Youth Futures Foundation · 2025
This report maps the landscape of government-funded support available in England in 2024 to help four groups of marginalised young people — those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, experience of mental ill-health, care experience, and criminal justice system involvement — transition from education and training into employment. IES identified 80 national support mechanisms and a further 79 in two North East local authorities (County Durham and Newcastle). Key findings highlight significant complexity, fragmentation, and unevenness in provision, with access often dependent on diagnosis, disclosure of personal information, or geography, creating 'postcode lottery' effects and leaving many young people facing confusing pathways at critical transition points.