Rob Mahon, the headteacher at St Aloysius College, says it is a ‘national scandal’ that so many young people are neither in work nor education

A SCHOOL is giving teenagers a new route into work after their GCSEs, with its headteacher warning that too many young people are being left behind.

St Aloysius’ College, in Hornsey Lane, will offer two T Level courses from September 2027: Digital Software Development, and Management and Administration.

Headteacher Rob Mahon said: “The university path is not for everybody and with those new technical qualifications we’re in a position to offer a real and ambitious alternative.”

He described the recently reported figure of one million young people out of work, education or training as “a national scandal”, adding: “It doesn’t have to be this way.” Each two-year course is equivalent in size to three A levels and includes an industry placement of at least 315 hours, around 45 days.

The digital course covers designing, building and testing software, as well as data and cyber security.

Management and Administration looks at how organisations handle people, money and projects.

The courses are open to the college’s own Year 11 pupils and to students joining from other schools. Mr Mahon said staff were “determined to make it a resounding success”.

Families can find out more at the sixth form open evening on Thursday 19 November, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. David Barker FRSA, founder of the social mobility organisation Placer, will speak there.