In school this week, students have been learning about the different types of apprenticeships available to them, both in assemblies and tutor time as part of our Personal Development Curriculum, and in subject lessons. By law, all students in England must stay in education or training until they are 18, and while most of our students choose to stay on at school, it’s worth exploring the other options that are available to them.

At 16 students can chose one of three options:

• Stay in full time education (at school or college)
• Start an apprenticeship or traineeship
• Spend 20 hours per week or more working or volunteering, while also being in part-time education or training

At 18 an increasing number of students are exploring apprenticeships as an alternative to university, and Degree Apprenticeships mean that students can start work with a company and get a degree alongside, with the bonus that the employer pays for the university fees.

If you are interested in finding about more about apprenticeships and the different sectors the following links are helpful: https://apprenticeshipguide.co.uk/apprenticeship-category/industry-sectors/    

https://amazingapprenticeships.com/apprenticeships/

The UCAS website also has a very good parent guide: Parent and guardian guide to apprenticeships | Undergraduate, Apprenticeships | UCAS and a myth-buster page: https://www.ucas.com/apprenticeships/top-apprenticeship-myths-busted

All students have a 1:1 Independent Careers Guidance meeting in Year 10 or 11, and the option of one in Year 12 or 13, and this is something that can be explored in that meeting.

Miss S Chant

Careers Lead

NEWSFLASH: Language Nut are once again holding a world-wide competition to win up to £50 in Amazon vouchers. We have had students in the Top 50 every time in past competitions (even in 1^st place!) so here is your chance! It runs from 5^th to 18^th February, so you don’t need to make the huge effort for quite so long this time. It’s great revision!

Parents/Carers often ask us how to support their child when learning a language, particularly when they can’t speak it themselves. A really simple way is to encourage them to use www.languagenut.com. We subscribe to this excellent website and each student has their own individual login. There, they can practise vocabulary, grammar, phonics as well as the four different skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. This is particularly useful for KS4 when they are revising for their GCSE exams. All students have regular homework assignments on the website but can spend as much time as they want there. If access to the internet is difficult at home, they can use the computers in the library at school. 

Mrs L Samworth

Subject Leader - MFL