What do you want to do in the future?

Very soon, you will need to makesome important decisions about yourfuture…

•Sixth Form?

•College?• Apprenticeship?

Full participation

• All year current year 11 students will need to be in one of the following next year :

• School Sixth Form

• College

• Apprenticeship

• Part-time education or training if you are employed, self-employed or volunteering full-time

CollegesCollege courses usually focus on one subject leading to a particular job area (a vocational course) such as:• Car mechanics

• Animal care

• Plumbing

• Horticulture

• Sport

• Hospitality

and many more!

CollegesMain providers:

• City College

• Henley College

• North Warwickshire and Hinckley, Nuneaton

• Warwickshire College – Rugby, Leamington, Moreton Morrell

• Stratford College

Check out websites for more information

Open Evenings• City College : Thursday 14th January

• Henley College : Tuesday 19th January

• North Warwickshire and Hinckley, Nuneaton: Wednesday 9th December

• Stratford College: Friday 27th January

• Warwickshire College – Trident, Friday 27th January

• Leamington Moreton Morrell College – Saturday 30th

January (need to book)

• Leamington, Moreton Morrell : 27th -31st January, depending on which site

Check out websites for more information

Apprenticeships• An Apprenticeship is a real job with

training so you can earn while you learn and pick up recognised qualifications as you go. They take between one and four years to complete and cover 1,400 job roles in a wide range of industries, from things like engineering to financial advice, veterinary nursing to accountancy.

• Go to apprenticeships.org.uk

Mrs Waring Miss RobertsMrs Carter Mr Handy

Why stay at Caludon?

Why stay at Caludon?

•99.8% A-E pass rate

•52% of A level grades were A*, A or B

•High percentage of students go on tostudy at top universities…

•Students not going to university have allgone on to apprenticeships/college/ jobswith training

•We support all students, whatever theirability, and help them to progress.

Level 3 courses on offer•A wide range of A Level & BTEC Courses (level 3)•Access to an even wider range of subjects atconsortium school•To study level 3 courses you need 5 GCSEs at grade Cor above, including English and Maths•Some A level subjects require 5 grade Bs or a B in thesubject.• Maths A Level will need an A (there is an alternativecore maths which is an AS which will only need a B)• Choose 3 or 4 subjects

Art and Design

Biology

Business Applied

Chemistry

Computing

Drama and Theatre StudiesEnglish Language

English Literature

French

Geography

Health and Social Care AppliedHistory

ICT

Mathematics

Further Mathematics

Media Studies

Moving Image Production

Music

Philosophy and Ethics

Photography

Physical Education

Physics

Product Design

Psychology

Science

Sociology

Spanish

Sport

Travel and Tourism

One Year course on offer

•If you do not get C grades in Maths andEnglish, we have a One Year courseavailable:

•Opportunity to resit Maths and/orEnglish GCSEs.

•A 1 year BTEC level 3 course in Traveland Tourism which is equivalent to an ASlevel

One Year course on offer

•Skills for post 16 including the ExtendedProject Qualification

This is an AS level, but can also be a level2 course for some.

•No specific qualifications are requiredfor this course, but we expect a positiveattitude to learning.

What we offer

A range of Enrichment and WorkExperience opportunities to extend yourskills and confidence and support andguidance to help to prepare you for thefuture.

Primary School

Hospital Work Experience

Duke of Edinburgh

What our students say…

Excellent facilities and a very good area

for private study…

Teachers talk to you like adults and treat you with respect

Teachers are supportive and give you lots of

advice…

Lessons are more interesting as you study the subjects

that you have chosen…

Teachers talk to you like adults and treat you with respect

Teachers encourage you and push you to achieve your best…

What happens next?

First Thoughts. You need to consider your options and investigate them to see which would suit you. You can apply for several options.

College: Go to the websites, look at the courses, and see when there are open days. Apprenticeships: Look at the website.

What happens next?

Thursday 3rd December. Post 16 Open evening at Caludon. Subject fair and presentation to parents. Prospectus will be available.

Preparation and Reflection: In the next couple of weeks teachers will talk to you about post 16 studies in your classes.

What happens next?

•New subjects (Psychology, Travel and Tourism, Moving Image Production) will give you information at the Open Evening and possibly in another assembly and mentor sessions over the coming weeks.

•If you want to study a subject which you don’t do now, talk to staff at the Open Evening.

What happens next?•Option form: Fill in a form [given out in tutor time on Friday 4th December] indicating your options for the Sixth Form or your chosen college course/ alternative .•You will need to look carefully at the Caludon Sixth Form entry requirements for each subject.•You will then need to ask subject staff to sign the form for AS level choices. •Forms need to be returned to tutors by Wednesday 16th DecemberALL students need to return a form, so we can provide appropriate advice and guidance for ALL

What happens next?

Sixth Form Applications: DuringJanuary, all year 11 students will beinterviewed by the sixth form team ifyou are interested in staying on.

Other Applications: If you areconsidering college and/or anapprenticeship, Carole Foster will initiallysee mainly small groups of studentsrequiring advice from January.

What happens next?

There will be two Sixth Form inductiondays in July, when you will be able tosample lessons and talk to the post 16team.Main enrolment takes place on GCSEresults day and the following day.

Sixth Form starts in September!

GCSE grades matter!Did you know…..

• you need D/C grades in Maths and English to do carpentry, bricklaying, plastering at college?

• You need C grades in Maths and English to do plumbing at college?

• you need C grades in Maths, English and a Science to study to be an electrician at college?

GCSE grades matter!Did you know…..

• you need at least 5 C grades, including Maths and English to do level 3 courses in the Sixth Form(A level or BTEC level 3)?

• For some A level courses you need 5 B grades and sometimes you need a B in the subject (e.g. Psychology needs several B grades + B in English and preferably Science)

GCSE grades matter!

Looking further ahead, GCSE grades can be important for university applications.

For example - medicine:

• Birmingham University requires A* grades in each of English, Mathematics and Science/s. Overall GCSE performance will also be considered

• Nottingham University requires at least six subjects at grade A including all three Sciences or the double Science award.

This year matters!

• Every college course, apprenticeship, sixth form will ask for a reference. Make sure yours will be good!

• Make the most of Year 11 and get the best results you can.

• Start planning for next year.

Any questions – ask in the 6th

form office(go through the Sixth

Form common room or work room)