This afternoon I attended a seminar at County Hall looking at the county's examination results for last year. What is apparent looking at all the figures (and there are so many!) is that Oxfordshire does not perform as well as its statistical neighbours. Indeed, in most cases, we are bottom of the table. This needs to be looked at seriously, because Oxfordshire county should be doing better. Indeed we should be above the national average, but we seem to be just about tracking the national average in most cases.
A number of senior advisors and new members of staff have been taken on in the Children, Young People and Families Directorate to try and address these issues, and I hope that measures will soon be in place to improve the situation. If you wish to take a look at the national league tables for Oxfordshire then click here. It does make interesting reading.
We also heard about the new plans for the 14-19 agenda and the measures which will be coming on board, especially around apprenticeships and training. This all sounds quite inspirational especially some of the work-based training projects. We certainly need to be skilling up our young people especially during this time of recession.
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