RIGHT ADVICE AND EXPERIENCES

A lack of access to the right advice and experiences at the right time is one of the major barriers to opportunity.

There is an adage “you can’t be what you can’t see”. Getting great access to career advice and the chance for those wider experiences that broaden horizons and set schoolwork in context are vital. It really makes the difference between a young person being able to know about opportunity and then understand the steps towards it and not. Working out how we can consistently provide high quality careers advice, support, mentoring and access to work experience is a vital step in improving social mobility.  

Measures: 

• Percentage of 16-24/16-18-year-olds not in education, employment or training [NEET] (Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics) 

• Percentage of 16–18-year-olds continuing in education (Longitudinal Educational Outcomes, UK Government) 

• Percentage of 17–30-year-olds to enter higher education, and to go to the most selective institutions (National Pupil Database, UK Government) 

These measures have been developed by the Purpose Coalition and in consultation with the Office for National Statistics.