“ Engaging with different kinds of parents certainly from our point of view has been new to us . So engaging with the parents who don ' t normally come to things like parents evenings . The success so far has been engaging with groups in much more innovative ways , engaging and fun ways . So not doing things in a formal way and it ' s allowed us to be quite different in our role as a teacher with students and their parents .” SPoC Bournemouth School
IAG
Over 75 % of SPoCs and SLT state that SUN funded events and projects have had a positive impact upon learners post-16 choices . Less think this is the case for Post-18 choices however ; it is important to note that the majority of responses received were from schools without a sixth form and a much smaller representation from FECs .
90 % of SPoCs state that SUN funded events and projects have challenged NCOP learners to think about their future education and careers choices . The survey response is supported by evidence gathered in SPoC interviews where interviewees all mentioned the additional funding has enabled their school or college to focus on enhancing careers and guidance for NCOP learners . Some schools and colleges are using this to directly support the development and quality of evidence towards achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks .
“ Some of the areas where it ' s particularly helped is addressing the needs of every pupil . We just weren ' t able to do that . So through things like careers one to one interventions , so in January 2017 we only had 57 percent engagement but now we ' re at 90 percent .” SPoC Hampshire School
“ The careers provision has kind of leapt from nothing to something quite significant here . I must say the additional support from SUN has really enhanced and meant that we built that provision even further .” SPoC Southampton School
Partnership development
The focus on building collaborative networks and partnerships was a popular theme in SPoC and FEC interviews . Examples provided included the opportunity for institutions to have the funding and strategic opportunity to make new links or develop pre-existing partnerships across the SUN region .
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