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Subject

Foundation Studies

Level

Study Mode

Full-Time

Duration

1 year

Start Date

September 2025

The course

This programme will provide you with opportunities to develop skills ready for the workplace and the next steps.

You will develop personal action planning and employability skills within a mixture of a college placement and an industry placement. prepating you for a route into employment.

There are various pathways, allowing you to specialise based on your interests:

Agriculture, Environmental and Animal Care

Building and Construction

Business Administration, Travel and Tourism

Catering and Hospitality

Creative Industries

Health and Social Care

Sport, Fitness and Leisure

Course Information

  • Personal and social development
  • English and Maths, as required
  • Specialist topics relevant to your pathway

You must have an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan) but there are no formal qualifications required.

  • Stationery such as a note pad, black biro/pen, pencil, ruler and highlighters.
  • Plastic wallet/ folders required to organised and store work.
  • This course does not require any PPE for lessons. PPE will only be required for work experience onsite dependent on the area/department of work experience.
You will be able to progress into employment or on to a Level 1 programme.

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