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Winters leavers' programme helps to transform participants' life chances

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A NEW programme targeting pupils in North Lanarkshire at the greatest risk of leaving school without a positive post-school destination has transformed the life chances of everyone who took part.The winter leavers’ pathways programme was launched last May offering young people the opportunity to engage in a full-time curriculum linked to employment.Winter leavers can often feel disadvantaged by having to stay at school until they reach 16 years, half way through the academic year at the end of December.The group were previously three times more likely to leave school without a positive destination, such as further education, training, apprenticeships or employment, than their summer-leaving peers.Councillor Frank McNally, convener of

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