A best practice report on apprenticeships for young people published today by the watchdog found that those who had completed work experience, course tasters or vocational study were more likely to make good progress in their apprenticeship than those starting straight from school without it.
Official figures show that around one in four of those starting an apprenticeship drop out.
The report found that work experience in the area that interested the young person was “a positive force” in equipping young people with an appropriate work ethic and basic employment skills to succeed in an apprenticeship.
But despite the benefits of work experience, the employers in the survey said that the number of students they could accommodate on placements was restricted.
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