Every student is offered an individualised package of support, including: impartial advice and guidance; opportunities for work experience; employability skills via the Professional Growth Programme and direct support from a range of universities.
Our careers provision enables students to:
Identify their strengths and skills
Explore progression pathways
Acquire the skills that employers are looking for
Make informed choices about their futures
Research degree programmes
Identify appropriate universities
Make successful applications for apprenticeships, employment and further training
Key staff, from left to right: Emma Howard, Student professional Growth Training & Development Assistant; Claire Vassiloulis, Careers and Employability Advisor; Chris Taylor-Hedley, Student Professional Growth Training & Development Manager; Jill Whitham Head of Careers and Employability; Emily Dover, Careers and Employability Adviser
Additional staff: Mark Goodwin– Assistant Principal - Student Experience and Nick Horsfall – Link Governor for Careers
The B6 Careers programme has been approved by Governors and SMT and will next be reviewed in September 2025.
The Careers Lead at The Sixth Form Bolton is Jill Whitham, Head of Careers/Employability, and her contact details are JWhitham@bolton-sfc.ac.uk, tel: 01204 846215
How to Book a Careers Appointment with the B6 Careers Team:
You can find the B6 Careers Team in the Career Pod, which is located on the ground floor of The Sixth Form. Students can arrange a 1:1 career guidance appointment by booking their own appointment through our electronic bookings system which can be found here. Students will need to log into their College office 365 account in order to book.
Find out what to expect from a careers appointment here.
External Careers Support:
B6 Careers will continue to offer careers support to students for the first 12 months after they leave The Sixth Form. There are also a range of local, impartial careers organisations who can also provide support to current and former students. The contact details for these organisations are as follows:
Connexions Bolton
The Base,
Marsden Road,
Bolton, BL1 5PF
Tel: 0800 0525559
Email: cx.boltoncentre@bolton.gov.uk
Aspiring Futures, Wigan
Wigan Life Centre,
The Wiend,
Wigan, WN1 1NH
Tel: 01942 404364
Email via the weblink
Career Connect, Salford
St James’s House
Pendleton Way
Salford
M6 5FW
Tel: 0161 393 4500
Email: salford@careerconnect.org.uk
Connexions Bury
3 Knowsley Place,
Duke Street
Bury
BL9 0EJ
Tel: 0161 253 7733
Email via the weblink
Second-year students at The Sixth Form Bolton have recently begun hearing back from their university applications, with several receiving offers to study Medicine and Veterinary Science. Anya Patel, a former Sharples School pupil who studies A Level Biology, Chemistry and Psychology alongside the Honours Programme with EPQ and Core Maths, was delighted to receive an offer from the University of Nottingham to study Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.
Earlier this term, two members of staff from The Sixth Form Bolton represented the college at Bett 2026 in London.
Three B6 students were delighted to share with us that they are running as candidates to become a Youth Member of Parliament (MP).
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