Post-16 Transitions: a Longitudinal Study of Young People with ...

Table 4.15: Most helpful person when preparing for post-16 activities
All
Statemented
Non-statemented
Special
school
Mainstream
school
N = % % % % %
Parents/carers 741 45 39 50 33 48
Other school staff 295 16 20 12 29 12
School Careers Adviser 277 16 16 15 18 15
Careers Service/ Connexions
personal adviser
142 7 9 6 8 7
SENCO 122 6 9 5 5 6
Friends or partner 62 4 3 5 1 5
Other family member 45 3 1 5 1 4
Social Worker/Services 25 1 2 1 3 1
Doctor/health worker 5 * * 0 1 0
Other 26 1 1 1 1 2
Note: All percentages are weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated
* - less than 0.5 per cent
Source: IES/MORI 2003
planning for the transition than those without statements and
those in mainstream schools.
Just seven per cent of young people said that the Careers
Service/Connexions personal adviser had been the most
helpful when preparing for post-16 activities. Once more,
young people in Connexions areas were slightly more likely to
report that this was the case (13 per cent) compared to young
people in non-Connexions areas (six per cent).
When asked about the type of help these people had provided,
to prepare young people for their post-16 activities, it appears
that most help came by way of providing information rather
than with decision-making or help to progress into work or
further education. Young people were most likely to report
that they had provided information (46 per cent) and/or had
explained the options available to them (also 46 per cent).
Thirty-nine per cent of young people reported that these
people had helped them to make decisions about their future
and a similar proportion said that they had helped them to
progress into work or further education. Just 16 per cent of
young people had received help to plan for additional support
needs (Table 4.16).
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