Year 11 Careers and Colleges News March 2021

Visit Colleges and Sixth Forms through their virtual open events and video tours. Please note that if you are waiting to hear from a college you must keep checking for emails, in the email you used to register, for information about interviews.

Strode’s College https://www.windsor-forest.ac.uk/strodes-college/strode-s-open-days.html

Strodes Information Events – hear from their expert Tutors, ask questions to explore your options: Art, Design & Media - 23rd March 2021 Performing Arts 25th - March Sport & P.E - 30th March All at 4.30-5.30pm. Register now!

Woking College

Please note if you have applied to College: “we enrol students in order of them accepting our offer of a place; this means that the later students accept our offer, the further to the back of the queue they are at enrolment and therefore placing themselves in a position of being at greater risk of some courses being full.” Take a Virtual tour of Woking College including an introduction from the Principal and meet the students. Or try Meet the Teachers Taster Lessons at www.woking.ac.uk

Brooklands College www.brooklands.ac.uk/openevent

Discover through their Virtual Open Event Experience and explore their courses with their ‘Let’s go Live’ recordings including Applied Science, Business, Construction, Catering and more.

Richmond upon Thames College

Virtual Open Events Saturday 20th March 2021 11.00am-1.00pm Tuesday 20th April 2021 5-7pm Register: www.rutc.ac.uk/our-courses/16-18/open-events

If you are interested in an apprenticeship find all the information here: https://sway.office.com/7TKLp7RHa20Voozv?ref=Link

Take a virtual tour: https://www.rutc.ac.uk/about-us/virtual-tour.html Kingston College https://stcg.ac.uk/kingston-college/full-time

Guildford College https://guildford.activatelearning.ac.uk/

Watch their college videos or view their Year 11 assembly presentation https://youtu.be/9YtyofJv2Io

Merrist Wood College https://merristwood.activatelearning.ac.uk/ View their courses videos.

Esher College

Take a college tour: www.esher.ac.uk/

Open Event for September 2022 entry: Tuesday 13th July 2021 4.30-8pm. Register now: https://www.esher.ac.uk/admissions/overview/Pages/open-evening.aspx

West Thames College

Take a virtual tour: www.west-thames.ac.uk/about-us/our-campuses

Salesian College

Virtual open day now available to view in their website: https://salesian.surrey.sch.uk/6th- form/college-virtual-open-day/ Here’s a reminder of how to apply for a place in Year 12 starting September 2021: https://salesian.surrey.sch.uk/6th-form/admissions/

Fullbrook Sixth Form http://www.fullbrook6.co.uk/ Fullbrook 6 now has it’s own dedicated Instagram account which includes the following videos: 1 – Welcome to Fullbrook 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0yLWBJbiuE 2 – Academics – Student Perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_TmFsrRxpU 3 – Wellbeing Ethos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2u50Zx3Ekk 4 – Extra Curricular https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klBeQWrK8r4 They are also available on the home page of their website.

St Paul’s Sixth Form

Admission to Year 12 in 2021. Virtual presentation from the Head of Sixth Form available to view via the school website: https://www.st-pauls.surrey.sch.uk/sixth-form-v1/6th-form-admissions

Bishop Wand Sixth Form

Virtual Sixth Form induction: www.bishopwand.surrey.sch.uk/1750/virtual-induction-2020

Halliford School Sixth Form www.hallifordschool.co.uk View their prospectus or enjoy the videos recorded by the Heads of Departments.

GCSE Exam Boards for College Applications https://www.thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk/careers/applications-personal-statements/

Apprenticeships

These websites are a useful resource if you are interested in an apprenticeship https://amazingapprenticeships.com

The new T-levels are explained https://amazingapprenticeships.com/resource/t-levels-film-for-parents/ https://amazingapprenticeships.com/app/uploads/2020/09/Parent-Pack-September- 2020.pdf https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship