Apprenticeship IT Practitioner help

[jon&emma 13]

Hello it's just some information and advice we're looking for.

My son is currently in his final year at secondary school and is due to leave in June.

He's wanting to do an Apprenticeship as a IT Practitioner but he's been told that he would have to apply through college,who have employers already set up or find a company ourselves.

The thing us if you apply through the college you have to know what your gcse's are and he's not even taken them yet and isn't starting them until after Easter.

We also wouldn't know we're to start on finding an employer who would offer a apprenticeship in this field.

Any help and advice would really be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Love2print 10]

You can search for apprenticeships here: https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeships?ApprenticeshipLevel=All&Hash=0&Keywords=It&Latitude=53.38317&Longitude=-1.46775&Location=Sheffield%20%28South%20Yorkshire%29&LocationType=NonNational&PageNumber=1&ResultsPerPage=5&SearchAction=Search&SearchField=All&SearchMode=Keyword&SortType=Relevancy&WithinDistance=5

 

These may or may not be run via The Sheffield College.

 

For traditional courses you don't need to know your results just what your estimates are and courses start in September. Apprenticeships become available throughout the year and if one is available now then chances are the employer will want a start date before your son has even taken his GCSEs. Why not speak to the college for advice?

[alchresearch 214]

Can't you just supply your predicted grades?

[Love2print 10]

Can't you just supply your predicted grades?

 

I'd imagine they could if the apprenticeship starts after the have finished school but looking on The Sheffield College's website they have apprenticeships starting within the next few months which I'm assuming, unless the employer agreed to a later start date, the OP's son couldn't apply. I'm guessing this is what the OP has seen. I think the best thing is to speak to the college.

 

It might be that their son has to wait until a suitable appenticeship comes up which might be after September.

 

EDIT. Having a think even with predict grades they might not be able to apply. This is not like a traditional course with 30 odd students per class and they might be several classes for the same subject.

 

Some employers might only have a need for one apprentice. If they need someone to start in August/September and an applicant has their GCSEs already they will choose them over an applicant without their GCSEs who might not even achieve the grades needed.

Edited March 22, 2017 by Love2print