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Opportunity North East Summary Report April 2020

ONE is a data driven project, collating and extrapolating data from a student level up to whole project level. This report presents headline findings to help inform decision making for the project moving forward.

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Opportunity North East (ONE) is a three year, £24 million, Department for Education (DfE) sponsored project. ONE is part of DfE’s commitment to improve education and boost productivity in the North East and Tees Valley areas. 

As of April 2020, we have completed two of the seven planned student interview cycles. 333 assessments have been completed in cycle 2. To date, up to 30 students per school have engaged with the project. Whilst this is very early data, some of the emergent themes from Cycle 2 are presented in this report

Opportunity North East Summary Report

ONE identified five main challenges that exist across the North East region that are
needed to achieve the overarching ambition. The main focus of ONE pilot is on Challenge 4 “too few young people find a pathway to a good career”.

Overall 28 schools are involved. The pilot was developed through consultation with school leads and DfE selected the participant schools. Participant students were selected by schools, up to 30 per school. Challenge 4 specifically supports students through years 10 and 11.

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Reflecting on the impact Opportunity North East has had so far with Neil Willis

Neil Willis, Regional Lead, Education Challenge at the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, reflecting on the impact Opportunity North East has had so far, and looking forward to its next phase.

For the past year, we have been working with colleagues from Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) to develop a joint approach to support a strand of The Department for Education’s pioneering Opportunity North East (ONE) programme.

Designed to ensure all pupils have the same opportunities to learn, develop and achieve success, regardless of their background or where they live, Opportunity North East is an absolute determination that no child should be left behind.

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