Year 12 to 14 student

Students with special educational needs and/or one or more disabilities ...

... can get extra help, often up to the age of 25.

Our careers advisers in mainstream schools offer extra support if it is needed. They can work with our SEND team (Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities team) to make sure students get any additional help they need. Advisers offer support and advice to people with special educational needs and disabilities to make sure they reach their potential and use their skills and talents.

Career advice

Young people get impartial and independent careers information and advice both individually and with groups of other young people to help them develop their skills and talents fully. Where necessary, young people with special needs and disabilities get extra help finding out about and applying for careers and courses, including university, supported internships, apprenticeships and other post sixth form and college options. These Remploy factsheets describe some of the conditions and disabilities that may require simple adjustments or additional support.

Careers advisers:

• may attend individual reviews of students who have an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCp)
  
  
• are available at parents evenings and careers events.
  
  

• Kirklees Council, working in partnership with PCAN, has produced a series of guides, which are all available as one publication here - Parent’s Guide: SEND, preparing for adulthood. The guides cover key areas of information that help parents and carers support and prepare young people for adulthood and transitioning post 16.

Careers information

Where appropriate, parents and carers of students considering university after sixth form or college will get a copy of our overview of higher education and applying

Where appropriate, students get their own copy of one of the following booklets:

 UniFAQS - entry 2021 frequently asked questions about higher education - published March 2020