Your Application

Your Journey

Applying for a course 1 Apply Online at: www.nptcgroup.ac.uk Go to the search bar and type in one of the subjects you wish to apply for e.g. Brickwork, Dance, Sport or Hairdressing. Just click on the white ‘Find a Course and Apply’ button on the right hand side to start your application.

Your College

If this is your first time applying to the College, you’ll need to create a Prospect account so make sure you have an e-mail address ready. Your username will be the first part of your e-mail address (the section before the @).

Welcome to the online application system here at NPTC Group of Colleges. Passwords must be at least nine characters long and contain at least one uppercase, one lowercase and one number. You have the power to manage every stage of your journey, from researching Once you have completed the form and clicked register, a pop-up will show you what your username is – but you will also receive an e-mail confirmation. Once you have clicked 'register', you can courses that interest you, to completing continue with your application. Simply fill out each stage step-bythe application form and setting step. If at any point you need any help, College staff are always interview dates. You can also log into on hand to help via telephone, e-mail or social media! your account at anytime to see where Tel: 01639 648000 E-mail: admissions@nptcgroup.ac.uk you are in the process. You can stop at any point and the application will be saved. To log back in just visit the College homepage. The MY APPLICATION Right Course, Right Choice! button is located on the top of the page. With so many choices available we understand that making a decision can be difficult. We are here to support you through the process, whether it be Book your interview 2 vocational courses or an apprenticeship! You must select your date to come into the College for interview from the options available. So how do you choose? An interview is a chance for you and your parents/guardians to Explore your options by reading our full-time come in to talk to us, find out all about the College and get more prospectus, browsing our website for ideas, attending information on the subjects or courses you’ve chosen to study. open days, or taking advantage of our awesome career app, ‘Career Coach’. Conditional offer 3 KEEP IN TOUCH After you have discussed our entry requirements at your interview It’s now down to you and getting the grades you need – and chosen the course you want to study, we will put your if at any stage you change your mind about the course conditional offer on Prospect, which you can immediately accept. you have chosen to study or you don’t get the grades, don’t panic! Remember, we are always here to help. 4 Don’t forget you can change your choice of course at Finding your application any stage, right up to enrolment. If you ever need to log back into your account, you’ll find the MY Good luck in your GCSEs and we'll see you APPLICATION button on the top of the homepage. You will be able in September! to tell where you are in the application process on your homepage! The Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate at Advanced Level will enable Level 3 students to consolidate and progress their essential skills, essential employability skills, Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate www.nptcgroup.ac.uk b and promote and develop high level research skills. Building on achievements at Level 2, the qualification will help to develop more complex skills, attributes and behaviours. It will provide experiences which will equip you for university, further training or employment. Apply Online "The Skills Challenge Certificate (Welsh Baccalaureate) is unusual as a qualification whose content is in large part led by students themselves. We enormously value the self-motivation, curiosity and independent-mindedness this approach to learning develops. It is these characteristics, along with three excellent A Levels, that we look for at competitive universities like Oxford." Dr Matthew Williams, Access and Career Development Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. 10