Year 10

In Year 10 you start your GCSE courses. For the next two years, you will be working towards summer of Year 11 and your final exams. After Year 11, you can leave school, although you have to stay in some sort of education until you are 18.

Your careers day in March will introduce you to the options you will have at the end of Year 11, and also give you a taster of what it is like to study for a degree. We will take you all the the National Apprenticeship Show, where you can meet hundreds of employers and find out about apprenticeships in a wide range of careers when you are 16, or older.

The other half of the day is spent in a university lesson - you will be able to choose which one from a small range of topics. You will find out what it's like to learn at university, and be able to ask the guests about the higher education world.

Even if you are convinced you want to get an apprenticeship, or even if you know you want to go to university - got to each session with an open mind. You'll definitely enjoy it, and you might find something you hadn't considered before.

We hold regular career assemblies on a variety of different topics. We have heard from a physiotherapist, a detective chief constable, a rail engineer, a paramedic, a midwife, a prison officer, a teacher, a nurse . . . there is almost no limit to the people we can invite in to talk to you.

The assemblies are advertised on SharePoint, the careers calendar on the event page here, through your tutor groups, and posters around the school. Everyone is welcome to attend, but you must register to secure your place - no just turning up on the day.