{"id":21981,"date":"2024-11-27T12:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=21981"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:11:02","slug":"post-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/preparing-for-adulthood-transitions-guide\/post-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68b9ac02af118\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"parent-banner clearfix no-padding\" id=\"block_acf-block-68b9ac02af14b\"><div class=\"banner-outer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"banner-show parent-banner-outer parent-banner-1\" data-aos=\"fade\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x banner-top\"><div class=\"medium-6 large-6 cell medium-order-1 content-1\"><div class=\"banner-content with-subheading\"><header><p class=\"banner-subheading\">Devon\u2019s SEND Local Offer<\/p class=\"banner-subheading\"><h1>Post-18<\/h1><\/header><p>Usually after school or college &#8211; moving into employment, higher education or volunteering.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68b9ac02af17a\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-68b9ac02af1bf\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">Transition topic areas for post-18<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div 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