School Leavers' Survey (SLS), 2007

The 2007 School Leavers’ Survey was carried out by the ESRI for the Department of Education and Science. The School Leavers’ Survey provides an insight into the position, experiences, and attitudes of school leavers approximately one year after leaving second level education. The School Leavers’ Survey ran consecutively from 1980 through to 1999 and in 2003, 2004 and 2006. The School Leavers’ Survey was not carried out in the years 2000 or 2001. School leavers who exited the second-level system in the 2004/05 academic year (between September 2004 and the end of August 2005), provide the reference cohort for this study. The School Leavers’ Surveys are based on a stratified random sample of those leaving the official second-level system, which includes the Post Leaving Certificate sector (PLC). Respondents were interviewed between 20 and 26 months after leaving school.