Staying at school or going to college

If you want to stay at school or college after you are 16 you will have to choose what you want to do. You can choose to:

• Stay at the school you go to now. You can only stay at the school you are at now if they have courses you can do after Year 11.
  
  
• Go to another school
  
  
• Go to college.

If you decide you want to stay at school or college after Year 11 you will need to decide which school or college you want to go to.

To help you decide which school or college you want to go to you should:

• Think about which courses you might like to do.
  
  
• Find out which schools or colleges offer the courses you might like to do. You can find out which schools and colleges offer the course you might like to do by using course finder

You can find out more about the schools and colleges that offer the courses you might like by:

• Reading school and college course booklets
• Going to school and college open days
• Talking to your personal adviser