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Youth apprenticeships: Key policy developments

Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

In 2017, the government introduced an apprenticeship levy – a charge to an employer of 0.5 per cent of their annual pay bill if it is more than £3m – which is used to fund the training of apprentices.

Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic

News

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

| CYP Now

Half of young people from low-income backgrounds say they don’t know how they’ll get their life “back on track”, following the Covid-19 pandemic.

University challenge: help for care leavers

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Care-experienced young people are significantly less likely to attend university than their peers. Experts explore what support needs to be in place for them to access the benefits of higher education.

Queen’s Speech 2021: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill ‘central to pandemic recovery’

News

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

| CYP Now

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has laid out plans to create new laws to improve post-16 education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Budget 2021: Training providers praise jobs boost for under-25s

News

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| CYP Now

Post-16 education leaders have praised investment in traineeships and apprenticeships for young people as part of the Chancellor’s Budget.

Turing Scheme: how young people can benefit from opportunities

Analysis

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The new Turing Scheme will support young people in schools, colleges and universities to study or work abroad, to develop new skills, gain international experience and boost their employability.

Council and college leaders call for 'radical shake-up' of SEND support in further education

News

Thursday, December 3, 2020

| CYP Now

Council and college leaders are calling for a “radical shake up” of the support young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive in further education.

Apprenticeship system 'failing disadvantaged young people'

News

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged young people are being failed by the apprenticeship system, the Social Mobility Commission has warned.

Election 2019: Education leaders praise Labour's vow to reverse school cuts

News

Thursday, November 21, 2019

| CYP Now

Education leaders have welcomed the Labour Party’s pledge to reverse cuts to the education system and offer free training to school leavers.

Government response on work experience 'disappointing'

News

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

| CYP Now

Calls to improve "patchy and inconsistent" work experience for young people have been met with "no concrete commitments" from government, according to a British Youth Council (BYC) committee.

Replace GCSEs with 'broad and relevant' baccalaureate, says MP

News

Monday, February 11, 2019

| CYP Now

An influential Conservative MP has called for an overhaul of the school examination system so that pupils have a greater range of non-academic and vocational options by the age of 16.

Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships

News

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

| CYP Now

The government's skills policy needs a "radical overhaul", the shadow international trade minister has suggested.

Future of early years training standards group in doubt

News

Thursday, September 27, 2018

| CYP Now

The future of an employee-led group established by government to develop early years training standards is in doubt after its lead member Busy Bees, the UK's largest nursery chain quit.

Progress stalls on closing GCSE disadvantage gap, study finds

News

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

| CYP Now

Progress in narrowing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is stalling, with no progress at all recorded among the poorest children in recent years, analysis of government data has found.

Careers strategy 'will fail' most disadvantaged pupils

News

Friday, February 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve employment advice will fail to offer help to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people, careers guidance experts have warned.

Former minister calls for incentives for schools to promote apprenticeships

News

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Schools should be incentivised to promote apprenticeships as a positive career option for young people, a former education minister has said.

Disadvantaged pupils 'falling further behind', study finds

News

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

| CYP Now

The attainment gap between the most disadvantaged pupils and their peers has worsened over the past decade, analysis of government data has revealed.

Rise in number of young people classed as 'long-term' Neets

News

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) for more than 12 months has increased by almost 100,000 over the last year, a rise of 12 per cent, a report has found.

Volunteer school mentor numbers top 1,300

News

Monday, March 6, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 1,300 volunteer mentors are now working in schools across England as part of efforts to boost careers education, it has emerged.

Sports charity gets £1.2m to help young people into work

News

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity that uses sport to help unemployed young people find work, education and training opportunities has been handed £1.2m to help expand its reach this year.

High demand for Jobcentre Plus advisers in schools, study finds

News

Friday, December 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Jobcentre Plus advisers in schools are in high demand ahead of a national roll-out in three months time, according to a study.

Youth mentoring programmes to share £3.5m to support underachievers

News

Monday, November 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth mentoring programmes in England are to share more than £3.5m in a bid to support thousands of young people who are at risk of disengaging from education.

Grammar schools 'do not improve exam results'

News

Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Grammar schools do not affect exam grades and have little impact on social mobility, it has been claimed.

Lib Dems urge post-Brexit protection for EU youth programme

News

Monday, September 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The participation of young people from the UK in the European Union's (EU) Erasmus training and study programme must continue after Brexit, the Liberal Democrats have said.

Charities urge more help in tackling pressures facing girls

News

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A "perfect storm" of life pressures is harming girls' mental wellbeing, and government and schools need to do more to help reduce them, two children's charities have said. ??

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Youth apprenticeships: Key policy developments

Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic

University challenge: help for care leavers

Queen’s Speech 2021: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill ‘central to pandemic recovery’

Budget 2021: Training providers praise jobs boost for under-25s

Turing Scheme: how young people can benefit from opportunities

Council and college leaders call for 'radical shake-up' of SEND support in further education

Apprenticeship system 'failing disadvantaged young people'

Election 2019: Education leaders praise Labour's vow to reverse school cuts

Government response on work experience 'disappointing'

Replace GCSEs with 'broad and relevant' baccalaureate, says MP

Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships

Future of early years training standards group in doubt

Progress stalls on closing GCSE disadvantage gap, study finds

Careers strategy 'will fail' most disadvantaged pupils

Former minister calls for incentives for schools to promote apprenticeships

Disadvantaged pupils 'falling further behind', study finds

Rise in number of young people classed as 'long-term' Neets

Volunteer school mentor numbers top 1,300

Sports charity gets £1.2m to help young people into work

High demand for Jobcentre Plus advisers in schools, study finds

Youth mentoring programmes to share £3.5m to support underachievers

Grammar schools 'do not improve exam results'

Lib Dems urge post-Brexit protection for EU youth programme

Charities urge more help in tackling pressures facing girls

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