Employment, Apprenticeships and Gap Years

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Independently-published ‘Parents’ Guides’. Click on the image above to read the guide.

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Independently-published ‘Parents’ Guides’. Click on the image above to read the guide.

This student guide to apprenticeships will enable you to explore apprenticeships and find out whether they are the right choice for you.

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If you decide that an apprenticeship is the right choice for you, you are advised to create an account with the government’s ‘Find An Apprenticeship’ service: https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

Careerpilot and Morrisby are both excellent organisations that can help you to decide on a career, whether you want to go straight into employment or take an apprenticeship first:

There are many companies that specialise in helping young adults arrange a gap year. A good starting point is a simple Google search (using the search term ‘gap year’) but here you can see typical help and information from one such company, GapYear360:

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Students – You will find lots of other useful information on our Post-16 Community Google Classroom. The joining code is cruhkyz.