Going to College/University

Check college websites regularly to see how their admission criteria change over the next few weeks and make sure you have completed your application forms and submitted by the end of May at the latest. Keep all letters and emails that are sent and received. Make sure you have completed all of your personal finance application forms and maintain a progress check on them.

Seeking an Apprenticeship/Job

If you already have an apprenticeship/job offer, keep in close touch to find out if they have any revised start dates. In the current situation, your business may cancel their apprenticeships or may not be trading. Keep applying for apprenticeships via https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

If you are going directly to the jobs market, remember to look for those jobs that give training and offer industry specific qualifications that will help you to move forward.

It is very important that you have a plan B. Make sure that you have a place at College or University to attend that supports what you are planning to do in the long term.

Short One year Vocational courses and professional qualifications

The world of work is going to be tough and chaotic over the next year as the world settles back down. So it might be tough getting a job or an apprenticeship. As a holding pattern, you might want to consider the following:

Go to the local Colleges (Stroud, Filton and Gloscol) and look at their professional qualifications courses that can lead to specific jobs. For example: 

• Accountancy AAT qualifications

• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

• Professional Marketing Qualifications

• Human Resources qualifications

• Computer programming language short courses 

• Engineering

Consider One year Foundation degrees (Fd) as well as Higher National Diploma's (HND) and Higher National Certificates (HNC)

Again look at these one and two year courses to help build your specific skill sets so that you are ready for the world of work.

Learning from Careers and Labour Market Information

​​​​​Understanding Labour Market Information (LMI) is becoming more and more important as the world changes, so that all students can be aware of where different job roles are needed around the country and what types of jobs may need more people in the future. Below is information on what labour market information actually means.

LMI means finding out the following things about different job roles or career pathways:

• What do people actually do in this job / industry?

• How many people work in this job / industry?

• How much do people get paid in this job / industry?

• What qualifications do I need to do this job?

• What skills or qualities do I need to do this job?

• What are the typical working hours for this job?

• What percentage of men / women work in this job / industry?

• Where can this job / industry take me in the future?

• Where are these jobs located around the country?

• How many of these jobs will there be in the future?

Planning my future after Rednock

This final stepping stone at Rednock. You are reaching a crossroads in your life where you and your friends will start to take different pathways.

Your have five choices:

1. Go to University

2. Go to College

3. Apply for Apprenticeships

4. Apply for a Job with training

5. Take a GAP year

Please take a look at the three slideshows “next steps”, “Applying for Apprenticeships and Jobs” and “Writing personal statements”.

Make sure that you hold lots of conversations with your Parents, Carers, Tutors and Sixth form leadership team, we are all here to listen, guide and advise.

6th Form next steps Handbook 

Application Forms and Personal Statement Presentation 

Personal Statement Worksheet 

Applying for Apprenticeships and jobs online 

Remember you can always re-enter many different forms of education and training throughout your life. We never stop learning, changing, adapting and improving. You are the generation that will have many different and exciting careers.

Grab the world by the horns and make it yours!