This document contains NFER’s submitted evidence to the Education Committee’s New Inquiry: 16-19 Participation in Education and Training. In addressing the three points of inquiry specified in the invitation document, this submission draws on available evidence including key publications from NFER’s extensive research portfolio relating to young people’s transition from school to further education, training and employment.

Selected references are provided at the end of the submission.

National Foundation for Educational Research (2011). Education Committee New Inquiry: 16-19 Participation in Education and Training. Slough: NFER.