LEARNING FOR LIFE SIXTH FORM CHOICES


HAVING survived seven years of primary school education and a few years of teenage angst, parents might think it’s all plain sailing onwards to their child’s ultimate dream career. Not so.


For some, the challenge of GCSE’s make some teens question whether or not an academic option is the right way forward. The prospect of a possible further five years’ studying, on top of the 12 already done, is just too much to contemplate and the thought of some hands-on vocational training and an earlier pay packet is simply too much to resist!


Parents with aspirations their offspring would sail through sixth form and on to university clutching a string of accolades can take heart, however, as Kent is blessed with a good choice of colleges, which offer an alternative to the traditional sixth form in school.


Many students thrive in a college atmosphere, which is very different to school, and it is


possible to take A-levels both at Mid-Kent College (one of the largest colleges in the south east) and at K College (which has more sites than any other in Kent). Both offer apprenticeships in Maidstone, Medway, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells – giving you the chance to learn AND earn! - while K’s ‘parent’ Hadlow College still one of the country’s leaders in all things agricultural and horticultural.


A spokesman for K College, which offers a wide range of courses for apprentices in everything from dental nursing to plastering and plumbing, said: “Apprenticeships offer high quality work-based training for young people who want to develop their prospects and career options.”


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Malling October 2014


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