• Aims
• Method
• Who is involved
• Initiation Conference
• Contact

Following the ‘14-19 Education and Skills’ White Paper published in February 2005, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has taken forward proposals from the Paper and introduced the 14-19 Reform Programme across England.  The aims of the programme are to secure a curriculum which has sufficient flexibility, breadth and stretch to engage all young people, to offer them success, and to ensure that the wider community of parents, employers, trainers and higher education can have confidence in what they have achieved.  The QCA are now seeking to establish whether policy and its implementation have led to successful learners who enjoy learning, achieve, progress, and are confident and responsible citizens.

The project has two overall aims:

• To establish the baseline position by gathering a comprehensive picture of 14-19 education and training within a sample of educational centres in the academic year 2007-08;
• To develop a detailed set of tools so that the study can be repeated over the next five years to track the impact of reforms and how 14-19 education and training are changing.

Method

The project is based on 45 case study schools and colleges selected to represent all regions of England, the diversity of institutions and provision, a range of performance, and to include examples of institutions involved in successful collaborations and partnerships.  Data will be collected through a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches including interviews with key people involved in the delivery and implementation of the 14-19 programme, such as head teachers/principals, teachers/lecturers, parents, governors and importantly, young people.

Who is involved in the project:

Professor Ann Briggs
University of Newcastle
Email: ann.briggs@ncl.ac.uk

Dr Christine Corcoran
School of Education
University of Birmingham
Email: c.e.corcoran@bham.ac.uk

Professor Stephen Gorard
School of Education
University of Birmingham
Email: s.gorard@bham.ac.uk

Ian Hall
School of Education
Newcastle University 
Email: i.r.hall@ncl.ac.uk

Professor Jacky Lumby
School of Education
University of Southampton
Email: jlumby@soton.ac.uk

Dr Felix Maringe
School of Education
University of Southampton
Email: f.maringe@soton.ac.uk

Professor Marlene Morrison
Westminster Institute of Education
Oxford Brookes University
Email:  mmorrison@brookes.ac.uk

Professor Richard Pring
University of Oxford
Email: richard.pring@educational-studies.oxford.ac.uk

Dr Susannah Wright
The Westminster Institute of Education
Oxford Brookes University
Email: susannahwright@brookes.ac.uk

Initiation Conference

10th December 2007, 10.30 - 16.00

The Qualifications Curriculum Agency 14 – 19 Reform Conference - Creating a baseline of evidence

Café Royal, 68 Regent Street, London, W1B 5EL

Presentations

Mary Curnock Cook: The 14 - 19 Reform programme background

Rebecca Rylatt: Research & Evidence collection

Mick Waters: A big picture of the 14 - 19 curriculum

Contact

For further details contact

Julie Foster
QCA Project Administrator
School of Education
University of Birmingham

Tel: 0121 414 4402
Email: j.foster@bham.ac.uk