Guidance

Retention strategies for 16- to 19-year-old full-time learners

Findings from research into how to reduce early withdrawals by 16- to 19-year-olds from full-time courses.

From:
Department for Education
Published
18 January 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Pre-census (42-day) retention strategies for 16 to 19 full-time learners

PDF, 352 KB, 23 pages

Details

This guidance summarises key operational and strategic techniques used to increase learner retention, using:

  • data on withdrawal rates during the 2021 to 2022 academic year
  • strategies adopted by 10 colleges to reduce the level of withdrawals during the first 42 days of a full-time course

Updates to this page

Published 18 January 2023

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