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The latest data from the OECD shows that the proportion of 15 to 24-year-olds in the UK who are classified as NEET is 12.1 per cent compared to the OECD average of 11.4 per cent and the EU average of 9.7 per cent. [...] Even in how you were onboarded into the school, it was in the processes, it was in the policies institutionally.” Young person A 29 The impact of accountability measures Two of the main accountability measures for state-funded schools in England are: • The English Baccalaureate (EBacc): introduced in 2010, this records the percentage of pupils who enter and pass their GCSEs in all the following su. [...] While this was clearly very helpful to the companies and young people concerned, it does not, in my view, alter the balance of the evidence.” 140 Such comments from employers are unsurprising given the aforementioned evidence of the benefits of the YA programme to both young people and employers, yet the Wolf Review was unmoved. [...] Nevertheless, it was decided that in the context of the spending cuts enacted by the Coalition Government, “the high cost of the [YA] programme could not be maintained” and “it was also felt that that the programme would need to be significantly re-designed to fit with the English Baccalaureate and the recommendations of Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education.”144 As previous chapt. [...] …Teachers and young people frequently referred to the importance of the Student Apprenticeship in acting as a ‘bridge’ between school and the workplace.” 157 The SA programme encountered some logistical challenges, such as gauging the appropriate level of employer involvement, the motivation of schools to participate and support students during their placement, health and safety issues and getting.