CYP Now - Youth Contract extension results in just five long-term placements

Only five 16- and 17-year-olds have been helped back into education, training or employment for an extended period under the government's £1bn Youth Contract since eligibility criteria was extended last year, it has emerged.

In January last year the criteria for 16- and 17-year-olds who could be helped via the scheme was extended to include young offenders, young people in the care system, and those who had only one GCSE from A* to C grade.

Previously, the scheme had only been available for those who didn’t have any GCSEs above a D grade.

Statistics produced by the Education Funding Agency show that 1,722 of the “extended cohort” were enrolled on the Youth Contract between January and the end of September last year.

Of these, around one in three (29.2 per cent) were recorded as starting education, employment, or training.

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