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

Figure 4.9: Whether gained qualifications at Year 11, by age parent/carer left school
90
80
70
60
Percent
50
40
30
20
10
0
15 years 16 years 17-18 years 19 or over
Age parent/carer left school
Yes No Don't know
Source: IES/MORI 2003
groupings (ie unskilled and not employed). Young people
were also more likely to have gained qualifications in Year 11
if their parents/carers had left full-time education at age 19 or
over, compared to those who left at age 15.
The likelihood of young people gaining qualifications also
differed according to SEN type (see Figure 4.10). Young
people with cognition and learning difficulties and those with
sensory or physical disabilities were more likely to gain some
qualification in Year 11. Whilst young people with behavioural,
emotional or social development needs were the least likely to
gain any sort of qualification at the end of compulsory
schooling.
Figure 4.10: Whether gained qualifications at Year 11, by SEN
90
80
70
60
Percent
50
40
30
20
10
0
Communication & Interaction Cognition & Learning Sensory/Physical Behaviour/emotional/social
Main SEN type
Yes No Don't know
Source: IES/MORI 2003
56 Post-16 Transitions of Young People with SEN: Wave 2