Kent Choices 4 U

If you are a young person, aged 14 to 19, you need to think about your next steps. The choices you make will determine how you progress from school to further education or training and start work in your chosen career.

You now have to stay in learning or training until you are 18 – you don’t need to stay in school, the important thing is that you continue to learn, through:

1. Full-time education in school or college
2. Full-time work with learning attached to it, like an apprenticeship
3. Part-time education if you are self-employed, volunteering or doing some other type of useful activity.

Find out more by visiting:

www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/college-sixth-form-and-training

Career Plans and Future Paths

It is important that all students carry out research to help them to plan for their future careers. As well as having access to our careers advisor for independent and impartial advice.

• National Careers Service

• Prospects
• icould
• Careersbox
• All About Careers
• Make the Future Yours
• Success at School
• Talking Futures
• Youth Employment

 

CXK – Top 10 Jobs in Kent & Sussex

Labour Market Information (LMI) is a useful tool when considering your career options. It provides information about which industry sectors are growing and can help inform the choices you make about the career you pursue.

Here, we look at the largest, highest paying and fastest-growing occupations in key Kent & Sussex towns.

 

Online Safety

Click the button below to learn how to set up parental controls on different devices your child may use.

 

The Confidence Kit

The Confidence Kit has been written by experts and designed for adults, like you, who want to help a special child in their life develop body confidence. So, whether you’re a parent, grandparent, caregiver, mentor, aunt, uncle, or trusted older friend, this kit is for you!

Mental Health

Here at Saint George’s, we take your mental health and stability extremely seriously and if you ever need anybody to speak to, we are always here for you, and we ensure everything you say is confidential. 

• Kooth
• ThinkuKnow
• Mind
• YoungMinds
• The Samaritans 

 

Vaping: The Facts

Recent figures suggest the number of Kent’s children who smoke is continuing to decline. However, there has been an increase in the number of children and young people who are currently using vapes and e-cigarettes.

In the UK, the proportion of 11 to 17-year-olds that are currently vaping has increased from 4% in 2020 to 7% in 2022.

Although this is a cause for concern, it’s worth noting that 92% of under 18s who have never smoked, have also never vaped, and only 2% have vaped more frequently than once or twice.