CYP Now - Too many Neet young people under Croydon YOS, inspectors say

Nearly a third of 16- to 18-year-olds worked with by Croydon’s youth offending service (YOS) are not in education, employment or training (Neet), inspectors said.

Croydon YOS has been rated as "requires improvement". Picture: Adobe Stock

HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) found that the rate of Neet 16- to 18-year-olds under the YOS was 30 per cent compared with just 2.8 per cent in the borough overall.

“The proportion of children and young people who are Neet is too high, and substantially above that for Croydon and London overall. Education and information, advice and guidance practitioners have not worked effectively enough with partners to develop sufficient appropriate post-16 opportunities to meet the needs of the young people they are supporting,” the inspection report says.

Croydon YOS is the biggest in London and the second largest in England and Wales.

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