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

and sixth form colleges (11 per cent). Six per cent of young
people in education reported that they were studying at
specialist colleges for learners with learning difficulties/
disabilities.
Young people who had a statement of SEN whilst in
compulsory schooling were more likely than those without
statements to be continuing their studies at school or within a
specialist college for people with learning difficulties or
disabilities (LDD), and less likely to be at an FE or tertiary
college (Table 5.8).
A similar pattern was observed for young people who had
attended a special school compared with those from a
mainstream school. Not surprisingly, young people with
different SEN types were also attending different types of
educational establishment.
Young people with communication and interaction difficulties,
and those with sensory and/or physical disabilities, were
more likely than those with cognition and learning difficulties
or behavioural, emotional and social development needs to
have remained at school post-16 or be attending a specialist
Table 5.8: Educational establishment, by SEN (per cent)
College of Further Education or
tertiary college
Communication
and Interaction
Cognition
and
learning
Sensory
and/or
physical
Behaviour /
emotional /
social
development
49 63 40 53
School 21 14 27 19
Sixth Form college 12 10 15 12
Specialist college for learners with
learning difficulties/ disabilities
8 4 10 7
Residential school 2 1 2 1
Independent or other college 1 1 1 2
Residential Training Colleges 1 0 1 0
Private training centre 1 0 0 0
University 0 1 1 0
Other 4 5 2 5
Don't know 1 0 1 1
N = 232 444 87 108
Note: All percentages are weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated
Source: IES/MORI 2003
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