Post-16 Transitions with an EHCP

Raising the participation age is not the same as raising the school leaving age.

Young people can choose the best post-16 option and will be able to leave school after year 11 and consider the following options:

• Full-time Education – at a school Sixth Form, a General Further Education College (GFE)
• Traineeship and Supported Internships – at a local training provider or a college. This will give young people a minimum of six months (12 months for  Supported Internships) of work placement and they will be supported by a work mentor
• Apprenticeship – this is done through an employer and leads to work-based qualifications up to level 3
• Employment with training – if employed, self-employed or volunteering full time (20 hours or more a week), a young person must still be in learning for at least 280 hours a year, the equivalent of one day a week during term-time