About LEAPS

We work with young people, supporting aspirations and providing impartial advice about higher education. We currently work with state secondary schools throughout South East Scotland and the Forth Valley area, supporting pupils who match LEAPS eligibility criteria. LEAPS is an impartial, multi-exit, programme, meaning we support students to apply to any higher education institution. LEAPS-eligible pupils have gone on to study at universities and colleges all over Scotland and beyond.

We are funded by our higher education institution and local council partners, and we are supported by Skills Development Scotland.

LEAPS also delivers the Scottish Funding Council’s Schools for Higher Education Programme (SHEP) in South East Scotland, in partnership with the National Schools Programme, to support Senior Phase pupils in Scotland from backgrounds of socioeconomic disadvantage and underrepresented groups to access higher education in university.

Please watch our What is LEAPS? Presentation to find out more about LEAPS. 

You can also take a look at our website to discover more about the work that we do and you can read our latest annual report.

We are always developing new activities, and welcome new ideas, so please contact us if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.