Increasing Participation: Understanding young people who do not participate in education or training at 16 and 17
The aim of this study was to achieve a better understanding of those who are either Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) or in a Job without Training (JWT) at 16 and 17 by providing a more detailed breakdown of the ‘types’ of young people within these two categories, the structural and personal issues they face and the likely routes into participation in learning for each of them.
The study comprised analysis of Youth Cohort Study data to segment young people who are NEET or in JWT and a literature review. Qualitative interviews were undertaken in four Local Authorities with 120 young people who were NEET, in JWT or previously NEET or in JWT and now engaged in education or training, and 39 professionals who work with such young people.
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