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Disadvantaged young people less likely to start best apprenticeships
1 December 2017
Disadvantaged young people are substantially less likely than their better-off peers to start the best apprenticeships, according to new research published by the Sutton Trust. Just seven per cent of young men and 11 percent of young women who were eligible for free school meals take up an apprenticeship at Level 3– A-level standard – much less than 14 per cent in the cohort as a whole. Better Apprenticeships draws on research by teams from the Centre for Vocational Education Research at LSE and UCL Institute of Education to analyse the current state of play for apprenticeships in England. The Sutton Trust wants to see any young person who starts on a level 2 apprenticeship – GCSE standard – automatically progressing to level 3. It also wants to ensure that all apprenticeships are of high quality, with many more higher and degree level apprenticeships available for young people.
Related publications
"Apprenticeships for Young People in England: Is there a Payoff?" by Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally, and Guglielmo Ventura, CVER Research Paper 010 (November 2017) is available at http://cver.lse.ac.uk/publications/default.asp
This paper is part of the "Better Apprenticeships" project, funded by the Sutton Trust https://www.suttontrust.com/research-paper/better-apprenticeships/