Disadvantaged young people are twice as likely as their peers to end up not in education, employment or training (NEET), five years after sitting their GCSEs, new analysis of government data has found.
High drop-out rates of disadvantaged pupils from post-16 education is the main driver behind the figures, analysis of Department for Education statistics by teacher training organisation Teach First has found.
It shows that one in three young people from poorer backgrounds are not in sustained work or education, five years after sitting their GCSEs, compared with one in seven young people from wealthier backgrounds.
