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90% Participation Project desk research

The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has an aspiration to raise the participation of 17 year olds in educ ... Show more
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has an aspiration to raise the participation of 17 year olds in education to 90% by 2015. Detailed analysis of successive cohorts from the Youth Cohort Study (YCS) shows that the single most important influence on post-16 decisions is the young person’s level of attainment in school. However, 40% of 16 year olds who achieve 1-4 GCSEs grade A-C or 5+ GCSEs grade D-G do not participate in education and training at 16, even though a number of pathways are open to them with these grades. The DfES commissioned this desk research to better understand the attitudes, motivations/aspirations and behaviours of this audience, identify likely barriers to post-16 participation, determine how they are influenced, and make initial recommendations for how this group could be encouraged to participate.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills (DfES) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2007

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: DfES research report

Subjects: Youth; Outcomes; Participation ... [+] Show more