Information and Advice back to contents for Young People welcome 2019 2020 getting started moving forward apprenticeships, foundation, employment SEND advice Post-16 course Prospectus listings schools/ Your options after year 11 in Croydon colleges useful info / open event calendar 2 Quick guide to using the prospectus back to contents Here are some tips on how to get the best from your prospectus. Check out the contents page opposite! We have many different sections in the prospectus, which we hope will cover any questions you may have. Whether that is going down the traditional route of A-Levels or you are doing something completely different such as Apprenticeships! welcome What do You have so many different opportunities I want waiting for you after Year 11, and this decision may affect how you use the getting to do? prospectus. started See our Apprenticeships, Foundation Learning & Employment section from page 13 if you are thinking about going down the employment with training route or need some extra preparation moving before an apprenticeship. Thinking forward abouttraining? work or See our Course Listings on page 34-41. Now that you have identified what schools/ colleges offer the course you want to apprenticeships, do, why not check out their page. This starts from page 45. foundation, employment Schools/ colleges can only write so much. Why not check out the centre pages for the Open Event Calendar (it pulls out!) to see when your potential school/ college Planning to is hosting an open day/evening. This is a great way to go on and do get the answers to any questions that the prospectus may not have. A-Levels or SEND BTECs? advice We have also added a checklist page just for you! course listings schools/ colleges useful info / Don’t know where to start in regards to next steps, see page 30 & 63. open event Quick guide calendar 3 Contents back to contents Who we are .................................... 4 Application Form, Open Event Calendar and Course Listings ......... 31 Welcome ........................................ 5 • How to apply to Sixth Form and College Getting Started ................................ 6 • What type of course suits me? • Vocational Course Listings welcome Moving Forward .............................. 8 • AS and A Level Course Listings • How can I prepare for my interview? • GCSE Course Listings • How can I get financial help and support • Other Croydon Colleges and Sixth Forms to help me stay on my course? • Map of Croydon Schools and Colleges • What if things don’t work out? – Useful links getting and advice School and College Sixth started • What type of learning environment suits me? Forms in Croydon ............................. 45 • Choose Your Future • Archbishop Tenison’s Church of England Sixth Form Apprenticeships, Foundation • The BRIT School Learning and Employment ............. 13 moving • Capel Manor College • Work Based Learning – Apprenticeships Crystal Palace Park Campus forward • Work Based Learning – Traineeships • Coloma Convent Girls’ School • Traineeship and Alternative Post‑16 • Coulsdon Sixth Form College Study Programme Providers • Croydon College • Employment With Training and Work Experience • Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form apprenticeships, • Harris Sixth Form foundation, Croydon Apprenticeship Academy 20 employment • John Ruskin College Advice for Pupils with • Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College Special Educational Needs • Oasis Academy Shirley Park or Disabilities (SEND) or Additional • The Quest Academy SEND Support Needs ................................. 21 • Riddlesdown Collegiate, College VI advice • Advice for Pupils with Special Educational • Shirley High School Performing Arts College Needs or Disabilities (SEND) • St Joseph’s College • The Local Offer for Special Educational • Thomas More Catholic School Needs or Disabilities • Woodcote High School • Directory of Special Schools course • Local Colleges: Support Provision for Students Post-16 Checklist ............................ 63 listings With SEND and Additional Support Needs Open Event Calendar ...................... 64 • Frequently Asked Questions: Local Colleges Support Services • Checklist for Pupils with SEND/ schools/ Additional Support Needs colleges Important Note The information about the organisations in this booklet has been provided by the schools, colleges and training providers themselves. Information is accurate at time of going to print but this may change so please check with the providers for up-to-date information. useful info / open event Post-16 Prospectus 2019/20 | www.youngcroydon.org.uk Contents calendar 4 Croydon Council – Young Croydon back to contents We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a great start to Year 11. The team at Croydon Council in partnerships with a number of schools, colleges and training providers have prepared the information in this booklet to support you with decisions about your future options and career. What we do i Encourage all young people aged 16 – 18, who are welcome resident in the