How can schools inspire key stage 4 students who can’t see the value of going to school or getting good grades – and who risk becoming NEET? Dr Susie Bamford outlines some successful strategies

In England today we have a group of young people who are not able to see the value of going to school or getting good grades. These youngsters are NEET (not in education, employment, or training).

Latest figures show that the proportion of 16 to 24-year-old young people in England who are NEET was 11.6 per cent (actual number 690,000) as of December 2015.

But the majority of these young people are not facing complex barriers to learning such as teenage pregnancy or having social care involvement – they’ve simply become disengaged. Given appropriate support at the right stage these youngsters could go on to achieve the grades they need, find a job or training that they enjoy, and make a contribution to society. But without this, they could slip through the net to become NEET and remain NEET into later adulthood.

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