Destinations
of
students
from
schools in Powys
2004
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Introduction
This booklet provides a summary of the destinations of students who left Year 11(statutory school leaving age) and Years 12 and 13 of high schools in the county of Powys in 2004. The data was collected as at 31st October 2004. The survey reports on the destinations of almost 3,000 students in total and is part of an annual survey undertaken by Careers Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government.
The report is designed to provide information for organisations concerned with planning education, training and employment opportunities and to inform future school leavers of the options open to them.
If you require any further information please contact:
Barbara Landers
Marketing and Information Co-ordinator
Careers Wales Powys
St David’s House
Newtown
Powys
SY16 1RB
Tel: 01686 626959
Email:
Contents
Destinations of Year 11 Students 4
Destinations of Year 12 Students 6
Destinations of Year 13 Students 7
Explanation of categories:
Work-based Training – Non employed status
Government sponsored training e.g. Foundation Modern Apprenticeship where the young person receives a training allowance.
Work-based Training – Employed status
Government sponsored training including Foundation Modern Apprenticeships and Modern Apprenticeships where the young person has a contract of employment
Employed – Other
Employment outside Government sponsored training schemes.
Not in Education, Employment or Training
Includes:
· School leavers who are registered with Careers Wales for support to find a placement in education, training or employment.
· School leavers who are available to enter education, training or employment but are not registered with Careers Wales.
· School leavers who are unable to enter education, employment or training (e.g. due to illness, pregnancy, custodial sentence, disability, caring responsibilities, travelling on a gap year).
Unknown
Students who did not respond to the survey.
Destinations of Year 11 Students
Continuing in Full-time Education - School / 365 / 496 / 861
Continuing in Full-time Education - College / 277 / 218 / 495
Work based Training - Non employed status / 13 / 8 / 21
Work based Training - Employed status / 10 / 2 / 12
Employed - Other / 45 / 21 / 66
Not in Education, Employment or Training / 44 / 29 / 73
Unknown / 13 / 14 / 27
Left the Area / 57 / 42 / 99
Total / 824 / 830 / 1654
The total number of students in Year 11 in 2004 was 1,654 compared with 1,714 in 2003 and 1,791 in 2002. Students from ethnic minority groups continue to form a very small proportion of the total cohort. Of those who provided information on ethnicity just 1% were from minority groups.
Most students (82%) decided to stay in full-time education. This was the same proportion as last year. As in previous years more females (86%) than males (78%) made this choice and more females chose to stay on at school rather than go to college.
More males (8.3%) than females (3.7%) chose to enter work-based training or employment. In total 6.0% of students entered work or training compared with 7.4% in 2003. One third of these entered work with planned training under the Modern Apprenticeship or Skill Build scheme and just over 40% of this group went into employment with training outside Government sponsored schemes. The top three occupational groups that young people went into were Construction (23%), Customer Service Occupations (17%) and Armed Forces (14%). Those going into Construction and the Armed Forces were all males. More females than males went into Health & Social Welfare, Sales Occupations and Customer Service Occupations.
The number of young people known not to be in education, employment or training has risen slightly from 3.6% to 4.4%.
The number of students not responding to the survey (unknown destinations) has fallen slightly from 1.8% last year to 1.6%.
Destinations of Year 12 Students
Continuing in Full-time Education - School / 278 / 349 / 627
Continuing in Full-time Education - College / 23 / 31 / 54
Work-based Training - employed status / 1 / 1 / 2
Work-based Training - non-employed status / 2 / 1 / 3
Employed – Other / 5 / 2 / 7
Not in Education, Training or Employment / 7 / 10 / 17
Unknown / 1 / 0 / 1
Left the Area / 13 / 10 / 23
Total / 330 / 404 / 734
The total number in Year 12 was 734 compared with 702 in 2003. The ratio of males and females remains the same as in 2003.
93% of students remained in full-time education, the same proportion as last year. The proportion of females (94%) staying in education was slightly higher than the proportion of males (91%).
The percentage of the cohort entering employment or training fell from 3.1% in 2003 to 1.6%. Five students entered Modern Apprenticeship placements.
17 students (2.3%) were not in education, training or employment at the time of the survey compared with 5 students (0.7%) in 2003.
Destinations of Year 13 Students
Year 13 / Male / Female / TotalContinued Full-time Education - School / 4 / 10 / 14
Continued Full-time Education - College / 16 / 35 / 51
Continued Full-time Education - Higher Education / 147 / 190 / 337
Work-based Training- Non employed status / 0 / 3 / 3
Work-based Training - Employed status / 1 / 0 / 1
Employed - Other / 16 / 22 / 38
Not in Education, Training or Employment / 36 / 37 / 73
Unknown / 3 / 4 / 7
Left the Area / 4 / 7 / 11
Total / 227 / 308 / 535
The total number of year 13 students was 535 compared with 520 in 2003. The proportion of females increased to 58% (52% in 2003) and the proportion of males fell to 42% (48% in 2003).
75% of students chose to stay in full-time education, very slightly up on 2003 (74%). 62% of students went onto higher education (62% of females, 65% of males).
8% of students entered employment or training (the figure for 2003 was 10%). 38 students entered employment outside the Modern Apprenticeship scheme. 30 of this group, however, entered employment with planned training. The top three occupational sectors were Sales, Administrative and Leisure/Personal Service Occupations.
14% of students were not in education, training or employment compared with 12% in 2003. This figure, however, includes students who chose to take a gap year before entering higher education but who were not in training, education or employment at the time of the survey.
Only 1% of students did not respond to the survey compared with 3% in 2003.
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