Traineeships: Year Two Process Evaluation

Traineeships are an education and training programme that provide young people aged 16-24 in the UK with an intensive period of work experience and work preparation training, as well as offering them support in improving their English and maths to give them the best opportunity of entering an apprenticeship or employment. The first evaluation report was published in March 2015. This current evaluation explored the views and experiences of: (1) Year Two Survey of Trainees: 2,153 trainees who commenced a traineeship programme between August 2014 and July 2015; (2) Trainee's Follow Up Survey: 416 trainees who were interviewed as part of the Year One evaluation programme and then interviewed again between 18-30 months after the traineeship (December 2015 and January 2016); and (3) providers, trainees, employers and local referral agents who were interviewed as part of six qualitative case studies between November 2015 and February 2016. The main aim of the research was to understand learner viewpoints on how the implementation of traineeships is working, with a particular focus around short and medium term outcomes for trainees alongside risks to successful implementation and barriers to delivery.