Age Range Changes

Thursday 22nd July 2021

As part of the launch of the new Company and Seniors programmes we are adjusting the age ranges for these two age groups. This will see the Company age group move from 4 to 3 years and therefore the Seniors age group from 3 to 4 years.

There are a number of reasons for this, including:

• Reducing age range in Company age group, when young people are going through key times of change – an 11-year-old is in a very different place to a 15-year-old.
• Improving the balance in numbers across age groups, making running a separate Seniors age group more sustainable.
• Enabling us to encourage separate age group programmes to ensure there is progression for young people aged 11 to 18 years.
• Incentive to move into Seniors age group to gain major awards (i.e. President’s and Queen’s Badge).

Whilst we would like to encourage all Companies to transition to the new age ranges we recognise that there needs to be some flexibility at a local level. Further guidance is available in the Programme Toolkits for Company and Seniors.