Many young disabled people struggle to get effective support after leaving school to help them into employment, further study and living independently, according to Ofsted’s new report, Progression post-16 for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
Ofsted carried out case studies in 32 colleges, independent learning providers and local authority providers of adult and community learning. It found that while the transition arrangements in most colleges and work-based learning providers work well, local authorities (LAs) perform much more poorly. In only a third of cases had providers received a learning difficulties assessment from the LA, and these were not always timely or based on an objective assessment of need.
In the report, Ofsted makes a number of recommendations to improve support in the future.
The full report can be found along with a summary at here.
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