Interim Participation Snapshot for 16 – 19 year olds

Since November 2020, Skills Development Scotland published monthly management information related to the learning, training and work of 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland.  From November 2021, this was extended to include 18 and 19 year olds.

This management information was published due to concerns about how the pandemic would impact the education and employment prospects of young adults. The intention was to enable partners to monitor any changes and provide appropriate support to their customers.

The final update to this page was on 28 January 2025. The interim participation snapshot will no longer be published as the participation portal provides local authorities with daily reporting about the participation of 16-19 year olds. The Annual Participation Measure report published in August each year.

Latest publication: 28 January 2025

Interim Participation Snapshot for 16–19 year olds.

The updated interactive report below provides an overview of participation at a national and local authority level and is based on data sourced from the SDS Customer Support System (CSS). CSS is directly updated by SDS staff and through data shared by partners (including local authorities/schools, colleges, SAAS, DWP).  This dataset is also used to produce the Annual Participation Measure (APM) and to provide data for the Scottish Government’s School Leaver Destination Statistics. 

The interim participation snapshot will be updated in December and May, however, data sharing partners in local authorities and colleges can continue to access their own data at any time through the 16+ Data Hub.

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