borough to participate in suitable In order to help you with your post 16 plans, employment, education or training. Croydon Council makes this prospectus available ii. Ensure all Year 11 aged young people educated in to Yr. 11 students attending Croydon schools. The Croydon have a post 16 plan and an offer of learning prospectus, which has impartial information and for the September following their GCSEs results. advice, should be used in conjunction with the iii. Report the above information to the Government; getting careers guidance you receive from your school the Department for Education. Careers Adviser. started In order to help us achieve this, we work closely Once you have left Year 11, there are a number of with Croydon schools and colleges, who provide ways we support you and keep in touch: us with information about their students, i. We produce resources, like this prospectus, to e.g. telling us who is enrolled and what they are studying. We also work with other local help you with your choices. moving authorities across England, sharing information forward ii. We are likely to contact you or your parent/ about students in our areas, e.g. if you live in carer by letter, email, phone call or social media Bromley, but attend a Croydon school, we will to ensure that accurate information is held share information with Bromley Council. There is about you. We will always tell you who we a chance too, that your home borough will be in are and why we’re calling. To see how we use touch with you. It is advisable that you and your apprenticeships, your personal information, please see www. parents / carers check how your details are stored foundation, croydon.gov.uk/democracy/data-protection- and used at sixth forms/colleges. employment freedom-information/privacy-notices/ education-youth-engagement-service- What you can do privacy-notice. (and why you should) iii With your permission, we can refer you to other suitable organisations for further advice & support. • Keep your school and us informed on what your SEND plans are and what you’re doing. We work closely with the schools and colleges in advice • Respond to any letters, emails we send or phone Croydon who help us by providing information calls that we make to you. The sooner you on their students, for example enrolment lists. respond, the less contact attempts we’ll make. For example, if you live in Bromley but attend a Croydon school, we will share information with • Use the guidance in this prospectus, from your Bromley Council. Careers Adviser and from the places you apply to, course to increase your chances of a smooth transition. listings Why we do it Who to contact The law states that you must participate in learning (school, college, apprenticeship, etc) Year 11 age: for post-16 options advice please until your 18th birthday or when you achieve the approach your current school or learning provider. schools/ equivalent of 2 A Levels. Age 16-19 and not in any form of education, employment or training: colleges As with all English local authorities, Croydon Council has a legal responsibility to: / [email protected] [ 020 8726 7485 X www.croydon.gov.uk/16-19options useful info / open event Post-16 Prospectus 2019/20 | www.youngcroydon.org.uk Who we are calendar 5 Welcome To The Croydon Post-16 Prospectus back to contents Welcome to Prospectus 2019-20. We have produced this booklet to offer you information and advice to help you choose the next steps towards the right future for you. Selecting the right courses and career is one of the most important choices you have to make, and we hope the Prospectus combined with advice and guidance from your school, Careers Adviser, support professionals, parents/carers and post-16 providers that you speak to, will help you make the best choices available to you. welcome This booklet is designed to help you make an informed choice about your post-16 education. Topics included to help guide you in making your choices include: • What to think about when deciding what is right for you • The different types of post-16 courses on offer • Where in the Croydon area you can go to do the course you want getting • How to apply started • Open event calendar • How to find out more What this prospectus covers and what it does not moving forward This prospectus contains information about the huge range of choices that are available to you after Year 11. Because it covers such a wide range it cannot attempt to include detailed information about each course. If you want more information about a course simply go to the individual providers’ own website or ask them for copies of their prospectuses. Due to the high number of mainstream and specialist post-16 providers for young people that are apprenticeships, available in and out of Croydon borough, we cannot list all of these in this booklet. If you need more foundation, information on options not listed in this Prospectus please speak to your careers adviser and see our employment pull-out pages and page 43 for details of useful websites to find out about other suitable options to meet your needs.