Collaborative Approaches to 14-19 Provision - Communities and ...

14-19 PATHFINDERS: THE SECOND YEARFocus of the Pathfinder525. Central to 14-19 development in Southwark is the Southwark Guarantee whichintegrates the Pathfinder, the AWI Action Plan and the Increased Flexibility project. TheGuarantee will ensure that all 14-19 year olds in Southwark institutions:‣ are offered, and receive, high quality provision by all Southwark providers,irrespective of which route or combination of routes a young person follows in theborough 14-19‣ are equipped to make well-informed choices about their path through educationtraining and employment;‣ are well supported in order to achieve their goals by the age of 19.526. The Pathfinder is supporting the implementation of the Guarantee, particularlythrough facilitating collaboration and funding the appointment of Southwark Guaranteemanagers in the schools and college. More specifically, through the Pathfinder, there wasin-depth auditing of two vocational areas in order to identify career pathways acrossacademic, vocational and work-based routes for students at all levels. This led to theproduction of clear mapping advice for students and parents about opportunities,qualifications and progression paths in those vocational areas.Features of the Pathfinder527. A major feature of the Pathfinder has been the way in which Southwarkschools, colleges, training providers and other partners have been drawn intocollaboration around the Southwark Guarantee. The Southwark Guarantee forum andmanagers groups have become important sources of policies, ideas and the sharing goodpractice. It is anticipated that these collaborative structures will outlive short-termfunding streams and continue to influence the 14-19 phase in Southwark.528. In this Pathfinder there is considerable emphasis on labour market and skillsgap analyses which have identified half a dozen sectors around which developmentshould be based. The Pathfinder has innovatively linked this analysis to the work done in154