What next after Year 11?

If you are considering college this year, DON’T WAIT to talk to us! 

Contact the college direct immediately to secure your place or discuss any changes IMMMEDIATELY. 

Places are likely to be limited and courses will fill up quickly for this year. 

Further helpful links are below: 

• Local Colleges:  

• Reading College (Activate Learning): Reading College (activatelearning.ac.uk)  

• Bracknell and Wokingham College (Activate Learning): Bracknell and Wokingham College (activatelearning.ac.uk) 

• Farnborough 6th Form College: The Sixth Form College Farnborough 

• Farnborough College of Technology: Farnborough College of Technology | Ofsted Outstanding - Farnborough College of Technology (farn-ct.ac.uk) 

• Henley College: Home | The Henley College Oxfordshire 

• Berkshire College of Agriculture: Vocational, Technical, & Higher Education | BCA 

• School 6th forms: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/starting-6th-form-age-16  

• New Meaning, Reading: Offers a range of courses, with opportunities to develop life skills, employability skills and Maths and English, along with work experience and work placements: Training | New Meaning 

• Enemy of Boredom Academy, Bracknell: a range of Level 1, 2 and 3 courses, along with Maths and English, for young people interested in video game creation and design (including young people with an EHCP): About | EOB Academy 

• Princes Trust Team Programme: A 12 week personal development programme, which aims to support young people to build confidence, meet new people, acquire new skills and gain a qualification: Adviza | The Prince's Trust Team Programme in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire  

• Starting Point, Reading: Offers mentoring support, focusing on practical support, such as CV writing and interview skills, and social-emotional support, such as building confidence and self-esteem: Mentoring - Starting Point 

Apprenticeships, Employment, Work Experience and Voluntary Work: 

• National Apprenticeship Service: For further information on apprenticeships and to search for an apprenticeship:  

Become an apprentice (apprenticeships.gov.uk) 

Browse apprenticeships before you apply 

• Confidence for the Future Programme, (for 18+ young people): Offering support to gain important employability skills alongside a work placement or volunteering assignment: Web.Enrol (webenrol.com) 

• Berkshire Opportunities: A one-stop-shop digital service for the benefit of the Berkshire workforce, with information on options, vacancies and the local labour market: Berkshire Opportunities Homepage / Information for Employers (berkshireopportunities.co.uk) 

• JAC Retail Placement, Wokingham: JAC in a Box - Retail Placement | Just Around the Corner (JAC) Ltd (jacoutreach.org) 

• Wokingham Volunteer Centre: Wokingham Volunteer Centre – Connecting Volunteers with Opportunities in Wokingham 

Additional Support, Including ASD and SEND Support:

• SENDIASS: Providing free, confidential, impartial advice, guidance and support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities:  Homepage (sendiasswokingham.org.uk)  

• Optalis Supported Employment Service (for 18+ young people): Offering support to obtain or maintain employment through a Supported employment Pathway or through an individual Placement and Support: Supported Employment Service | Optalis 

• ASSIST Wokingham: Working with autistic young people and their families in the Wokingham Borough: Wokingham Directory | ASSIST Team (Autism Spectrum Service for Information Support and Training)  

• Autism Berkshire: Helping and supporting autistic people of all ages and their families in Berkshire: Autism Berkshire Reading - Autism Berkshire 

• ASD Family Help: support, advice & activities for autistic individuals or those with other learning disabilities, including their parents, carers or professionals in Wokingham and West Berkshire: ASD Family Help – Improving services for autistic children and adults 

• Kimel Foundation: Support, guidance and signposting for the neurodivergent community, around employment and self-development:  

Kimel Foundation: Home - Kimel Foundation - championing employability for all 

Kimel Café: 120 Evendons Lane, Wokingham RG41 4AT: Supporting Neurodiversity (kimelcafe.com) 

• Wokingham Recovery College: General wellbeing and mental health support (18+): Wokingham Recovery College - mental health support