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MPs criticise Ofsted on careers guidance scrutiny

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised Ofsted for not being tough enough on schools that offer poor-quality careers guidance.

Parliamentary committee to investigate 'patchy' school careers guidance

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have launched an inquiry into the "patchy" quality of careers guidance services.

Workless young people to attend employment ‘boot camp'

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Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Out of work young people between the ages of 18 and 21 will be placed on an intensive activity programme within the first three weeks of submitting a benefit claim under plans put forward by government.

Call for ‘radical rethink' on careers guidance

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Friday, July 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A radical rethink of how careers guidance services are provided is necessary because the current system is "patchy and fragmented", a trade association has said.

Cuts 'risk the future' of thousands of young people, councils warn

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Fewer than one in 10 councils have sufficient powers and funding to meet their legal duties to support young people who are not in employment, education or training (Neet), it has been claimed.

Only one in four apprenticeships goes to under-19s

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Only about a quarter of apprenticeships are going to under-19s despite the age group accounting for more than half of all applications, it has emerged.

Charity urges five-year plan on Neets

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Government must develop a cross-departmental strategy to improve careers advice and school-to-work transitions if it is to prevent tens of thousands of young people becoming Neet over the next five years, a charity has warned.

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

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Friday, April 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has pledged a raft of improvements to careers support and vocational training in schools if it wins the next general election.

MPs criticise low uptake of apprenticeships for under-18s

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Monday, March 9, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on schools and the government to do more to address the low uptake of apprenticeships among teenagers.

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Brent has thrown out plans to axe youth services, close children's centres and impose sweeping cuts to its Connexions services.

Trafford looks to create a youth trust as cuts bite

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Monday, February 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Trafford Borough Council is seeking to establish a youth trust to run local youth services as it looks to slash £3.2m from its early help provision for children and young people.

Morgan announces careers advice body for schools

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is to establish a careers advice company in a bid to improve the quality of guidance services in schools and colleges, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced.

Clegg expands Neet support programme

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Monday, October 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Work to improve employment support for 16- and 17-year-olds is to be delivered in a further 30 local authority regions.

More specialist advisers needed to tackle careers guidance 'postcode lottery'

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools and further education colleges should be able to access specialist careers advisers as part of an expanded National Careers Service, a report by academics at the University of Derby concludes.

Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people aged 18 to 21 and out of work or training for more than six months will need to do community work to continue receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA), Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

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MPs criticise Ofsted on careers guidance scrutiny

Parliamentary committee to investigate 'patchy' school careers guidance

Workless young people to attend employment ‘boot camp'

Call for ‘radical rethink' on careers guidance

Cuts 'risk the future' of thousands of young people, councils warn

Only one in four apprenticeships goes to under-19s

Charity urges five-year plan on Neets

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

MPs criticise low uptake of apprenticeships for under-18s

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

Trafford looks to create a youth trust as cuts bite

Morgan announces careers advice body for schools

Clegg expands Neet support programme

More specialist advisers needed to tackle careers guidance 'postcode lottery'

Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'

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