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School Is Finally Over But What Should Your Child Do Next? Follow Our Parent's Guide

For most young people, stepping through those school gates for the last time is an exhilarating experience. However, despite the excitement, there is also fear. Leaving school also represents the end of childhood, and the prospect of becoming an adult can be an overwhelming one.

As a parent, you want the best for your child. They may already have their future mapped out, so you may not need to worry about them joining the ranks of the unemployed. However, a lot of young people have no clear idea about what to do next. To help you help them, here are three of the options that you can give to your child as they try to work out where their life is heading.

Continue in education

School may be over, but that doesn’t mean the world of education has to be closed off forever. Not only is a college of further education a good safety gap as your child tries to figure out what to do next, but it is also necessary if they have a possible career in mind that demands a university education. There is bound to be a college near you, and there will be varying courses for your child to choose from. For starters, your child will be able to re-sit any GCSE’s they failed while at school. There will be practical courses which will enable your child to learn a specific trade. Then, of course, are the A-levels which need to be carefully chosen if your child has a certain career path in mind.

It is worth sitting down with your child to help them pick the right courses, as these can define where your child goes next. Achieving a qualification in sport, for example, will get them into one of the top universities for sport in the UK. A career in medicine will require A-levels in a science related subject, such as biology and physics. Seek careers advice or look online to find out more.

Get a job

Not every job requires a qualification, and many employers offer training while at work. This

job board features some options where no experience or qualifications are necessary, and they can present your child with a good opportunity to get on the career ladder. For many young people, earning money is a priority, and if college isn’t right for them, this is the obvious next step.

Join the army

Your child can join the army from the age of 16, and while many parents will balk at the idea, this could be an exciting option. An army life is risky, and the dangers are obvious. However, for anybody needing to learn discipline, this will give them the tools they need. Your child will also get the opportunity to see the world and have the opportunity to progress to highly paid positions.

Bottom line

Listen to your child, and encourage them to follow a career of their dreams. It’s their life, so don’t be a pushy parent, but be there to guide them on their journey into adulthood.

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4 Things You Didn't Know About Warwickshire

England is as good a place as any to enjoy a really great holiday. It doesn’t matter whether you travel solo or have the whole family with you. Of course, most visitors to the UK tend to spend their break here checking out London. There are some pretty amazing and iconic landmarks there to see, but London locked tourists could be missing out on so much more that defines England and English ways. In fact, there might be far more in Warwickshire for the tourist than you might think:

Birthplace of William Shakespeare

Anyone enjoying a theatre tour of London will undoubtedly have become a little engrossed in the life and works of our very own playwright. But it is Stratford-upon-Avon where this giant of the literary world was born. And his home town proudly offers plenty of opportunities to find out more about the roots of the world’s greatest writer. The Royal Shakespeare Company regularly performs his works in the town, so you won’t be short of evening entertainment.

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Where Guy Fawkes Plotted To Kill A King

Warwickshire is also the county where Guy Fawkes joined a group of men hoping to kill King James I. The infamous Gunpowder Plot failed to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London in 1605. Yet this explosive plot and its point-man are still remembered across the UK annually on 5th November. You can find out more about the origins of this plot where it actually happened at Ashby Manor House in Rugby. Nowadays, most big plans that happen here are Wedding plans!

Where Rugby Was Invented

Rugby is also the hometown of the great English sport of Rugby. William Webb Ellis is credited with breaking the rules of the more traditional football game. Rugby is still a market town of some standing in the county of Warwickshire. It’s certainly not a slow-paced sleepy place - Frank Whittle is credited with inventing the world’s first Jet Engine in the town in 1937. Rugby School was the inspired setting of the Tom Brown’s Schooldays books by Thomas Hughes.

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No Cities

Incredibly this great county has no cities. In the 1970s, Coventry and Birmingham were both incorporated into the county of West Midlands. That doesn’t mean there is nothing to do in the county of Warwickshire. With so much history and beautiful Cotswolds countryside in the south of the county, you can’t go wrong with a family day out here. You can travel through some of the county up to the city of Birmingham by canal. The Grand Union canal runs through Leamington and Warwick. That might make a canal boat holiday in this county a great way to enjoy what is on offer here.

Warwickshire isn’t the biggest county in England, but it certainly packs a punch when it comes to great days out. If you love history, don’t spend all your holiday in England’s capital. Head north up the M40 and find out more about the darkest and most romantic histories of the country. What will you get up to in the county of Warwickshire?