§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who will meet the logistical costs, particularly within rural areas, of pupils moving between school, college and places of work, for education under the government proposals for pupils between the ages of 14–19. [HL3828]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandAs the Green Paper14–19: extending opportunities, raising standards makes clear, we will use the 14–19 pathfinders to test a variety of models of collaborative working in different circumstances, including in rural areas, to secure greater choice of curriculum pathways for 14–19 year-olds. The pathfinders will provide evidence of the financial implications of delivering the 14–19 strategy: they will try out in particular different approaches to funding students who are spending significant amounts of time in an institution other than their parent institution. In addition, we will look at existing good practice in delivering 14–19, for example the Tamar Valley Consortium which featured as a case study in the Green Paper.