High drop-out rates of disadvantaged pupils from post-16 education is the main driver behind the figures, analysis of Department for Education statistics by teacher training organisation Teach First has found.
It shows that one in three young people from poorer backgrounds are not in sustained work or education, five years after sitting their GCSEs, compared with one in seven young people from wealthier backgrounds.
Meanwhile, disadvantaged young people are almost twice as likely to drop out of their A-Level course compared with non-disadvantaged peers, it adds.
Teach First says that the best the way to tackle the “destinations gap” would be through the introduction of pupil premium funding for 16–to 19-year-old pupils.
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