The founder of the Sutton Trust Sir Peter Lampl has welcomed Lord Sainsbury’s recommendations, which should see more young people have improved apprenticeship and college options.
Technical education
Lord Sainsbury’s report into technical education has called for the stripping away of thousands of vocational and technical qualifications in favour of 15 “pathways”.
Sir Peter Lampl, who is also the chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, commented:
“We welcome the Sainsbury report on technical education, which should enable young people to have improved apprenticeship and college options. It is particularly welcome that the panel wants to see a more coherent framework for technical qualifications, developed with employers.
“Good careers advice is essential and we need more advanced and higher level apprenticeship courses for young people. It is not good enough that only a third of young people are on apprenticeships leading to an A-level qualifications and above and that only a quarter of the new higher apprenticeships have been taken by young people.
“Strong technical and vocational options are vital in providing opportunities for young people. It is to be hoped that the implementation of today’s report will allow young people to take advantage of these opportunities.”
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Sir Peter Lampl’s EEF has teamed up with J.P.Morgan to recently launch a new £5m fund to improve the outcomes for the hundreds of thousands of young people who leave formal education each year without having received a C in England or maths at GCSE.
Worryingly, the Department for Education’s latest figures showed that 29% (181,400) of students left school at 18 without achieving a C grade in GCSE English, whilst 26% (165,700) hadn’t achieved a C in maths.
Together, the EFF and J.P.Morgan will work for three years to identify the most cost effective ways of improving attainment and employment opportunities for those 16-18 year-olds who have failed to make the grade. The £5m will fund between six and eight randomised controlled trails of the most promising projects in the area.
For more information about the projects and how to apply for programmes, please visit: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-5m-fund-to-improve-maths-and-english-results-for-young-people-without-g/
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