Dear Students,
On this page, you can find a range of helpful information to support you as you make choices about GCSEs, sixth form and your career. Please feel free to speak to Ms Ainsworth in the library for more information or guidance.
Post-16 Pathways
To find out more about the options that you have after GCSEs, click on the link below.
Useful websites
Start Profile – Start is a free, online careers platform, designed to connect students 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. Click here to search for Apprenticeship opportunities.
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
Aviation Industry: ‘Fantasy Wings’ work to facilitate sessions, conferences, mentoring and real flight training that at the end will give Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people and Women a platform to enter and excel in the Aviation industry / become commercial airline pilots. Click here to find out more.
More helpful careers websites can be found by clicking here.