Dear Parents/Carers,
On this page, you can find a range of helpful information to support your child through their GCSEs and sixth form. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact our Careers Lead, Ms Jackie Ainsworth, at Jackie.Ainsworth@georgemitchellschool.co.uk.
GCSE Results Day 2025 Guide
Please click on the link to see this year’s Results Day guide, written for parents and carers.
‘Choices’ – Monthly Parent Guide to Apprenticeships and Technical Education
July’s edition features Keely, a former dental apprentice, insights from Specsavers on their apprenticeship programme, opportunities with Volkswagen, changes to apprenticeships, and top tips for using the summer to get ahead.
The Parents’ Guide
The Parents’ Guide aims to provide a range of free support for both parents of sixth form students as well as those taking GCSEs, including guides, useful articles, a Q&A system where they answer questions personally, live chats and a blog with the latest news. They cover all the important issues that you may find helpful.
Qualifications and Post-16 Pathways
To help parents understand what options their children have after GCSE and Sixth Form, the Parents’ Guide have created a summary of the different levels of education, what types of qualification are available, and how different options suit different students. You can access it here.
You can also view our Post-16 Pathways page to find out more.
Personal Statements
Why not try the personal statement mind map to get your children to think about the step-by-step of what they can include in their personal statements. You might also benefit from this free guide: The Parents’ Guide to Personal Statements.
Free parent guides
The Parents’ Guide to homelife and study
The Parents’ Guide to helping your child know ‘what’s next’
Start Profile – Start is a free, online careers platform, designed to connect families with their future career potential.
National Careers Service – a comprehensive careers website with job profiles, outlining: the skills required, main tasks, pay levels and career prospects for hundreds of different jobs. In addition, valuable guidance on the different stages involved in getting a job.
Skills for Careers – a website for anyone wanting to know more about apprenticeships. The website has a search facility for job specific apprenticeships in a particular area.
Careers Pilot – comprehensive information on the jobs market. Contains information on the main employment sectors, including the number of people working in that sector and whether the number is projected to increase or fall. In addition, information on job salaries, relevant subject areas, top employers and types of apprenticeships.
Icould – helpful videos about a wide range of job roles
UCAS – a very helpful website for students thinking of applying to higher education. Also contains valuable information on different options, including apprenticeships
More helpful careers websites can be found by clicking here.
In the Spotlight…
Labour Market Information– The LMI for All portal provides high quality, reliable labour market information (LMI) to inform careers decisions.
Parent and Carer Adviser– Free impartial advice for parents and careers
Metropolitan Police Recruitment Process – Guidance on how to apply for the Met.