Year 11 Post-16 Applications PSHE Lessons

Year 11 PSHE and careers lesson pack on post-16 applications: 5 lessons on college, sixth form and apprenticeship applications, with mark schemes.

Most Year 11 resources stop at interviews. This pack covers the applications themselves, so form tutors and non-specialist staff can teach every pupil how to choose a route, write to employers and plan ahead in the autumn term.

What’s included

• 5 complete lessons of about 55 minutes, each with a full lesson plan (objectives, success criteria, starter, main, plenary, differentiation, AfL, notes for cover teachers)
• 5 A4 pupil worksheets: 19 Do Now questions, 39 keywords, 36 questions worth 142 marks, 5 Challenge questions and 15 exit ticket questions
• 5 complete mark schemes with marking guidance
• Scheme of work table, How to Use page and terms of use
• 78-page A4 PDF, print-ready

Lessons

1. Which Route? Comparing Your Post-16 Options
2. Writing a Personal Statement for College or Sixth Form
3. Applying for an Apprenticeship
4. Professional Emails and Phone Calls to Employers
5. Offers, Deadlines and Your Plan B

Suitable for
KS4 · Year 11 · PSHE and careers · Gatsby Benchmarks 5, 6, 7 and 8 · PSHE Association KS4 Careers and Economic wellbeing

How to use
Teach the lessons in order across the autumn term in PSHE, careers or extended form time. Pupils draft a personal statement, answer an apprenticeship question using the Situation, Action, Result frame, write a professional email and finish with a personal deadline tracker and Plan B. Each plan includes notes for cover teachers.

Print, teach and save hours of planning on the stage of Year 11 that most resources skip.