Last updated 16th September 2005
by Helen Nichols
Version 2 website
Launch 22nd October 2001

SYKSP Project - Aims

2004

The South Yorkshire Key Skills Project has now moved into the second phase of funding from ESF through Objective One in South Yorkshire. It is now entitled Pathways to Success 2.

Timescale -Phase 2 - September 1st 2003 to December 31st 2006.

Project closure details for phase 1

Report on SYKSP Project November 2001

The Project is designed to take forward development of the South Yorkshire Key Skills Passport. This is a scheme to help young people between the age of 13 and 16 to develop their key skill capability, and work towards the key skills qualification. It will provide a framework to train teachers and to map, deliver, track and assess key skills using appropriate resources.

This project will ultimately be rolled out to all of South Yorkshire's 76 secondary schools (72 secondaries covered by end of Year 3) and 7 FE Colleges and will significantly contribute to the regeneration of the region by equipping the future workforce with the key skills necessary for market competitiveness in the 21st century.

Pupils between the ages of 13 and 16 will be involved in the scheme to develop and record their key skills. Many will use a logbook, which enables pupils to build a portfolio of key skill achievement and this along with the successful completion of a multi-choice test will lead to the new key skills qualification at Level 1 and/or Level 2. Schools will be encouraged to make use of the logbook but where appropriate alternative methods will be used. (e.g. ASDAN scheme or exam board documentation)

Timescale: Phase 1 - 1st September 2000 to 31st August 2003.
Phase 2 - September 1st 2003 to December 31st 2006.

Outputs required for South Yorkshire Schools:
* 5,000 pupils gaining a level 1 unit (i.e. in any of the six key skills or ASDAN equivalent)
* 1,000 pupils gaining a level 2 unit (i.e. in any of the six key skills or ASDAN equivalent)
(NOTE: the above outputs do not relate to the key skills qual in the three
hard skills as this cannot be gained pre-16)
* 1,500 teachers trained
* A further 5,000 working towards the key skill qual ( these could be
pupils just using logbooks in development years, for example)
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