I left St Ives Comprehensive School in 1999 with 9 GCSEs and started an Advanced GNVQ in Art & Design at Penwith College. I left without finishing the course because I could not afford the equipment and over the next few years worked in various retail establishments in different roles.
After taking ‘A’ levels at college Daisy worked as an administration Assistant at Penrice Community College, her old school, achieving an Apprenticeship in Administration and went on to work as a teaching assistant.
Jamie-Leigh left Treviglas Community College in June 2000 to start working full time in the designer clothing shop in which she had been working as a part-time Saturday and holiday assistant.
Carly attended Sir James Smith Community College with 9 GCSE’s. Up to this time her ambition was to follow Beauty Therapy and in 2003 she started a full time Beauty Therapy course at Truro College. The course was not what she expected
Hannah left Liskeard Community 6TH Form College with ‘A’ levels in Media, Theatre Studies and Travel & Tourism. She began working for NFU Mutual in September 2007 and started a Business and Administration Apprenticeship with Ultra Training four months later.
Kirsty left school and started 6th Form College. After a few months she realised that further education was not for her and felt she would learn better on an Apprenticeship scheme.
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