Advance into Further Education Level 1 - Two Pathways
Email: AdvanceIntoFE@gcs.ac.uk
Overview
Our Advance into Further Education course is aimed at school leavers who are unsure of the vocational route they wish to take. This is a one year, full-time option located at our Tycoch Campus.
Learners will follow the BTEC Introductory into Vocational Studies qualification. You will have the opportunity to try out a range of subjects including:
- Assisting with sports activities
- Business studies
- Childcare
- Creating a mood board
- Engineering
- Growing plants
- Investigating crime scene evidence
- Planning and navigating a route
- Preparing and cooking food
- Travel and tourism
- and many more*
*subject to change.
Key information
Learners will need to have achieved 4 GCSE’s at Grade G or higher and will need to include English or Maths. Learners need to have been engaging on a full school timetable to apply.
Depending on your GCSE grades, you may have the opportunity to re-sit GCSEs in Maths, English Language or Science.
Some of the core units will be delivered in the classroom and some of the more practical units will be workshop or kitchen based. When in the kitchen or workshop, students will be expected to wear suitable PPE which the college will supply at a cost of approximately £50.