Rachel is extremely knowledgeable and a very competent researcher, and produces clear reports with realistic proposals for action and timescales.

West Sussex County Council

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Strategic Area Review: Local Area Reviews

Date: January 2003 - October 2003

Client: Learning & Skills Council Essex; KPMG

Papworth Research & Consultancy worked with KPMG to deliver reviews of 14+ education & training provision (in Basildon & Thurrock and in Castlepoint, Rochford & Southend) designed to help Learning & Skills Council Essex meet the requirements for its Strategic Area Review. Rachel Papworth designed self-completion surveys and undertook a series of consultations.

The self-completion surveys collected information from the following:

Parents

Year 12 students

Young people not in education or training.

The consultations gathered perceptions of provision with relation to adequacy of volume, quality, relevance, accessibility, financial barriers to improvements, gaps, collaboration and priorities for action. They were undertaken with the following types of stakeholder:

Information, advice & guidance providers

Private training providers

Higher Education providers

Organisations delivering projects financed through the Local Initiatives Fund (LIF) and Single Regeneration Budget (SRB)

Headteachers of secondary schools.

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