School sixth forms, sixth form colleges, further education colleges and training providers offering post 16 education, training and apprenticeships in and near Bristol.
How to apply
You can apply for post 16 education if you're:
- in your final year at school
- aged 16 to 18 and not in education, employment or training (NEET)
Apply for a place by contacting the school, college or training provider directly.
You can find out much more detail about schools, sixth form college, further education colleges and training providers offering Post 16 education, training and apprenticeships and other options in our Post 16 directory.
For apprenticeships you can also search online on the GOV.UK site Go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship (opens new window).
pdf Bristol Post 16 directory (3.38 MB)
Post 16 directory 2022
View the pdf post 16 directory for September 2022 (2.47 MB)
School sixth forms
- Ashton Park School 0117 377 2777
- Blaise High School 0117 903 0100
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School 0117 353 5000
- Bristol Free School 0117 959 7200
- Cabot Learning Federation Post 16 0117 988 2525
- Kingsweston School 0117 903 0400
- Learn Knowle DGE 0117 353 2011
- MA.16 (Merchants' Academy) 0117 301 5000
- North Bristol Post-16 Centre
- St Bede's Catholic College 0117 377 2200
- St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School 0117 377 2100
- V6 (Montpellier High School) 0117 942 4328
Sixth form colleges, further education colleges and specialist schools
Sixth form and further education colleges tend to be much bigger than school sixth forms and other providers, and offer a wide range of academic and vocational subjects.
- Bath College 01225 312 191 email enquiries@bathcollege.ac.uk
- City of Bristol College 0117 312 5000
- Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy Go to https://www.bteacademy.co.uk/index.asp (opens new window) 0117 983 808
- Digitech Studio School 0117 992 7100
- South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College) 0117 931 2121
- St Brendan's Sixth Form College 0117 977 7766
- Weston College Go to http://weston.ac.uk (opens new window) 01934 411 411
Training providers
These organisations and projects offer post 16 study programmes, apprenticeships, traineeships or help to get started in work.
- Access Creative College Go to http://www.accesscreative.ac.uk/ (opens new window) 01275 891847
- A2A (Hartcliffe and Withywood Ventures) 0117 978 1708
- Babington
- BEMA Limited 01454 32135
- Bespoke Consultancy and Education 0193 441 1260
- BIMM 08442 646 666
- Boomsatsuma 0117 942 8429
- Bristol City Community Trust 0117 963 0636
- Bristol City Council 0117 922 3919
- Circomedia 0117 947 7288
- Creative Youth Network 0117 947 7948
- dBs Music - Diplomas: 0333 344 2235, Degrees: 0333 344 2238
- Didac National Training Providers 0800 773 4230
- Focus Training Group
- HIT Training and Connect 2 Care 0800 093 5892
- JLT 0800 085 2308
- Lifetime Training Group 0333 0143 669
- Mencap 0117 965 5623
- Military Preparation College Training (MPCT) 08442 438438
- N-Gaged Training and Recruitment 0117 9710883
- North Bristol National Health Service Trust 0117 950 5050
- On Site Bristol 0117 352 1960
- Outdoor College 0771 420 9579
- Princes Trust (Fairbridge) 0800 842 842
- Professional Apprenticeships
- QA Apprenticeships
- Reflections Training Academy 0117 922 1440
- Rolls Royce
- S&B Automotive Academy 0117 953 3001
- Square Food Foundation 0117 903 9780
- The Big Act 0117 239 1274
- The Park Centre 0117 377 3669
- Weston College sport and public service courses (formerly Coachmakers) 0117 9039 772
- White Horse Ltd 01225 460 167
- Youth Education Service 0117 973 9744
Volunteering options
TCV – Conservation Volunteers 07766 421 301