The number of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) has fallen to 809,000. The figures for the April to June 2014 period represent a fall of 1.9 percentage points when compared with the same period in 2013. Within this number, are 146,000 16 to 18-year-olds, down 1.1 percentage points. Participation for 16-year-olds is now at 95.3 per cent, up 1.2 percentage points.
The BBC’s Bitesize revision website has published computer programming study guides to help support the teaching of coding within the new computing curriculum. It has said it is a prelude to a “wider coding initiative planned for next year”. The new materials cover 40 different elements matched to the new curriculum and content for older children includes algorithms, data representation and binary. Visit: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/computing
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