Utter failure and still they complain

I have visited a number of young offenders places in the course of my consultancy career. I read today that just 4% of kids aged 14-19 are doing GCSE or A level. AT the same time, the people responsible for this education (LSC and the winners of their tenders) are complaining that things will get worse if Local Authorities take over responsibility.

How can they get worse - is 4% a fantastic result that can never be bettered? Of course not, kit's about time this area was shaken up to the core, it's a scandal and only ignored because we can all claim it's someone else's problem when in reality, good education and prospects will inevitably improve life prospects but bad education will ensure criminality remains an attractive option for them.

It's something I have written about before, I'll continue to write about in the furture until we recognise it as a problem that we can sttept to solve.

posted by Jonathan Wells, founder of Guroo, the UK's most successful company developing resources and content for functional skills in the 14-19 curriculum.