Teens urged to consider apprenticeships as A-level results announced

A-level students across the UK are celebrating, commiserating, hanging on the phone to UCAS and starting to think about their future careers as they receive their exam results today.

However, City and Guilds have warned that many young people are overlooking alternative routes into the workplace – and have stressed that apprenticeships are not just for those who did not score top grades.

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“Now more than ever, young people have access to an array of different routes into education and employment,” said Kirstie Donnelly, Managing Director of City & Guilds and ILM. “Parents too, need to be more aware of the current reforms to technical education in the UK, so they can fully understand the expanded role schemes like apprenticeships can play in businesses.

“These have traditionally long been associated with low wage jobs – but this is simply no longer the case. Technical routes into the workplace can give young people the skills they need to enter some of the UK’s most exciting industries.”