Resources

My Choices - Student Guide

This guide is designed to support you on and around results days, with links to useful resources or videos to help you make the right decision for you. The guide is also useful for you well before Year 11 and Year 13, to help you consider your choices.

My Choices - Parent Guide

The end of Year 11 and Year 13, the build-up and immediate response to results days can be challenging time for young people and their families. Faced with sometimes difficult or scary decisions about next steps, you may appreciate resources to help guide your son or daughter’s thinking, particularly if their plans need to change.

My Choices On Demand

Resources to support young people throughout the summer, available on demand

What are my options Post 16?

What are my options Post 18?

Your choices at 18

July 2021

Parents' and Carers' Pack By Amazing Apprenticeships

June 2021

Parents' and Carers' Pack By Amazing Apprenticeships

May 2021

Parents' and Carers' Pack By Amazing Apprenticeships

April 2021

Parents' and Carers' Pack By Amazing Apprenticeships

Why go to Uni?

Clickable map of sixth forms, colleges and universities in Essex

What are the differences between a further education college and a sixth form?

Advice for your Careers Path

What is an Apprenticeship

Concerns about Money?

Top Ten Tips for writing a personal statement

Eight great mock interview tips

Ten Digital tips and tricks

UNI Taster Days

These videos have one key aim. To support students who are considering university to make informed future decisions. They feature guest speakers from a range of different universities, who are always experts in the subject they are speaking about.

Discover a range open days, taster sessions, employer workshops and more..

Tips for applying to Uni

Top 10 Employability Skills by STEM

Ashley Beauchamp - Working in retail

Ashley had taken timeout of education and employment after the birth of her child. However, she had recently decided that she would like to get her career started again.

Larelle Boston - Employed as an Events Host

Larelle was particularly interested in the self-employment course as her long term goal was to become self employed and own her own business.

Michelle Randall - Sole Trader

Michelle had been unemployed for 2 years. She had always thought that she would like to work for herself but wasn’t sure how to go about it.

Samuel Opeodu - Caretaker Apprenticeship

Samuel was trying to find a job but had not been successful. When he was at the Job Centre he found out about the Thurrock OnTrack through our TCHC staff.

Ashley Hollis - Apprentice at Port of Tilbury

Ashley was unemployed and not having much luck finding work. This was slowly affecting his confidence and thought he wasn’t going to get started on the career he wanted.

Steven Mole - Working as a Crew Member

Steven Mole had been looking for work for 18 months and was finding it difficult. He also had medical conditions that were adding additional difficulties to his search.

Edward Amofah - Team Leader – TCHC

Edward Amofah was 24 years old when he was supported by OnTrack Thurrock from April 2017 and had an interest with working with youths.

Sydney Duff - Level 3 Business Admin Apprenticeship

Sydney Duff was 16 years old when she first joined our GAPs Study Programme at The Inspire Youth Hub.