LEARNING FOR LIFE
WITH changes to the age at which youngsters can leave education, “staying on” into the sixth form is an increasingly popular choice among the 18,000 or so youngsters in Kent who earned their GCSEs this August.
The government’s decision to raise the education participation age to 18 may not have gone down well with all of you, but it does offer more time to figure out exactly what it is you want from the world of work and an opportunity to get more qualifications. Indeed, evidence shows that people with more qualifications, such as two or more good A levels are likely to earn around 14% more than those without.
As well as providing more opportunity to cram your CV with the kind of qualifications to hook the right career opportunity when you do leave or go on to university, the new rules contain other less academic choices for those reaching the age of 16. You can:
Carry on in education at school or a further education (FE) college;
Earn and learn by taking up an apprenticeship or traineeship;
take on voluntary work; employment or self-employment for more than 20 hours a week alongside part-time education or training.
Roger Gough, KCC Cabinet member for Education, said: “It’s great news that thousands of young people have already accepted offers to go to college, stay on at a school sixth-form, take up an apprenticeship or start some other kind of employment with training. For those who haven’t got that far yet, it’s important that young people take their GCSE results and think about what they can do with what they have got.”
It’s also worth speaking with your careers teacher, friends and family, but remember, this is about you and what you want to do and it’s a decision that will determine just how much you get from your job – not only money, but satisfaction.
Kentchoices4u.com website has
more about the options and a host of suggestions that will help you to shape your future in education. You can even apply to more than one sixth form or college on this
Useful contacts
Check out your options and apply for sixth form and FE places at
Kentchoices4u.com
Make an appointment with your career’s advisor or contact the National Careers Service Hotline on 0800 100 900
Take advantage of the dozens of other websites offering you a chance to get a clearer idea of your career path, such as:
www.notgoingtouni.com;
www.apprenticeships.gov.uk;
www.kent.gov.uk;
www.volunteercentreskent.org.uk or for free information on starting your own business or becoming self-employed
www.kentfoundation.org and other inspirational organisations
www.young-enterprise.org.uk;
www.princes-trust.org.uk
site if you fancy changing schools or finding another that offers just what you want, be that academic courses or more vocational opportunities.
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Malling October 2016
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