There are more than 100,000 16 to 18-year-olds who have “simply disappeared“ from education and training, with local authorities having no idea where they are.
This is one of a number of serious findings contained within a report from Parliament’s Committee of Public Accounts.
The committee has identified a number of barriers that are preventing young people from remaining in education and training after finishing key stage 4. These include:
Continuing problems with “patchy” careers advice.
A lack of support with the cost of travelling to school/college.
Cuts to per-student funding for 16-to-18 education.
A lack of understanding within the Department for Education (DfE) of the impact of its existing initiatives and programmes.
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