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We're here for parents of teens! 

Advice on what you can do at home to help your teen get the best out of GCSE and sixth form.

If you’d like an easier way to help your teen, we’ve got practical, step-by-step advice on how you can:

✅ Make the right choices after GCSE and Sixth Form
✅ Support study success
✅ Manage stress 
✅ Develop life skills 

We’ve got practical, expert advice to help you in all of these areas. Knowing what to do is great and knowing how to do it is better! We include step by step actions you can take at home to help your teen get the best out of GCSE and sixth form.

Choose the kind of support that works for you

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Our top pick this term:

With National Careers Week running from 2-7 March 2026, we're thrilled to launch our free guide, created in partnership with National Careers Week.

 

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Practical steps parents can take at home to help their teens make the right choice on their next steps:

✅ What can your teen do after GCSE and sixth form?
✅ How your teen can get skills to help with interviews
✅ How parents can support teens with exams
✅ Spotlight on apprenticeships
✅ How to find work experience​​

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Understanding apprenticeships - March 10th 2026

How apprenticeships work – from entry level through to degree level – and how parents can help.

Vanessa Green
Darius Bluck

Vanessa and Darius first met working in a school. Darius taught sixth formers and parents would catch him after school, asking him what they could do to help their teenage children make the right choices.

 

We looked online to find what resources were available specifically for parents and were surprised that, given how much information there was for children, there was very little guidance for parents. So we decided to write our first guide, and this marked the start of The Parents’ Guide to …​   

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