Policy context

More Choice, More Chances

More Choices, More Chances aims to provide additional support to young people who are not in education, employment or training ;to enable them move into learning or employment, by:

• Ensuring that Curriculum for Excellence provides opportunities to young people under 16, that are tailored to individual need, with flexibility and appropriate support for every young person.
• Ensuring that every young person has a clear pathway from school into learning post-16; with supported transitions and sustained opportunities.
• Ensuring that learning is a financially viable option, by considering the financial support and incentives available to young people.
• Ensuring that the right support is available to young people to find out about, engage with and sustain learning and employment.
• Making a joint commitment to action between central and local government, employers, learning providers and support agencies to develop the service infrastructure required to meet the needs of vulnerable young people.

All of these actions are about ensuring that young people are able to access the universal services from which they should benefit, aligning mainstream systems to cater for all young people including those who need additional support.

Skills for Scotland

The Skills for Scotland Strategy places the individual at the centre of learning and development and aims to keep young people in education post-16, and to put in place effective processes for identifying early those young people least likely to secure and sustain training and employment. 

It also includes a commitment to encouraging partnership working and encourages schools to see themselves as part of a wider lifelong learning system.