Will you be able to achieve 3 Highers by the end of S6? (Highers CAN include the LEAPS Transitions Course and full 12 credit Level 6 Foundation Apprenticeships but CANNOT include Level 6 NPAs, Level 6 College courses or OU YASS courses)

Yes

No

Please check the following criteria and select all options that apply to you:

I attend a LEAPS Group 1+ or Group 1 school (Alloa, Bannockburn, Castlebrae, Craigroyston, Drummond, Eyemouth, Forrester, Gracemount, Hawick, Liberton, Lornshill, Newbattle, Preston Lodge, Ross, Tynecastle, Wester Hailes)

Student who is first generation in family to apply to higher education (this includes students whose parents do not already have a degree and students whose parents may have briefly participated in higher education but did not achieve a degree.)

Student from a low income background (for instance where a student is entitled to EMA, free meals in school, or where the family is entitled to a benefit such as Universal Credit)

Young carer (Anyone who provides unpaid care, for a friend, partner or family member, who due to illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.)

Care experienced (any student who has been, or is currently, in care.)

Are you estranged from both your parents? (a young person who currently has little or no contact with either of their parents and/or their legal guardian)

Student who lives in one of Scotland's 20% most disadvantaged communities as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD20). Please check your postcode on the next page.

None of the above but I'd like to check my post code please.

Check your eligibility

This postcode tool uses information from the Scottish Government's Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation postcode look-up file. Updates to SIMD are made by the Scottish Government. They may take place during the year and are outwith the control of LEAPS. The latest information can be found on the Scottish Government website here (https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-index-of-multiple-deprivation-2020/). Please contact us with any queries at leaps@ed.ac.uk.

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