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📈 The NEET crisis is one of the bleakest challenges that the government is grappling with right now, affecting nearly 1 million young people.

📰 Read my piece in FE Week, calling for government to stop slashing disadvantage funding at age 16, as part of the solution👇

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Youth NEET rates are soaring, yet every summer, we allow funding for supporting the education outcomes of young people facing disadvantage to fall away.

@sarahjwaite.bsky.social's piece in @feweek.bsky.social explores why we must resolve this to tackle the NEET crisis: feweek.co.uk/we-cant-tack...
We can’t tackle NEET numbers without fixing 16-19 funding
The system removes targeted disadvantage funding at 16, creating a gap that adds to NEET risk
feweek.co.uk
May 15, 2026 at 8:52 AM
We hope that the team working on the Milburn Review is looking at this and that a Student Premium is a recommendation in their final report.

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June 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM