This research is being commissioned to enhance our understanding of what data sources are available about young people with special educational and learning needs exiting the school system, with a view to supporting the NCSE’s role in planning and co-ordinating education services for adults with disabilities.  The research will map those data sources, identifying gaps in current knowledge. Subsequently, it will track cohorts of young people about whom less is known after they leave school (for example, young people who pursue no further education/training/employment options), identifying and examining the reasons for their post-school destinations and their experiences of them. It is intended that this research will support the NCSE in its remit in relation to education and learning of adults with disabilities.