Parental Information and Resources
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship advice for parents
The government have produced a very useful guide to apprenticeships and the process of application.
If you would like more detailed information please see the ‘Amazing Apprenticeships’ parents’ pack, downloadable from the following link:
Each month amazing apprenticeships produce a parents and carers pack with current information.
Podcast series for parents to help them to support their child with careers advice and guidance.
T-Levels
Financial Support
Information for students and families about financial support in Post 16 Education
Your choices at Post 16 may impact on what level of financial support you and your family is entitled to. For more information, see the Department for Work and Pension (DWP) website:
This website allows you to input your details, and then calculates what support you are entitled to.
A document that sets out some of the financial support available to 16-19 year olds in further education.
T Levels – This guide provides parents with information about the new exciting opportunities provided by T Levels which are available at local colleges.
Sites for post 16 students looking at higher education -
Informed Choices
This is a Russell Group guide to making informed choices about post-16 Education. It is packed with useful information, and the 5 Point Plan for making A Level choices is a good tool for clarifying your thoughts.
UCAS
Has all the information that you would need to consider if you were applying to university and undergraduate and postgraduate options. This site also gives you advice on finance and student support.
Not going to University
This is a site devoted to those students who do not want to go onto university and gives advice about alternatives such as gaining work experience, completing a gap year, studying at college and apprenticeships.
Post 16
Those students interested in studying at CVCC at post 16 can also speak to their tutors and the Head of Sixth Form for university application advice. The careers team supports the work of the post 16 team by supplementing the tutorial programme with advice on apprenticeships and assisting with the students securing Work experience.
Contacts- Mrs Sally Trump coordinates the Careers and Work Related Learning Programme at Clyst Vale and is the designated careers lead. You can contact her by email- careersadvisor@clystvale.org
Any specific work experience enquires should be emailed to halmees@clystvale.org