Information for Parents & Carers – Supporting your Child
The links below contain information for supporting students with GCSE, post-16 and post-18 options. There are further documents for parents and carers to help their children search and apply for apprenticeships.
Information about T Levels
T Levels are high quality new qualifications that follow on from GCSEs and enable 16–19 year olds to move onto a job, a higher apprenticeship or further study at university.
Further Information for Parents and Pupils about T Levels
Apprenticeships: Information for Parents
The identified websites offer information for parents about the benefits of apprenticeships and the opportunities they provide.
Unifrog
Unifrog is an online platform that allows pupils to explore different careers, from Year 7 to 9, post-16. Unifrog brings all the available information into one, impartial, user-friendly platform to help pupils to make the best choices, provide appropriate information, and support with the submission of the strongest applications when applying for the next steps.
All pupils at Birches Head Academy have a username and password for Unifrog. Check your school email account or speak to your form tutor for more details.
Explore what subjects you would be interested in studying and how these choices can lead to different career paths and higher education.
Discover from year 7 and sign up to online courses in areas that you’re interested in.
See what is needed to make a successful application to post-16 options.
Explore how to successfully apply to an apprenticeship or university course, including universities abroad.
www.unifrog.org
Post 16 Options
The website below helps you to support your child with their post-16 options.