Decision details

A pilot was undertaken during the 2014/15 academic year to identify gaps in provision, support school action plans; identify good practice and activities already taking place. This pilot worked in conjunction with the existing project Doncaster Skills Academy and aimed to build upon that work extending business interaction and embedding this support as part of senior leadership teams within school.
During 2015/16 the Enterprise Adviser network was established in Sheffield City Region between four partner authorities - Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster.

To approve the acceptance of this grant award made available by the Careers

Option 1 - It is agreed - The work would begin immediately using the current resource provision from Doncaster Chamber in order to retain the integrity of the project to date without any disruption to current EA Network partnerships that were developed over the last academic year. It will use their business network and contacts which are required for this project to achieve any outcomes. It will involve key members of their team organizing activities and meetings to support the development of these associated activities in schools/college.
Option 2 - It is not agreed - The local authority would be required to source further core funding and staff resources to retain the reputation of previous work and the current EA Network. This would require reaching out to an unknown market and possible reputational damage to the previous relationships that have been developed with school leaders to date. Within this timeframe this would not be a viable option to realistically achieve any outcomes.
An alternative approach is sourced - This project was launched on the 1st September 2016. There is no time to provide a procurement exercise in order to establish an alternative network or provision to deliver. There are no resources within the team to deliver this project.