Student Zone
During your time at Meols Cop High School you will be given different opportunities to explore planning for your future beyond school. This includes parents’ evenings, careers insight days, college sampling days, employer visits, work experience, university visit days and assemblies. Information relevant to careers education can be found on the careers teams page for your year group, including information on Open Evening events and training opportunities.
You will also have access to a tailored programme of Careers Education during ASPIRE time throughout the academic year.
To help with your research we have put some useful sections of information and access to website links below, including access to our school careers platform Unifrog.
Use the links below to visit their websites to help with your research these websites will give you access to college prospectus’, open evening dates and course information to help you make your final choice.
Colleges offer BTECs, A Levels, Technical courses, T Levels, Traineeships and Apprenticeships in varying combinations but each college is different so it’s important you do some research and check course entry requirements before choosing.
An apprenticeship is a paid job where the employee learns and gains valuable experiences.
Alongside on-the-job training, apprentices spend at least 20% of their working hours completing classroom-based learning with a college, university or training provider which leads to a nationally recognised qualification.
An apprenticeship includes:
- paid employment with holiday leave
- hands-on-experience in a sector/role of interest
- at least 20% off-the-job training
- formal assessment which leads to a nationally recognised qualification
Useful Links
National Apprenticeships Website
https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship
Advice and guidance when looking for or applying for vacancies. Includes a range of local and national vacancies
Find an apprenticeship
Discover your skills and career options in the Liverpool City Region
Liverpool City Region – Be More
Useful resources and guides for students and their parents when looking for or applying for an apprenticeship.
This is the government portal for information about apprenticeships, with a linked website to find live apprenticeship vacancies
Get In Go Far
You can also research information about apprenticeships on your Unifrog account.
Not sure what to do? Unsure if University is for you? Want more information about other post 18 routes?
Use the links below to research your post 18 options and the entry requirements. Check each University, Employer carefully because they all have different entry requirements.
You can search for University, Degree Apprenticeships and lots more information about post 18 pathways using Unifrog
UCAS connects people to University, post Uni studies including teacher training, apprenticeships & internships. Find all the information for your next step
Learn more about degree apprenticeships here:
Russell Group universities have huge social, economic and cultural impacts locally, across the UK and around the globe:
Russell Group University Website
Shaping Futures aims to provide all secondary schools and colleges across the Liverpool City region with comprehensive, impartial information, advice and support on all matters relating to Higher Education in one easily accessible place.
Access Shaping Futures here – use the chat function to ask HE related questions
Easy searching for university courses, university course reviews and college course reviews in the UK.
Easy searching for university courses, university course reviews and college course reviews in the UK.
And if University isn’t for you you can try these websites for more information about other options:
You can research jobs and apprenticeships available in the Liverpool City Region on the Be More Website. You can also download the app
You can log onto your Unifrog account here where you can search for jobs related to the subjects you study in school. Select the “Subject Library” once you have logged in.
What an apprenticeship? Find lots of videos from real life apprentices linked to your subjects in school: Subject Apprenticeship Videos
Or you can even use BBC Bitesize to search for different jobs by subject
Don’t forget you can book your own careers appointment in school using this link