'No Complacency': Cautious Welcome for Positive Leaver Destination Figures

'No complacency': Cautious welcome for positive leaver destination figures

Pupils are going on to positive destinations post-school but teaching unions warned against complacency

More school leavers in positive destinations in Scotland

The proportion of young people going into education, training or work nine months after finishing school is the joint highest since records began.  Additionally, the level of young people from deprived backgrounds going into positive destinations is the highest it has ever been.

Record Number of School Leavers Move into Positive Destinations

More young people than ever before are moving into education, training or employment after leaving school, according to newly published Scottish Government figures. The latest follow up destination statistics for 2024 to 2025 show that 93.5 per cent of school leavers were in a positive destination nine months after leaving school, matching the highest level recorded since consistent records began. The figures cover young people entering higher e…

Statistics show more school leavers in positive destinations

The proportion of young people going into education, training or work nine months after finishing school is the joint highest since records began. Additionally, the level of young people from deprived backgrounds going into positive destinations is the highest it has ever been. The latest Summary Statistics for Follow-up Leaver Destinations for 2024-25, show 93.5% of young people were in positive destinations including training, education, and e…

Major increases in school-leaver employment and university access in SNP years

From Summary Statistics for Follow-up Leaver Destinations, No. 8: 2026 edition, published today, the above table extract and: This statistical publication provides information on the follow-up destinations, nine months after the end of the school year, of 2024-25 school leavers from publicly funded secondary schools in Scotland. https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-for-follow-up-leaver-destinations-no-8-2026-edition/documents/ Th…