Building on Young Apprenticeships

Equal Opportunities

The Department for Children, Schools and Families commissioned this report to support the implementation of the recommendations made within the earlier research, 'Young Apprenticeships: Equal Opportunities'. Composed of three main elements, this report:

• illustrates how to produce careers and training information to promote Young Apprenticeships (YA) to atypical entrants in three strongly gender-segregated sectors
• demonstrates how to encourage wider choices and provide practical information, advice and guidance (IAG) through the provision of taster sessions during YA recruitment
• identifies examples of good equalities practice within YA delivery through progress-update visits to the five original case study areas.

The study identifies that, within the delivery of the YAs, there is a close link between good equalities practice and good practice more generally.

Each of the report appendices are available to download separately:

• Appendix 1: Critical Success Factors (PDF)
• Appendix 2: Good EO Practice Case Study Examples (PDF)
• Appendix 3: Developing Sector-Based YA Information Toolkit (PDF)
• Appendix 4: YA Taster Design and Evaluation Toolkit (PDF)
• Appendix 5: Taster Case Studies and Illustrative Examples (PDF)