Click the image to view the qualifications chart (PDF), a guide to routes through education, training and work that could begin from Year 10 or Year 12.

Just a few things to bear in mind!

• Schools' sixth forms, sixth-form colleges and colleges of further education sometimes ask for specific entry requirements at 16. Please check their requirements before you make your final option decisions in Y9.
• Employers often require GCSEs in Maths, English, ICT and the Sciences. For some jobs you will also need specific qualifications, for example Chemistry to become a doctor.
• If you decide not to pursue a vocational subject further, the course will still have given you a recognised qualification and a range of key skills valued by employers.