Support and advice on hand after exam results
A helpline will offer parents advice as pupils across Renfrewshire prepare to receive their exam results.
Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) Exam Results Helpline will open on Tuesday, August 8, as 139,000 pupils across the country receive their National, Higher and Advanced Higher results.
This is the 25th year of the free helpline which offers advice, information and support for young people and their parents, who make a third of all calls we receive.
It will be open from 8am until 8pm, on August 8 and 9, and from 9am until 5pm, from August 10 to 16 .
The number to call is 0808 100 8000.
Qualified careers advisers are on hand to help young people who may not have received the results they were hoping for and those who have done better than anticipated.
These professionals have unique access to information on UCAS course vacancies at UK colleges and universities, Confirmation and Clearing, advice about Modern and Foundation Apprenticeships and employment or volunteering.
SDS acting director of operations James Russell said:“Our message for those young people and their parents and carers as the results arrive is not to panic.
“Everything might seem overwhelming at that point. Our experienced advisers are there to help and have information on all the options and opportunities young people can consider.”
He also highlighted the help that is also available at SDS’s network of local centres.
For full details of locations and opening hours, visit www. skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Post-results information for pupils and parents is also available at www. myworldofwork.co.uk
There’s also information about Modern Apprenticeships and Foundation Apprenticeships, atwww.apprenticeships.scot
Foundation Apprenticeships help young people gain valuable, real-world work experience and access work-based learning while they are still at school.
Students can also access help, advice and support via SDS’s Facebook page, which has practical help and links to UCAS, SAAS, Young Scot and the SQA.