Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has written for Schools Week on how Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister could lead to new emphasis on the 14-19 phase of education.
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“[14-19s] are the young people whom Burnham wanted to benefit from his Greater Manchester baccalaureate (MBacc), through clear pathways to good jobs and training opportunities, bringing much needed parity of esteem between technical and academic routes,” Kate wrote.
“Baker Dearing has spent 16 years creating and supporting university technical colleges (UTCs), technical education-focused secondary schools that traditionally enrol from 14.”
Burnham has supported UTCs, writing for the foreword to a positive report on the UTC programme that was published last year. Baker Dearing is also working on an MBacc Award for the region, based on the Baker Award for Technical Education.
Kate continued: “His support for these models [MBacc and UTCs] suggests he thinks shifting education to focus on 14 to 19-year-olds could help address the findings of Alan Milburn’s interim report, that traditional support mechanisms and routes for young people are not leading them to positive destinations.”
