The decisions your child makes about their next steps and life beyond secondary school are very important. As their Parent or Carer, there is much you can do to help and support them with these decisions. There are many pathways available to young people and it is best to be fully informed about each one, in order to best guide which is the most appropriate for your child.

In the downloads section below, there are a series of Parent Guides for which we hold a licence. This licence allows our school community to access these guides for free. These provide really useful information, advice and guidance for parents of Year 11s at this key transition change. These are designed to help parents and carers to support their children with some of these decisions and these can be found in the downloads section below. 

In addition to these licenced guides, the company also provide a series of free downloads as well. Please click the links here to be taken to these additional resources: 

https://www.theparentsguideto.co.uk/free-resources 

https://www.theparentsguideto.co.uk/t-levels 

https://www.theparentsguideto.co.uk/post/is-an-apprenticeship-the-right-choice-for-your-child

https://www.theparentsguideto.co.uk/post/what-can-my-child-do-after-their-gcses

In November each year, we send out some specific guidance to Year 11 students and parents applying to Farnborough 6th Form College for the following September. The information is designed to help students and parents understand the application and interview process in the upcoming months. Please find a copy of this year's presentation and a recording of this on the 'Year 11 applications for post-16 progression' page within the menu on the left.

There are lots of useful websites and online resources that help to support parents of students at key transition moments of their education:

What's next? A guide to starting your career 2023 (reed.com)

Routing for Them - SEND 

https://www.parentalguidance.org.uk/ 

https://www.talkingfutures.org.uk/

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711088/Parent-Guide-Apprenticeships.pdf

https://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk/

https://hants.emsicc.com/?radius=&region=Hampshire%2C%20Portsmouth%20and%20Southampton

In addition, please find the recording of our recent 'Introduction to Apprenticeships' live online information event (27/11/2023). The slides from the presentation are also available separately in the downloads below.