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Report highlights the growing crisis boys face in education, employment and wellbeing
Created: 11/04/2025
News/Events Category: Children and Families
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The Centre for Social Justice have published a report highlighting the growing crisis facing boys and young men in the UK, calling for urgent action as they fall behind in education, employment, and wellbeing.
Some key information from the report includes:
- The proportion of young men failing to move from education into employment or training has been steadily growing for 30 years. In July to September 2024, 15/1% of men aged 16-24 were not in education, employment or training (NEET), compared to 11.2% of women.
- From nursery to university, boys are falling behind girls. 75% of girls are school-ready compared to just 60% of boys.
- Boys on average achieve half a grade lower than girls across every subject. At A-level girls outperform boys by an average of over a grade and half across their best three subjects.
- British boys are less healthy than at any time in living memory, with 1/4 of boys in year 6 having obesity.
- Over half of child sexual abuse and exploitation is now child-on-child, with boys accounting for 90% of perpetrators.
Click here to read the report.
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