Home Access ProgrammeSupporting disadvantaged and vulnerable learners Terry WallerInclusion Manager, Becta

Home Access - overview

• The journey so far – why and how

• Home Access Programme – pilots informing national

• Targeted groups approach:

– who will benefit

– guidance ‘highlights’

– sharing practice

• Contacts

Becta Vision

A world where technology and innovation enable learners to achieve their potential

Next Generation Learning

What we want parents to know:

Inspired learning resulting in better achievement

Background

In June 2006, the Department for Education and Skills

(DfES) asked industry for proposals on how to achieve

home access for all school age learners.

In January 2007 Jim Knight announced Home Access

Taskforce to advise on ways in which home access to

technology could be delivered

Taskforce commissioned

- Research, modelling and impact analysis

- Public consultation

- HA proof of concept trials in 37 schools with 3

suppliers

Final report was issued and pilots are taking place in

two local authorities (Oldham and Suffolk) before

National Rollout

“To ensure that all pupils aged 5 to 19 in state maintained education in England have the opportunity to have access to computers and internet connectivity for education...at home”

Jim Knight Minister of State for Schools and Learners

Home Access - the vision

• System wide and education led• Learner and parent focused • Minimising the burden to schools and LAs• Sustainable and long term • More joined up across departments and initiatives• Funding targeting the disadvantaged

Home Access Taskforce principles

The evidence

The challenge - narrowing the gap

• Three quarters of a million households with children lack an ICT device and even more homes lack high quality connectivity

• Lower income households are most likely to lack home access reducing opportunities to support parental engagement and compounds social exclusion

• Schools find it to difficult to build on existing ownership and access

• Evidence demonstrates that penetration is slowing

• The digital divide is not reducing fast enough.

Audiences and benefits

Disadvantaged

Part/whole funding or more

relevant offer

Specific support for

particular needs

Removal of barriers to access

Without access

Economic benefits

Flexible access to

online services

Improved links and

communication

Benefits for all

Improved educational services e.g. real time

reporting, ‘anytime, anywhere’ learning

Increased educational attainment

Improved parental engagement

Access to guidance and support

Confidence in suitable and safe home access

equipment

Better signposting to services

Can afford HA but yet to be convinced

Have home access

Cannot afford Home Access

Five key strands in the programme

• The Next Generation Learning campaign to:– encourage parents/carers to engage with their children’s learning– stimulate interest from all families to obtain home access to technology if

they do not yet have it – illustrate how all can derive real benefits from home access for learning

more effectively, accessing public services & making savings

• An approved supplier scheme with functional specification• Services to ensure eligible low income families can apply and receive

support effectively and efficiently• Support for learners and their parents• Support for schools and local authorities

All aligned to other activities – joining up government

www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk

Pilot approach

Oldham and Suffolk – pilot approach

Note: the slides in this section apply to the process in the pilot LAs only and will inform the National Rollout of Home Access.

Timeline

12 January: approved suppliers for the pilot announced

2 February: ‘soft launch’ of the pilot in Oldham and Suffolk –

application processing began

27 February: full pilot GO-LIVE and approved suppliers begin to

operate

2 March: independent evaluation of the pilot commences

Late autumn 2009: National Rollout of Home Access across

England

The offer

All supported by Home Access working in partnership with Local

Authorities, schools and colleges, key stakeholders and the third sector to

deliver the educational benefits

Home Access Grants for low income families to cover

the cost of:

- a computer

- service and support

- 1 years internet accessApproved suppliers who provide these

Next Generation Learning @ Home packages which

are designed to support learning

Packages for all

All the Next Generation Learning @ Home packages have:

- a computer that’s been pre-set up so its quicker and easier for families

to get started

- 3 years technical service and support

- enhanced warranty and re-instatement service

- installed office productivity suite

- pre-set parental controls

- firewall and an Anti Virus package with a 3 year licence

- the award-winning e-safety guide, Know IT All, preloaded onto every

machine

Customer Journey

Targeted Groups – building on existing expertise

• Support the home access needs of groups who might otherwise be at risk of being overlooked in a ‘parent’ focused programme.

• Learners for whom local authorities have direct or additional responsibility

• All LAs had the opportunity to receive Standards Funds through an expressions of interest process

• Opportunity to develop/refine guidance and support materials for parents/carers, learners, schools and LAs and gain insight to inform national programme.

Targeted Groups

• Maximum flexibility to reflect local priorities

• Input to Home Access national rollout

• Additional opportunity for National Challenge Schools

• Procurement support available if required*

–Mini-competition to secure value for money

–Capitalise connectivity costs

• Potential further funding in subsequent years

* Note the procurement approach builds on that used for Computers for

Pupils and not the accreditation/approved supplier route

Targeted Groups (2008-9)

Scale and scope of the Targeted Groups

110 local authorities responded with expressions of interest£17.8 million allocated20,850 learners targeted

Looked After Children 11400

Alternative Provision 4000

National Challenge 1850

Young carers 900

GRT and very mobile 850

Young Offenders 650

Minority Ethnic/EAL 550

Disabled 350

Special projects 300

Some examples of the targeted groups that will be supported

•Looked after children - virtual schools

•Young carers – support centre

•Children of abused women – access at ‘home’

•Complex needs – meaningful access

Supporting targeted learners and also informing the national programme

• Procurement

• Monitoring

• Networking and support

–Online community

–Guidance and case study development

• Research

QUESTIONS?

Further details

DCSF press notices - Sept/Octhttp://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0208

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0234

Taskforce reporthttp://about.becta.org.uk/content_files/corporate/resources/news/2008/september/Becta_Home_Access_Report.pdf

Becta home access site http://www.becta.org.uk/homeaccess

Next Generation Learning http://www.nextgenerationlearning.co.uk/

Contacts: (Policy) Terry Waller, Phil Boyle, (Mini-competition, Monitoring) Doug Woods(Procurement/Suppliers) Samm Parker, Regional Delivery Team local contact

(engage@becta.org.uk)

Terry Waller [terry.waller@becta.org.uk, Becta switchboard: 02476 416994]