Young Carers

Education Scotland (2025). Supporting Young Carers in Education. This resource aims to help practitioners recognise young carers and provides ideas about how they can effectively support them. This resource is a useful reference for whole staff or individual professional learning

Carers Trust (2021). Supporting Young Carers in Schools. This toolkit provides essential support to enable young carers services in England to significantly increase the identification and support of young carers in schools, and to secure vital new or continuation funding for local school engagement work.

The Scottish Government (September 2025) created this information for young carers, explaining the legal definition, how to access help at school, and for leaving school.