy, there is a lack of professional offer in the schools of the district.
While Barnet placed seventh in average scores for entry to A level in 2020, he was 110th in equivalent scores for technical levels.
Improving this aspect of learning will be a key priority for the council in the coming year after a recent government white paper placed more emphasis on the importance of technical education.
In addition to teaching dedicated to the sixth grade, the council’s strategy aims to minimize the number of young people who are not in school, unemployed or in training.
It also emphasizes strengthening opportunities for disadvantaged young people – including those on care leave and those with special educational needs and disabilities – to progress towards appropriate education, training and employment.
The strategy and plan for the development of the dedicated technical and professional offer were unanimously approved by the committee.
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Source: www.times-series.co.uk
This notice was published: 2021-06-08 14:48:28
