It has become clear to all interested parties that the education system has been failing many teenagers. Indeed, the statistics speak for themselves: participation in education at age 17 in the UK is the fifth lowest among 28 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; nine per cent of 17-year-olds are not in education, training or employment; and 15 per cent are in employment without training.
In his report, Tomlinson says this disengagement, which peaks during Key Stage 4, manifests itself in truancy, exclusion and bad behaviour.
To counter this, he wants to raise participation and tackle the educational causes of disengagement by offering a choice of relevant programmes and activities that allow young people to pursue their interests and aspirations; by enabling them to gain confidence by receiving credit for "small steps of achievement"; and by making it easier for learners to progress through a diploma framework.
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