Barriers to accessing opportunities
Young people from year groups 7-10 told us that and not knowing what opportunities are available ( 55 %) and cost ( 48 %) are the biggest barriers when accessing opportunities outside of school .
Year Group 7-10 Year Group 11 - 14
Young people who live rurally don ' t know opportunities are available ( 54 %), cost ( 48 %) and transport ( 42 %) were the biggest barriers to accessing opportunities outside of school ; compared to young people who lived in a urban setting who don ' t know what opportunities are available ( 55 %), cost ( 49 %) and transport ( 37 %) were the biggest barriers .
Young carers don ' t know what opportunities are available ( 54 %) and cost ( 40 %) were the biggest barriers to accessing opportunities beyond school . Young people with special educational needs thought cost ( 50 %) and not knowing what opportunities were available ( 49 %) were the biggest barriers to accessing opportunities outside of school .
Young people who live rurally thought cost ( 71 %) and transport ( 63 %) were the biggest barriers to accessing opportunities outside of school ; compared to young people who lived in a urban setting who thought cost ( 72 %) and transport ( 61 %) were the biggest barriers .
Young carers thought cost ( 68 %) and transport ( 61 %) were the biggest barriers to accessing opportunities beyond school . Young people with special educational needs thought cost ( 71 %) and transport ( 62 %) were the biggest barriers to accessing opportunities outside of school .
Finding 9 Not knowing what opportunities are available , cost and transport are the biggest barriers to young people accessing opportunities outside of school .
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