Success at 17: achieving successful outcomes and progression from level 2 to level 3
Sponsor: London Thames Gateway Development Corporation Lewisham College
A Beacon College, Lewisham believes that success at 17 is based on a series of preceding successes, especially for young people with challenging or disadvantaged backgrounds. Progression pathways support young learners through these hurdles, across the curriculum, enabling more young people to go on to succeed and progress at 17. This approach is enhanced by the college's outstanding partnership links that offer young people a dynamic range of learning opportunities. It is the borough's largest 14-19 provider and one of the largest in London.
The current strategy includes a Junior Skills Academy, targeting 14 to 16 year olds and inducting them into vocational courses at a critical phase; Youth Entry to Higher Education, an alternative university progression route to A-levels; Skills for Choice, a large-scale construction programme; vocational and life-skill programmes for young people with learning difficulties, and performing arts courses with exceptional progression to specialist higher education institutions.
Each year 3,000 young people join the college, the majority at level 2 and below. Its strategy for young people supports a retention rate for 14-16 year olds that is currently 91 per cent and 88 per cent for 16-19 year olds. Progression is equally strong, with internal rates at level 2 of between 85 and 90 per cent in most academic years.
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