YEAR 11 A LEVELS

GCSE STUDY AND CHOOSING YOUR

POST 16 OPTIONS
Identifying - What do you want to do
BTECS
next year after you finish school?
A Levels / BTECs / T Levels or T LEVELS
Apprenticeships?
YEAR 10 Exploring - Have you visited a APPRENTICESHIPS
GCSE STUDY university yet? Explore how your
sixth form/college choices will affect
Identifying -How can you support what you decide to do in the future.
your GCSE studies? Have you
considered making a study timetable
so you have enough time for study
and for breaks?
Exploring - Have you thought about
trying some work experience or
volunteering in an area you are
interested in? Speak to your Careers
Advisor or teachers about how you
could organise this.

YEAR 8 & 9
CHOOSING YOUR GCSE OPTIONS
Identifying -What skills do you enjoy
using? What subjects do you use
them in? Could you take these into
YEAR 7 your GCSE options?
STARTING INDEPENDENT LEARNING
Exploring -Where could your GCSE
Identifying - What are your favourite options take you? Research some
YOUR JOURNEY subjects? What aspects do you enjoy future career possibilities!
STARTS HERE the most?
Exploring - Have you joined any after
clubs or activities in or out of school
which reflect your interests? Explore

WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE?

what’s out there!
 Don’t know how to decide what
WHAT SHOULD It is important to consider what you want to do
after you have finished your GCSEs. qualifications and subjects to
I DO AFTER It is important to make the right choices, as they
pick? Consider the following...
MY GCSES? will determine not just what you can do in the
future but what you can study at university. What subjects have you enjoyed studying
in the past?
There are different types of qualifications which What subjects have you achieved well in?
will suit different learning styles and subject Do you have a future career plan in mind
interests. and if so, does it require specific subject
knowledge?
What works for you? What are your strongest skills (eg
communication, leadership, etc) and what
subjects do they link to most strongly?
A levels
Do you prefer assessment through examinations? JADE PASCOE
Would you like to study a variety of subjects Studying BSC (Hons)
Human Biology at
which are mostly traditional?
Do you definitely want to go to University, but
FACT/FICTION? Edge Hill University
want to keep your options open in regards to All universities will only accept “I chose to study a BTEC
University courses and future careers? A Level subjects from students qualification because I have
applying to their courses a passion for Forensics and I
want to go into Forensic
Applied Generals (eg BTECs) and FICTION Pathology as my career. My
BTEC studies have shown me
T Levels Although there are a small that you need a meticulous
Are you interested in more vocational based amount of universities that eye for details when you are
subject areas? only accept A Level working forensically at a
Qualifications, the majority of crime scene, especially as
Would you like to be assessed more by the analysis of evidence is so
coursework and projects than by examinations? universities will accept other
qualifications such as BTECs cruical to the criminal justice
Do you prefer ‘Hands-on’ Learning? system and bringing a guilty
Do you want to study one subject in more detail person to account for their
rather than lots of different ones? crime.”
Jade’s Level 3 qualification :
Apprenticeships BTEC Extended Diploma in
Applied Science (Forensics) :
Would you prefer to learn whilst working in a paid Grades D* D* D*
job?
Do you have a particular career in mind which you
would like to gain practical experience in?
Do you prefer to learn through watching someone
work and then trying it yourself?