On the Road to A Levels and Beyond Roadshow

Moreton Sixth Careers Roadshow Looks to the Future with Shropshire’s Year 10 students

With the pandemic leading to the cancellation of public examinations, it’s not surprising that there has been a lot of coverage in the media of the challenges facing GCSE and A Levels students. However, we should also consider those in Year 10, who are now more than half way through their GCSE courses. For many of the country's 14 and 15 year olds, this should be the term when they begin to think about their plans beyond GCSEs, including A Level or equivalent.

It was with these challenges in mind that the Sixth Form and Careers department at Moreton Hall, the independent day and boarding school near Oswestry, decided to put together a virtual Year 10 Roadshow to help local young people begin to think about their post 16 choices.

Background

Moreton Hall has its own Sixth Form so in planning online guidance and advice for its own students, they turned to their own sixth formers, including those who joined them new for their A Level programme, to share their experiences of choosing subjects.

Moreton Hall Year 10 students have found this an effective and positive experience so then decided to approach other local schools with the offer of a Year 10 virtual roadshow.

Impact

One of the most exciting aspects of A Levels is choosing subjects not available at GCSE. The Moreton Hall Roadshow girls talked about the experience of studying subjects as diverse as Further Maths, Economics, Psychology and Textiles.

The Enterprise Coordinator for Shropshire Council commented: “This was a really clear, unbiased presentation on how to select A Levels and where you want to study, with advice from current students on the realities of studying A Levels.  It is great that Moreton Hall is reaching out to the state secondary sector to share their expertise and knowledge.

Frequency

The Moreton Hall team are excited at the prospect of further events.