Apprenticeship Withdrawn

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Not sure why I'm writing apart from maybe to vent.
Ds applied for a degree apprenticeship with the civil service. Tests and interview in April. He applied with A level results in hand. A*AA (requirement is CCC).They took until the end of June to let people know. He was told successful and then yesterday they withdrew his offer and put him on the reserves list (dept he was allocated now not doing). He does have a uni offer but in a different subject he's now not sure about.
Anyone had experience of this? Any advice. He's pretty upset and want to support him in making the right decision for him.

OP I would take this post with a major pinch of salt. Warwick is fast becoming one of the most prestigious universities in the UK. When my son applied in this last round, they wanted more from him than any other university, to study History.

This is not my state educated dc’s experience at all.

Or, OP's child can do it.

I would hang in there. There may be many who don't get the grades needed on results day.

Im not doing anything on his behalf. Part of talking to you lovely people is so I can help him think of options, but only he can decide what's right for him.

I've been out tonight and he's been chatting to dh and has decided that he can't worry about what's not in his control.

Thank you so much and any further thoughts gratefully received.

If it’s any consolation at all my DS had a slightly similar situation and as with most disappointments in life it actually turned out to be positive. My DS had an excellent degree apprenticeship lined up, in fact he was offered two, both very competitive for places. He had spent a long time doing all the interviews, tests etc and did brilliantly getting a place. However, he then didn’t do much work for his A levels and didn’t get the required grades…so they withdrew his offer. We were all very disappointed at the time. A level results day was v tricky as he was offered a place at Newcastle uni and to cut a long story short we pushed him to accept as at the time it seemed the best option. I was v worried as I don’t believe in pushing them down a certain path as it can come back to bite you. BUT in fact it has worked out brilliantly, and he’s an absolutely brilliant time at uni, and it’s been absolutely the right thing. I truly believe that he wasn’t ready for a degree apprenticeship. Whilst it’s a massive cost saving, it is definitely not an easy option, a proper job alongside a degree without the cohort of potential friends.
I would support your son in either going to Warwick, or a different uni/course. Things happen for a reason and he may have dodged a bullet.

One of my DC was informed in writing they'd been successful in getting a place on the civil service Fast Stream and then a few weeks later the place was withdrawn because they'd had more successful applicants than they had places for and so they raised the cut off score.
Edited to add that this was several years ago.

A 17 year old got a job working for the NhS? What as?

It will be spending review cuts. New Government fucking everything up. So sorry.

He's 18/19 - he's on a gap year and took A-levels a year ago

The thread is not particularly long, shorter if you only read the OP's posts. All the information you need to avoid you asking a silly question, is here.

How is this question wrong?

the op has said he has working for the nhs for the past year and contract is due to end

he is 18

therefore he got the job at 17

enlighten me?

To quote the op

He is working in the NHS. The contract is only for 1 year though and no funding for another.

Nonsense

how long ago was your son at Warwick @GinandGingerBeer

by any chance… is he a big fan of Corbyn?

Get him to sit tight for a bit. Do they have any kind of rollover list so even a next year start plus any sort of temp work in the meantime?

My DS has just handed in his final year dissertation after taking a degree apprenticeship, not civil service.

They are much harder to get a place on than the traditional University route plus the guaranteed job element, no student debt and a wage whilst studying is brilliant.

@Itsthe1st he may have taken his A levels early, my DH took his when he was 16, 17 shortly after as he is a late July baby and then worked for BP for a year before going to University.

OP said the contract ends in October. So presumably he was 18 when it started, last October.

I'm puzzled why this level of detail is important to you though.

To clarify. He is a summer birthday. His birthday is in the summer holidays- so is 18 but is almost a whole year younger than many of his cohort.

Can you think of any job in the nhs that would employ a barely 18 year old?

Ffs: he got the job in September. Not that I'm sure any of that is relevant to this.

But what nhs contract for a year did a barely turned 18 year old get?

Im curious about the nhs 1 year contract that employed a boy who had just turned 18 a few weeks previously 🤷

Itsthe1st - you must be a joy to be around. Would you like me to give you the name of the NHS trust, his job title and his manager's name so you can give them a ring?

Eek

someone who had turned 18 a few weeks previously secured a year contract with the nhs

I was simply asking the job

but… ok

Did he try for Big 4 apprenticeships? I’ve interviewed candidates in the past and from what you say I think your DS would stand a good chance.

The reason will be the department is short staffed due to laying people off because we don't take enough overseas students any more to make the university viable.
I'm sorry for your DS OP but this is what happens when the people of the country start pandering to Reform who think overseas students are scroungers.

Itsthe1st - there's loads of detail on here already. If I do that it will tell you who he is so no I'm not going to and its not relevant to this thread.

What's your job? How old are you? Are you qualified for it? How do we know? Are you too young for it or are you too old for it?