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Special Report: Apprenticeships

The government has a goal to create at least three million apprenticeships by 2020, with many of these placements being targeted at vulnerable and disadvantaged groups of young people, writes Derren Hayes.

Apprenticeships: Policy context

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  • Wednesday, January 2, 2019
  • | CYP Now
As part of a wider drive to improve the status of vocational training, successive governments in recent years have developed policies to boost the number and quality of apprenticeship places.

Special Report: Narrowing the Attainment Gap

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  • Tuesday, November 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The gap between disadvantaged children and better-off peers is narrowing slowly, but policymakers are developing innovative programmes to boost the academic achievement of those struggling at school.

Inspecting 'off-rolling'

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted has found evidence that a significant minority of schools are finding ways to manage more challenging pupils out. New tools will make it easier to identify this practice, says Jo Stephenson.

Inspections Clinic: School careers guidance

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  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Following the launch of the government's Careers Strategy earlier this year, there are a raft of new requirements for providing careers advice and guidance that schools must meet from September.