Responses from our current Year 13s - 2020 and beyond

At the start of the year, I asked our Year 13s about what 2021 might hold for them.

More students seemed to have an idea than those who didn’t - which I guess is good?! They indicated a possible pathway, e.g. 'Something to do with animals - maybe vet nursing' or that they were aiming for university, e.g. 'Study at university for dance studies or travel or marketing/ business' . A smaller number of students weren't too sure:

• Not too sure yet

• I don’t know

• I have no idea

• No clue

• Anything really (suggests not sure!)

• Idk

• Not sure

Concerns about being in Y13 (include not passing L3, not getting UE, struggling with work, failure) but also:

• Not too sure what I wanna do after school

• The responsibility after school finishes 

• Not knowing what I want to do next year

• What I’m gonna do after I leave

With the disruption to learning from lockdown, and the fact that we are now halfway through the school year, it may be worth checking out the general feeling amongst our Year 13s again.