Post 16 Providers: Where to Go After Year 11

In and the surrounding area, there is a great selection of different Post 16 Providers that offer everything from A Levels and Apprenticeships to T Levels and Traineeships – and everything in between!

You may be keen to move on to a Sixth Form Centre or College, or you may prefer a smaller environment that specialises in a specific vocational area.

Listed below are the places that students from Pathways Learning Centre tend to go after Year 11:

The largest colleges in Bristol which offer A Level and Vocational qualifications at levels available for all students are City of Bristol College and SGS College:

Post 16 Centre Website What They Offer – In Their Own Words City of Bristol College – 4 Centres: www.cityofbristol.ac.uk Our comprehensive curriculum offer College Green means that our students are able to develop the skills, knowledge and South Bristol Skills Academy qualifications they need to get a job, start a AEC – Engineering & Motor Vehicle career, progress to university or improve their independence. SGS College – 5 Campuses: www.sgscol.ac.uk At South and Stroud Filton College (SGS), we strive to provide clear, WISE high quality professional and technical Stroud routes into apprenticeships, employment Queens Road and self-employment as well as to Further Berkeley Green and Higher Education alongside robust academic routes. To support progression, we provide high-quality career pathways in each of our departments through Intermediate, Technical, Academic, Higher and Professional qualifications.

Sixth Form Centres & Specialist Schools Post 16 Centre Website What They Offer – In Their Own Words St Brendan’s Sixth Form www.stbrn.ac.uk St Brendan’s Sixth Form College is the only College specialist Level 3 provider in the Bristol- BathSouth Gloucestershire area and is an educational home to over 1800 students. The College provides a diverse range of over 60 different A-level and Level 3 Applied General courses to 16–18 year olds. Bristol Cathedral Choir www.bccs.bristol.sch.uk The community at BCCS Sixth Form is warm, School friendly and inclusive. Our first priority is to ensure that all students valued and supported. Bristol Technology and www.bteacademy.co.uk Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy Engineering Academy is a purpose built facility designed to support STEM Qualifications the delivery of Science and Engineering. Cabot Learning www.clfpost16.org The Cabot Learning Federation Post 16 is an Federation Post 16 independent provision located in two of the CLF secondary academies; Bristol Brunel and John Cabot. Castle School www.thecastleschool.org.uk Sixth Form is a thriving and successful centre for post-16 education. Cotswold Edge Sixth Cotswold Edge is the collaborative Sixth Form www.brimsham.com Form, in which we share courses and Brimsham Green www.chippingsodburyschool.com students between ourselves, Chipping www.yateacademy.co.uk Chipping Sodbury Sodbury School and Academy. www.digitechstudioschool.co.uk Digitech is perfect for coders, designers, creatives, film makers, innovators and entrepreneurs of the future. www.downend.com Downend and Sixth Form is a www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk vibrant and forward-thinking place to study. We pride ourselves on excellent results and supporting you to achieve your best. Olympus Academy Trust The Olympus Academy Trust was set up in Abbeywood Community School www.abbeywoodschool.com 2012. Situated within the districts of Bradley Bradley Stoke Community School www.bradleystokecs.org.uk Stoke, Filton, Patchway and surrounding Patchway Community College www.patchwaycc.com areas www.winterbourneacademy.org.uk St Mary Redcliffe 6th www.smrt.bristol.sch.uk We are committed to high achievement for Form Centre students of all abilities, to building a strong sense of community and to developing well- rounded students who have a strong concern for issues of social justice and equality. Sir Bernard Lovell www.sbllearning .org.uk SBL Sixth Form is a special place where all Academy students receive individual care, support and attention to help them realise their dreams V6 www.v6bristol.org V6 is an exciting new co-educational Sixth Colston Girls School & Form in central Bristol. It is sponsored by the Fairfield and the Society of Merchant Venturers providing unrivalled opportunities and benefits for our students.

Other Post 16 Colleges and Training Providers Post 16 Centre Website What They Offer – In Their Own Words Access Creative College www.accesscreative.ac.uk We are a national post 16 provider Music, Games and Media specialising in aspects of the creative industries. www.bathcollege.ac.uk Bath College has two distinctly different campuses, one in the centre of Bath and one in rural Radstock. Each one provides the perfect setting for the courses it houses: Boom Satsuma www.boomsatsuma.educati Boomsatsuma is a leading post-16 Creative & Digital Media/Games on education provider for aspiring creatives in Sports Media the South West. Our mission is to fuel the Performing & Production Arts next creative generation by offering A- Level equivalent qualifications through project-based learning, delivered alongside some of the most impressive creative professionals in the UK. Bristol City Community Trust https://www.bcfc.co.uk/robi A unique sporting academic programme Education (Football Club) ns-foundation/education/ with the aim of tackling the education Football and Sports inequality that exists within the city. Bristol Rovers Community Trust https://www.bristolroversco Bristol Rovers Community Trust offer four Education (Football Club) mmunity.org.uk/education exciting post-16 courses which combine Football and Sports academic studies with a sporting experience where students can represent Bristol Rovers F.C. in competitive fixtures.

DBS Music www.dbsmusic.co.uk Choose from a range of Level 3 Diplomas Music Technology and Performance music production, djing, sound engineering and music performance. dBs Music provides the very best hands-on,fully immersive courses that cover all aspects of the music industry. Didac Woodwise Academy www.didac.co.uk/ Study programme for students 16-18yrs Working with Wood old, alternative to sixth form or college. Working to a Level 2 diploma certificate in furniture making. Working with wood, learning hand skills, hand tools, machining, grinding, origins of wood. Military Preparation College www.mpct.co.uk We are a unique training college that helps Training 16-23 year olds develop their fitness, vocational qualifications, (L2) and employability skills to help prepare for employment, including rewarding careers in the British Armed Forces. On Site www.onsitebristol.co.uk We provide an extensive programme of Construction Apprenticeships Construction apprenticeships in partnership with local employers of all sizes. All of our programmes are designed to allow progress to Advanced Level Apprenticeships and those who successfully complete continue into sustained careers. Reflections Hair Academy www.reflectionstraining.co. We offer a range work-based Hairdressing & Barbering uk apprenticeship programmes from our nationality recognised Hairdressing and Barbering programme through to our new business development apprenticeships including Business administration, customer service and management. All within our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Bristol.

You can apply for as many places as you want. Once you apply, you will usually be invited in for an interview (discussion), or/and a ‘taster’ event where you can find out more about your course and the place you have applied for. You do not have to decide your final choice until you have left school and know your qualification results.

All of the Post 16 Providers offer open days and events throughout the year, which is aimed at you going along with whoever you would find it useful to go with. You can find out more about the courses, meet the tutors, have a look around and get a general feel of what could be the place you decide to go when you leave school.