Work
Work schemes
Entry to Employment (e2e)
If you are aged 16 - 18 years, you live in England and are not participating in any form of post-16 learning, you can be admitted to e2e if that is an appropriate option which will enable you to progress to an apprenticeship, further learning or a job.
Young people under the Extended Guarantee can also participate in e2e.
You will be expected to undertake learning in three interdependent core areas: basic and key skills, vocational development, and personal and social development.
Although e2e is not time-bound, it is based on the needs of each individual. You may need relatively short periods of time to prepare for entry to an Apprenticeship, employment, or further vocational learning opportunities. If you have more complex personal and social needs you may require much longer periods before you are ready to enter and sustain suitable training and employment.
Attendance should normally be 30 hours a week, for a minimum of 10 weeks. Learners may start by attending for 16 hours a week, but must build this up to 30 hours as soon as possible.
Attendance will vary from 16 hours up to 40 hours a week but this will depend on your learning capacity, aspirations, needs and progression choices.
Learners taking part in e2e programmes can apply for an Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). Since 30th June 2008 all eligible learners taking an LSC funded e2e programme are entitled to the maximum EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) of £30 a week regardless of their household income.
