French, Geography and Food science?

[FishChipsandMusheePeas]

What career paths/options are available with these a levels?

French and geography are a levels
Food science is level 3 diploma
Will also do AS Maths.

Chosen because DC has no clue what they want to do but likes these subjects at GCSE.

A fantastic job developing menus for a restaurant in France that focuses on food with local provenance....

What grade are they likely to achieve in GCSE French? The A level is a big step up and a lot of work. Would not advise with anything less than a 7. I know that's not what you asked but it's a challenging subject.

French, geography, food and maths grades all predicted 7. Possibly 8 in geography.

All others (so 4 other subjects) mainly 6s with one 5.

In that case they sound like good choices tbh.

He could go to uni with those A levels, to study French, geography, any of the many subjects that require no specific A levels (sociology, criminology, philosophy and many more). He could go to catering college and gain qualifications in that direction too.

There are websites where you can submit A level choices and see what uni courses they lead to, if he wants higher Ed. Or an apprenticeship post A levels may suit?

So sorry @FishChipsandMusheePeas I called your child 'he' as I thought you had referred to them as he but I see you have not.
They could go to uni.... etc

Teaching at primary level or French, geography or food at secondary level (language teachers in high demand at the minute)
Translator type work
If interested in a degree then French would open up language degrees in things like Chinese, Slavic languages etc which aren’t taught in schools but you just need a language AL (and other) to get on the course to demonstrate language ability.

Geography work with environmental agency, water companies, etc.
Planing

Chef, catering, hospitality work

Things like linguistics, social work, politics and cultural studies kinds of degree would be open as they have no specific requirements.

Would your DC consider doing a full AL in maths? This opens more doors such as geology, earth sciences, anthropology, economics, finance, psychology, various therapy routes, even some medical based routes, and of course maths.

Personally, I think dropping food science and taking 3 full AL would be better. Can always go into catering/be a chef without food science but can’t do anything requiring AL maths with no maths.

Overall, good choices though. Broad and balanced. Just be aware things like engineering, medicine and science are ruled out (but your probably aware of this already).

Agree with PPs good combination and you’ve had some great suggestions for career options or degrees.

I would second questions whether your child would like to do full A-Level in maths.
Saying this because Food Science degrees need science A-Levels. Food science wouldn’t be accepted in its own right. (Attachment from UCAS, although check individual courses).

Ugh. Bad typing today. I meant. I second the question asked about whether your child would consider a full A-Level in maths.

@clary don’t worry about it at all, no harm done. My DC is a he, it’s just the way I wrote the original sentence made me write they rather than he. I have a suspicion you’ve commented on some of my posts, or we’ve been on the same thread in the past so it wasn’t an unnatural assumption to make.
Thanks from the suggestions of apprenticeships and catering college. I’ll go dig out those websites you mention and DS can have a look.

@Neim , that’s a great list. Thank you. Although he has no clue what he would like to do, engineering and sciences are already off the list. Really not keen or strong in those areas. Maths being the exception, but he treats it like a language. Or at least that’s what he told me anyways.

@Dragon22, thanks for pointing the food science degree requirements out. Useful to know. Will ask DC if he would consider maths as a full a level because of that, and also because of some of the other options which Neim mentioned.

I was mainly asking to try and help DS have a look into some potential career routes (and make sure for myself that’s the combination wasn’t so strange that it limits future options). It looks like there are lots of options out there for the subjects chosen. I was happy with, and would have let him done, the choices he wanted to anyways, but I’m a happier now I can see where they might lead.

You know what, I have a feeling he might actually enjoy something like that. Or at least working in France doing some sort of geography/ environmental work or cooking. That’s actually quite a good shout.

Dd took French and geography A level btw, with eng lit. She says there was a lot if crossover esp to French - the human geography gave her lots of things to talk about in her French speaking.

She took eng lit at uni tho so that's not much help!

Btw she says she spent more time on the French than the other two put together; just so much to do in terms of grammar but especially the topics.

Sounds like a brilliant combination, especially the geography and maths.

There are all sorts of data based careers in geography. Geographical Information Systems (and geog itself) is a basis for so much that's related to urban planning, public health, business/ industry, government, financial industry, banking, etc.

French shows a versatile brain, also very useful for any international career.

The food service opens doors in that specific area. Nice to have that option if he decides to try a career in gastronomy.