LEAPS Transitions Course

Get the academic edge for university

Keen to prepare for university study? The LEAPS Transitions Course could be an S6 timetable option for you!

The LEAPS Transitions Course is designed to give students the skills and experience needed to make a positive transition from school to university.

It focuses on developing key first-year university-level academic skills. The course takes place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and it forms one option on a LEAPS-eligible student's S6 timetable.

Applications for the 2025-26 LEAPS Transitions Course have now closed but please find information about the course and our waiting list below.

While the application window for the 2025-26 LEAPS Transitions Course has now closed, if you are a LEAPS-eligible student interested in taking this course in S6 as part of your school timetable there is still time to sign up to the waiting list.

Complete the online waiting list form here and we will contact you if a place on the course becomes available.

(lf you have any queries, please email leapstransitions@ed.ac.uk or give us a call on 07774336265.)