Senior Phase (S4-S6), a flexible system that offers increased personalisation and choice, where young people continue to develop the four capacities and have opportunities to gain qualifications. All young people in Scotland have an entitlement to a senior phase of education which:

• provides specialisation, depth and rigour
• prepares them well for achieving qualifications to the highest level of which they are capable
• continues to develop skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work
• continues to provide a range of activities which develop the four capacities
• supports them to achieve a positive and sustained destination