My company has started to look beyond graduates and into schools. Doing this means we accept that a heavier commitment to training.  A great deal of effort is going in to partnering with Princes Trust, and working out how to make tech jobs appeal to women. We are certainly not alone in doing this in the Manchester UK region. There is a hard headed reason for this. Technology touches eveything in today's world . The challenges posed by such a diverse audience are not going to be met by a culturally limited IT department. The challenge is to change the culture and mindset permanently. You cannot achieve such a change by putting "We are an equal opportunity employer" on an advert and hoping for the best.
And you know what?  It's hard work but the most fun I've had in ages. As Terry Pratchett wrote "It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done". That's what we get from school leavers