This is a very important year for your young person. Decisions, building on the research started in Year 10, will need to be made. Your young person will now need to think about the type of course they want to do and how that links to their future career path.

The school may have a choice of prospectuses or brochures which list course information and open evenings for colleges and 6th Forms to help with this.

If the young person has a learning difficulty and/or disability and will be leaving school to enter college or a work based learning programme, the school’s careers advisor will complete a My Future, which records the young person’s goals for after 16 options. Your young person will need to consider giving permission to share some information with certain colleges or 6th Forms. If they decide not to give permission then the college or 6th form may not be in able to understand their needs and offer the right level of support.

The Annual Review for Year 11 will need to be held in the Autumn term before the young person leaves compulsory education. From the age of 16 your young person can start to make the decisions about their future as they become the main decision maker for themselves. Now is the time for your young person to give information about the difficulties they experience, which they may need help to overcome. Using the information in the young person’s Education, Health and Care Plans from Year 9 and Year 10, will help the young person move towards their goals.