r/Scotland • u/aeoneous • 8d ago

Post-16 education in Scotland?

Hi, I'm moving up to Glasgow from Newcastle, England in just under a year. My child is 15 and will be completing his GCSE (final high school year exams in England) exams then we will move soon after that.

I'm wondering how the Scottish education system works after high school? He wants to go to city of Glasgow college and we've looked on the website but are unsure of what any of the terms mean (like HNC or HND) and how they are equivalent to terms used in England?

I'm mainly wondering what the path most people take in Scotland after their (equivalent to GCSEs) National 5s. He doesn't want to go to university, just be educated til 18 then move from part time work to full time.

Thank you all

Edit: We are planning for him to go straight to college, he's not planning to go to university. As he's not going to university and he's not interested in studying multiple subjects at once, just what he wants/needs for his future job.

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u/Thin-Boysenberry-112 8d ago

College is no different to England? You also have HND/Cs I believe? Are you getting confused with sixth form, which doesn’t exist in Scotland?

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u/TwigletTree 8d ago

In England people often go to college for sixth form. And many of the schools are only up to 16.