Norfolk County Council GCSE Results: What Next? u v Are your results better or worse than expected? Do you need to change your plans or consider different options? Ü Ü Don t panic or feel that you are on your own. There is plenty of help and advice available... Look inside w Not fixed up for this September and don t know what to do next?
Now you ve finished school here s some things you need to know... Your Participation Don t forget that you must stay in education or training until you are at least 18. Your Choices You can choose to go to sixth form or college, do an apprenticeship or traineeship or get a job with training. By gaining more skills and qualifications you will increase your future employment prospects and earn more over your lifetime. Your Guarantee All 16 and 17 year olds in Norfolk are guaranteed an offer of an appropriate place in learning through the September Guarantee. This means that you ll definitely be able to continue learning whatever you decide to do.
Who can you speak to about your plans? If your results are disappointing, or if you have not yet got something to do for September, don t worry. There s plenty of help and advice available Get in touch with the sixth form or college you have applied to find out whether they will still give you a place on your chosen course. Even if you have not achieved the grades required for the course you may still be able to get a place on another course. Telephone a Careers Adviser on 0800 100 900 The National Careers Service offers careers information and advice for young people and is open between 8am and 10pm every day. You can also visit their website at nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk Speak to the Careers Teacher/Adviser at the school you went to they will be able to offer help and advice. Call Norfolk s Help You Choose Helpline on 0344 800 8022 if you need advice or support. Use Norfolk County Council s Help You Choose website www.helpyouchoose.org Here you can search for latest courses and qualifications in sixth forms and colleges or look for apprenticeships, traineeships and training vacancies.
What are your choices? Now you ve left Year 11 you can choose to: Continue in full-time education at sixth form or college (further education). There will still be courses available contact the sixth form or college to find out more information. Start an apprenticeship or traineeship with an employer. Contact local companies to see if they will take you on as an apprentice or sign up for job matching in Help You Choose to receive apprenticeship and traineeship vacancies. Get a job with accredited training. Contact local companies to see if they are recruiting. If they are, you need to ask if there is training involved as you need to continue with your learning until you are 18. Go on a work preparation programme. If you need a bit more help or time to decide what you want to do and to develop your skills to help you get a job there are short courses available across Norfolk to help you. Work or volunteer full-time with part-time study or training. This can help you to gain experiences to develop your CV. Use Help You Choose to get information about all of these choices and to register for Job Matching www.helpyouchoose.org HelpYouChoose
Where can you get more information about your career choices? There are loads of useful websites that can help you find information about your post-16 options and choices. Help You Choose www.helpyouchoose.org the only place you can find information about all further education courses, apprenticeships and traineeships for 16-19 year olds in Norfolk. On Help You Choose you can: Search and apply for courses at sixth forms and colleges and for apprenticeships, traineeships and jobs in Norfolk. Find advice on how to find a job, make applications, prepare and go for interviews. Set up an Account and register for job matching to have apprenticeships and job training vacancies sent to your inbox. Make sure we have your up to date contact details so we can email you with any jobs or training opportunities that match your interests. Apprenticeships section of the gov.uk website www.gov.uk/further-education-skills/apprenticeships find out about apprenticeships and traineeships. You can register, search and make applications online. Apprenticeships in Norfolk - www.apprenticeshipsnorfolk.org for information on becoming an apprentice in Norfolk. Complete their five stage search process to receive details of apprenticeship providers or call 0344 800 8024 National Careers Service - nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/home Information on over 800 jobs explaining what skills and qualifications you need, what the work would be like, pay and career prospects.
Norfolk County Council Children s Services County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Dear Student NCC contact number: 0344 800 8022 What Norfolk County Council does with data from schools, academies and post-16 providers of education, training and support Norfolk County Council uses information about children and young people for whom it provides services, to enable it to carry out its functions and duties. Below details are provided as to how Norfolk County Council will share students data with partner organisations to assist in providing young people with the best start in life and to provide information that will assist in post 16 transition. Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) From the summer of 2013 the law changed so that all young people of school leaving age will need to participate in education or training to their 18th birthday. This is known as the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) Norfolk County Council has a statutory duty to encourage, enable or assist young people s participation in education or training (Section 68(1) of the Education and Skills Act 2008). Norfolk County Council therefore has a key role in ensuring that all 16 and 17 year olds are made aware that they should participate in learning and that they will be offered a place in post-16 education or training. Norfolk County Council will also work with partners to shape education and training provision to meet young people s needs and to collect and record the offers made to young people to help target resources on those who have still to find a suitable place. Post 16 providers sharing information with Norfolk County Council and NCC sharing information with post 16 providers Post 16 providers of education or training must by law inform Norfolk County Council of any young person that drops out of education or training from their institution. It is the duty of Norfolk County Council to promote the effective participation in education or training of all 16 and 17 year olds resident in Norfolk; and identify young people who are not participating. If a young person is not participating, or when it is not known what a young person is doing, Norfolk County Council will pass on the young person s details to providers of education, training or support who can assist the young person to participate. Norfolk County Council shares some of the information it collects with the Department for Education (DfE) to enable assessments of Norfolk County Council s performance and inform destinations of young people after they have left compulsory education.
Norfolk County Council is required to keep in touch with young people aged 16 to 18 at key transition points at least yearly. Information collected about the destination of the young person eg work, education or training at this transition point will be shared with the post 16 provider the young person attends. Norfolk County Council sharing Post-16 destination information with schools and other partners Norfolk County Council shares information with the school that young people attended at school leaving age about what young people do after compulsory education for three years after finishing year 11, and until age 24 if the young person has a statement of Special Education Need (SEN) and/or Education & Health Care Plan (EHCP). This enables the school to review and improve the quality and impact of its careers information, advice and guidance provision. Norfolk County Council Children s Services may use the information to assess whether they can work with you as part of their Norfolk Family Focus programme and, if applicable, use the information to assess and evaluate whether the programme has been successful in improving outcomes for you and your family. Norfolk County Council may also share relevant information on a confidential basis with the Department for Communities and Local Government, other Government agencies and other public bodies involved with the programme but only where this is necessary for the aims and objectives of the programme. The Norfolk Family Focus Programme is part of the national Troubled Families initiative. Controlling your information At any stage between the ages of 16 to 19 years (24 for SEN), a young person can ask that no information be passed from Norfolk County Council to post 16 education, training or support providers or to the school where compulsory education was completed. If as a young person aged 16 or over, you wish to opt-out and do not want post 16 providers to receive information from Norfolk County Council about you, then contact Norfolk County Council at: Participation Strategy Team Children s Services Norfolk County Council Floor 8 County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Email: mi@norfolk.gov.uk Telephone: 0344 800 8022 www.norfolk.gov.uk
If you need our help, get in touch... If you become unemployed and are having problems with finding something to do, contact: Norfolk County Council s Helpline on 0344 800 8022 Available from Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Fridays 9am-4.30pm. We can talk you through your options and, if you need more in-depth help, put you in touch with an Adviser who will provide you with advice and guidance about your education, employment and training options to sort out the right choice for you. Help You Choose Keeping in Touch Team Norfolk County Council is required to keep in regular contact with you between the ages of 16 and 18 to offer you support to help you get into education, training or work. This means that from time to time you will be called by our Help You Choose Keeping In Touch Team just to check things are going well. If you do need support, we are there to help! @HelpYouChoose If you need this information in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 0344 800 8022 and we will do our best to help. Produced June 2017 by the IAG Strategy Team, 8th Floor, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, NR1 2DH Tel: 0344 800 8022 1011 CB 5/17