16- to 18-year-olds NEET
Reducing the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is one of the Department's key priorities and is particularly important in the context of raising the participation age.
NEET strategy and toolkit
In November 2007 the Department published its strategy for reducing those
NEET. The NEET toolkit was subsequently developed to support delivery of
the strategy; offering practical advice, activity ideas and guidance to local
authorities and their delivery partners. The toolkit also includes best
practice examples of action that has been effective in other areas, and a
checklist which authorities can use to develop and evaluate their local plans
and challenge delivery partners. The NEET toolkit and additional resources are
available below.
Detailed information, including the
latest NEET data and in-depth case studies are available on the DCSF
14-19 website.
The Connexions Service Specifications for LAs set out:
specified levels of contact with, and support for, particular target groups of
young persons and relevant young adults, as detailed here:
i) Local authorities must contact promptly all young people and relevant young
adults (including those up to 25-years-old with a learning difficulty or
disability) who are known to have become Not in Education, Employment or
Training (NEET), and are known to have left learning or who are expected
to leave learning shortly.
ii) Local authorities must maintain regular contact with young people and
relevant young adults who are at risk of becoming NEET. This might
include, for example, those with particular barriers to engagement, who have
had previous spells of inactivity, or who are in temporary employment.
iii) Local authorities must offer tailored packages of support to all young
people and relevant young adults who are NEET or at risk of becoming so, and
maintain contact until re-engagement in work or learning is
re-established.
NEET Resources
NEET
strategy and toolkit [DCSF 14-19 website]
Guidance
for Jobcentre Plus, local authorities and Connexions providers on working
together to support young people NEET [DCSF 14-19 website]
Connexions Partnership data for the proportion of 16- to
18-year-olds NEET for 2002, 2004 and 2005
The September Guarantee
The September Guarantee is the guarantee of the offer of a suitable place in post-16 learning to all young people leaving Year 11. From September 2008, we are extending the September Guarantee to 17-year-olds so that young people who have been on a short course, or have dropped out during Year 12, have a chance to re-engage in learning. The September Guarantee is a key part of the overall 14-19 strategy and supports the delivery of the NEET target. For full details, including information and guidance for local authorities and delivery partners, go to the DCSF 14-19 website.
This page was last updated on 29 August 2008
