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Post-16 education and training

You can find information about education and training options for young people aged 16 to 19 on this page.

More students in schools and colleges are studying in more than one place and many are choosing to learn in work as well as in the classroom.

Your options

In the autumn term of year 11, you should start deciding what you would like to do at the end of the school year.

You could:

  • stay on at the sixth form in a school (either in your own school or elsewhere)
  • go to a sixth-form college 
  • go to a further-education college.

You can find out more about colleges and courses for 16 to 19 year olds in Lewisham on the sixth-form colleges page. (Follow the link on the left side of this page).

If you’d rather be earning money while you learn, there are different ways to train. You could:

  • start an apprenticeship
  • find work and train on the job
  • get a job and train by day release at college.

You can find out more about learning while you train on the work-based training page. (Follow the link on the left side of this page).

Useful websites

Follow the links in 'useful websites' on the right to view these websites.

Choice

The Choice website has details of learning opportunities for young londoners. You can search for details of all education and training courses on offer to learners aged 14-19 across London.

Connexions

If you are aged between 13 and 19, Connexions Direct can offer you all the information and advice you need to make the decisions and choices in your life.

Directgov - course search

The Directgov website has a course search facility in their 'Education and learning' section. You can use this to find information about courses and learning providers across the UK.

Skill me up

The Skill Me Up website offers information on thousands of courses and other supporting information for 13-19 year olds in the ten East London boroughs.

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