Where do I go and what should I do? Routes through further education

Pamela Lenton

No 2006014, Working Papers from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates the educational attainment of young people between the ages of sixteen and eighteen after having entered full-time post-compulsory education. In particular we focus on the educational attainment and labour market trajectory of `underachievers´: young people who have chosen to remain in full-time education at age sixteen, despite not gaining the widely recognised U.K. academic benchmark of five GCSE grades A*-C. Our results suggest that the best route to educational success for young people considered as of lower ability at age 16 is through the FE college where they catch-up with their `more able´ counterparts by age 18.

Keywords: Attainment; Vocational Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2006-12, Revised 2006-12
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