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Where can the #RunshawAdvantage take me?

At Runshaw, you will gain the skills and experience you will need for your future, as well as an advantage over other candidates for job roles or higher education places. With 1 in 3 Runshaw students progressing onto a Russell Group university, and 76 offers for medicine, dentistry and veterinary sciences, the #RUNSHAWADVANTAGE really can help get you to where you want to be.

Runshaw Advantage Qualifications Logo

At Runshaw, you gain an advantage over other candidates applying for your choice of job role or higher education place.

You can choose to study for a wide range of additional qualifications on top of your main qualification to give you the best chance of success in the future. We offer additional qualifications relevant to a range of career aims so that you can find one that will really help you get ahead! Some of these include:

  • The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 
  • ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
  • Prestigious Competitions CREST awards, UK Maths Challenge, Informatic Olympiad and many more!
  • GCSE Maths & English
  • First Aid
  • Course-specific additional qualifications – Health & Safety, Cabin Crew, Food Hygiene
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At Runshaw, you gain the skills and experience you will need for successful employment in the future.

These are skills that employers value, such as: communication, problem solving, organisation, team working and negotiation.

You have the opportunity to develop these skills through a range of interesting and worthwhile activities:

  • Work experience placements
  • Real work environments: Travel Hub, Runshaw Radio, Chef School
  • Volunteering: V50, V100 awards
  • Student Ambassador work & charity fundraising