Eleven local authorities are between them trialling three different schemes, looking at the delivery of advice and guidance, ways to engage 16- and 17-year-olds who drop out of learning, and the development of an area-wide strategy to engage all young people in education and training.
The government will produce a delivery plan to help local authorities prepare to raise the compulsory participation age later this autumn, and will pull together good practice from the pilots, which launched last month, by next spring.
Iain Wright, minister for 14-19 reform, said: "By offering good careers advice and by helping those not in education, employment or training re-engage with learning, we will help ensure all young people understand the options available to them and fulfil their potential – we’re providing the opportunities, now we need to make sure every young person knows about them."
The compulsory participation age will be raised from 16 to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015, as part of the Education and Skills Act 2008.
The authorities taking part in the pilots are: Barnsley, Cumbria, Derby, East Sussex, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire, Lambeth, Newcastle, Staffordshire, Swindon and Wandsworth.
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