All questions
Common questions
- How can I help my child make their option choices in Year 9 (some schools make option choices in Y8)
- How can I help my child on GCSE results day?
- What funding support is available for a course at college?
- What are the choices for my child at 16?
- What is a T Level?
- What is a Further Education College and what courses do they offer?
- What would university offer and should my child go?
- What is the difference between A Levels and BTECs?
- What grades and qualifications are needed for higher education/university?
- What is Higher education in a further education college?
- How can I help my child choose their A Levels?
- Can my child do an apprenticeship after A levels or BTECs?
- How can I help my child on A Level results day?
- What are vocational qualifications and where do they lead?
- When can my child leave school?
- What is a Traineeship and how can my child find one?
- What is an apprenticeship?
- How can I help my child find an apprenticeship?
- What are the choices at 18?
- Should my child do an apprenticeship or a degree?
- Are there any financial benefits of going to university?
- How much will it cost my child to go to university and what funding support is available?
- What job sectors are there and which sectors will grow in the future?
- What can your child do to manage their money at university?
- Are there bursaries and scholarships to help fund my child's higher education course?
- How will my child pay back a student loan?
- What support is available for young people with disabilities at a university?
- How can I help my child choose the right university and the right course?
- How can I get help to advise my child?
- How can I get help and support for my child who has a special need or disability
- Useful links to career-related sites for parents
- What is the process of applying to HE?
- What is Clearing?
- What are the top jobs of the future?
- What is the process of applying to Oxbridge?
- How can I help my child develop the essential skills they need for life, study and work?
- Can my child study GCSEs as a home educated learner?
- How do I book GCSE examinations for a home educated learner?
- What qualifications could my child study as a home educated learner?
