Gap years offer students the chance to enhance their experience for CV’s, and allow students the time to travel, learn new skills and be culturally enriched. Every year we get a small number of students opting to take a gap year before embarking up their university course, apprenticeship or chosen area of employment. To find out more about gap years and how they can be used, please see these websites:

https://www.ucas.com/alternatives/gap-year/gap-years-ideas-and-things-think-about

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/advice-on-a-gap-year

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/gap-year

https://gapforce.org/gb/gap-year-programs