Following yesterday’s King’s Speech, where the government announced new investment for apprenticeships, a push on school standards, and a response to the Milburn review on NEETs, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following comment.
“We greatly welcome the government’s commitment that young people will not be held back due to poverty, special educational needs, or a lack of respect for vocational education.
“Extra investment in apprenticeships and a push on school standards is also welcome. However, these will not produce the change that ministers wish to see if there are not enough high-quality pathways into those apprenticeships and the high-paying careers that follow.
“We need to increase the provision of high-quality technical education, delivered with employers, at the school level. We are optimistic the upcoming report by Alan Milburn will build on admirable progress that the government has made in this area.
“England’s 44 University Technical Colleges deliver high-quality, employer-led technical provision which supports school students into apprenticeships, higher education, and careers. UTC students are more than two and a half times more likely to enter apprenticeships than the national average. UTCs have higher proportions of students eligible for free school meals and with SEND needs, but have fewer students not in education, employment or training (NEET).
“Baker Dearing is calling on the government to pilot UTC Sleeves, which would replicate a UTC education within a mainstream school, opening transformative benefits for more young people and pipelines of talent for skills-strapped employers.”
His Majesty yesterday told Parliament: “My Ministers believe that every child deserves the chance to succeed to the best of his or her ability and not be held back due to poverty, special educational needs, or a lack of respect for vocational education. My Ministers will continue to invest in apprenticeships and measures that tackle youth unemployment. They will respond to the Milburn Review and the Timms Review and continue to reform the welfare system to support both young and disabled people to flourish in work as the basis for long-term economic security. A Bill will be brought forward to raise standards in schools and introduce generational reforms of the special educational needs system [Education for All Bill].”
Baker Dearing calls for high-quality apprenticeship pathways following King’s Speech
Baker Dearing calls for high-quality apprenticeship pathways following King’s Speech
Following yesterday’s King’s Speech, where the government announced new investment for apprenticeships, a push on school standards, and a response to the Milburn review on NEETs, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following comment.
“We greatly welcome the government’s commitment that young people will not be held back due to poverty, special educational needs, or a lack of respect for vocational education.
“Extra investment in apprenticeships and a push on school standards is also welcome. However, these will not produce the change that ministers wish to see if there are not enough high-quality pathways into those apprenticeships and the high-paying careers that follow.
“We need to increase the provision of high-quality technical education, delivered with employers, at the school level. We are optimistic the upcoming report by Alan Milburn will build on admirable progress that the government has made in this area.
“England’s 44 University Technical Colleges deliver high-quality, employer-led technical provision which supports school students into apprenticeships, higher education, and careers. UTC students are more than two and a half times more likely to enter apprenticeships than the national average. UTCs have higher proportions of students eligible for free school meals and with SEND needs, but have fewer students not in education, employment or training (NEET).
“Baker Dearing is calling on the government to pilot UTC Sleeves, which would replicate a UTC education within a mainstream school, opening transformative benefits for more young people and pipelines of talent for skills-strapped employers.”
His Majesty yesterday told Parliament: “My Ministers believe that every child deserves the chance to succeed to the best of his or her ability and not be held back due to poverty, special educational needs, or a lack of respect for vocational education. My Ministers will continue to invest in apprenticeships and measures that tackle youth unemployment. They will respond to the Milburn Review and the Timms Review and continue to reform the welfare system to support both young and disabled people to flourish in work as the basis for long-term economic security. A Bill will be brought forward to raise standards in schools and introduce generational reforms of the special educational needs system [Education for All Bill].”
