POST-16 EDUCATION
How can parents best support and guide their children when it comes to post-16 education? Charlotte Phillips gathers advice from Cambridge school leaders
I t’s that time of year again. Sixth more about how life after GCSEs will look. There’s no question that they’re likely to be blown away by what’s on offer in our area. In addition to the sheer number of subjects they can take (over 20 A-levels in many cases) are well-crafted academic enrichment and co-curricular programmes. At Framlingham College, there’s the opportunity to practise first aid with the Medsoc club, debate global issues with MUN (Model United Nations) club and learn to reattach buttons to a blazer with the sewing club (an essential life skill for university and beyond). For pupils at Abbey College Cambridge, the line-up includes an Elite University Preparation form providers are hosting open days for 15- and 16-year-olds and their families who are keen to learn
Programme, which features a collaborative research project, evening lectures and student-led conferences. Potential students are spoilt for choice with the qualifications, leadership, service, work experience and personal development woven into our schools’ offerings. There’s all this and more with Bishop’s Stortford College’s Stortfordian Diploma; a coaching programme at Kimbolton School that equips sixth formers with skills like active listening and constructive feedback; and, at Stephen Perse Cambridge, a similarly broad programme takes academic learning beyond lessons to encompass extensive enrichment and co-curricular activities too. All change! For parents helping to guide their children to the right post-16 courses, there’s a
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