Overview

Report title: Community Apprentice Evaluation Report ​

Source: BIT​

Year published: 2024

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Context
  • Schools increasingly aim to build employability and confidence, but traditional curriculum delivery limits non-academic skill development​
  • Community Apprentice is a 12-week youth-led social action program designed to build self-efficacy, social confidence, and teamwork​
  • A large-scale RCT tested its effects on GCSE outcomes and personal development in disadvantaged schools
Outcomes
  • There was no measurable impact on GCSE performance results showed no difference between participants and non-participants a year after the program​
  • Students in the program showed clear gains in non-academic skills—self-efficacy and social confidence—while teamwork gains were smaller and not statistically significant​
  • The program was delivered as designed, but results showed large differences depending on the quality of coaching, which influenced how much students benefited
Implications
  • Embed social action into employability strategies—schools and policymakers should treat program like this as practical tools to build confidence, initiative, and communication, not as academic interventions​
  • Improve consistency through coach training—delivery quality shaped outcomes; developing clear coaching standards can help scale the model more effectively​
  • Redefine how success is measured—funders and ministries should assess program like this based on personal development and future readiness, not just academic scores
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