Social mobility white paper: Key measures

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 12:00 AM

Early Years - Supporting Child Development

-An injection of £57m to extend free childcare for disadvantaged two year olds - a further step towards the Government's long term ambition to make a free early learning and childcare place available to all two year olds

-All vulnerable pregnant mums to have access to a dedicated family nurse to help through pregnancy and first 2 years

World Class Schools

-New £10k bonuses to get and keep the most effective teachers in the schools that need them the most, which could reach more than 500 schools and 6000 teachers a year

Transition To Work

-Creating 35,000 new apprenticeship places so that all qualified young people will have a right to an apprenticeship by 2013

-A new guarantee for high potential young people from low income backgrounds to get the help they need to get to university

-Full time community volunteering programme for people not in education, employment or training in 33 local authorities

Getting On In Work

-Establishing a Panel that will identify and remove the barriers that prevent fair access to professional jobs

-Enable professionals to retrain and gain new skills by trebling the number of professional and career development loans from 15,000 to 45,000 in the next two years

Supporting Families

-£500 back to work training entitlement for parents and carers

-Employment support programme for young people leaving care

-£15million communities fund to tackle deprivation on the worst estates and build thriving and sustainable communities.

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