Looking for your next step after school? This guide attached brings together a range of local and regional training providers, apprenticeship organisations, employability programmes and vocational opportunities across Liverpool and Merseyside. Opportunities can change during the year, so pupils and families should contact the provider directly or speak to the Waterside Academy Careers Team before applying.

Important update for 2026/27: the former standalone national Traineeships programme ended in 2023. Some organisations may still use older wording in historic materials, so this page uses the broader terms training, employability, study programme and apprenticeship unless a provider currently uses a specific programme title.