Understanding the Educational Background of Young Offenders – Ministry of Justice and Department for Education (2016)

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Summary:

Link to document and tables about understanding the educational background, characteristics and needs of children sentenced in 2014.

Description:

The Ministry of Justice and Department for Education have published a report that presents initial findings from a major data sharing project to further understand the educational background of young people in the Youth Justice System in 2014.

The focus of initial analysis from this data share is on understanding the educational background, attainment outcomes, characteristics and needs of children aged 10 to 17 years who were sentenced in 2014 in England and Wales. The full report and statistical tables are available on the gov.uk site.