WayWhatWayWhat for schools and colleges
A free tool that helps students and families explore every route after GCSEs and A-levels, and see what each one needs. No sign-up, no adverts and no personal data collected.
- 146 routes after GCSEs and A-levels, from sixth form, the IB and T-levels to college, apprenticeships and every UK degree
- 6,440 university courses with entry points, graduate salaries and satisfaction, from official Discover Uni data
- 89 careers, each showing every route in
- 310 universities, colleges and IB schools, with distance from home
How it supports the Gatsby Benchmarks
WayWhat supports the evidence for several benchmarks. Meeting a benchmark depends on how a school uses it as part of a planned careers programme.
Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Course-level graduate salaries, employment outcomes and common jobs from official data, plus links to National Careers Service job profiles.
Benchmark 3: Addressing the needs of each pupil
Routes for every kind of learner, including T-levels, college diplomas, apprenticeships at every level and land-based options, not just A-levels and university. Students can start from subjects, courses or careers, whichever suits them.
Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
Every GCSE, A-level, IB, T-level and BTEC subject has a page showing the courses and careers it leads to, ready to use in a subject lesson. Browse subject pages.
Benchmark 7: Encounters with further and higher education
Universities, colleges and IB schools by region, type and distance from home, with links to each course, to help students choose open days and visits.
Benchmark 8: Personal guidance
Students can build My plan (their subjects, shortlisted routes, careers and places, plus questions to ask) and print or share it before a careers meeting.
Ways to use it
- Year 9 options: families explore what different GCSE choices can lead to.
- Year 11 post-16 choices: compare sixth form, the IB, T-levels, college and apprenticeships side by side.
- Subject lessons: a five-minute starter with the subject's page, "Where can this subject take you?"
- Tutor time: students pick three careers and compare the routes into each.
- Careers meetings: students bring a printed or shared My plan.
- Parents' evenings and newsletters: share the QR poster or the paragraph below so families can explore together at home.
Safeguarding, privacy and IT
- No accounts or sign-up, no messaging between users, and no user-generated content
- No adverts, no tracking cookies and no profiling; designed for ages 13 and over
- Choices and plans are saved on the student's own device; nothing personal is sent to WayWhat
- Anonymous visit counts only (GoatCounter), with an opt-out on each device
- Works in any modern browser on phones, tablets, Chromebooks and computers, with nothing to install; works offline once opened
- Revision-guide links to Amazon and a voluntary tip jar help cover running costs; both are clearly labelled and never affect what's shown
Read the privacy notice and terms of use.
Ready-made materials
Newsletter paragraph
Poster with QR code
An A4 poster for corridors, the careers office or options evenings.
Slide image
A ready-made image for an assembly or lesson slide: download it.
Where the information comes from
Discover Uni dataset
Courses, universities and colleges, campuses, entry points, salaries, satisfaction, continuation and common jobs.
on_2026_09_29_12_31_32, imported 2026-10-02. CC BY 4.0.
International Baccalaureate
IB World Schools and their programmes, from the IB's Find an IB World School directory.
WayWhat's own guidance
Entry routes, subject guidance and careers, last reviewed 2026-10-01. Official guidance (GOV.UK, QAA, Skills England, National Careers Service) is linked rather than copied.
A version for your school
Interested in a customised version, with your school or college's branding and local sixth forms, colleges and employers highlighted? Custom versions are available by arrangement, at an agreed cost. We're also happy to help you plan how to use WayWhat in your careers programme.
Feedback
If something's missing, out of date or could work better for your students, we'd like to hear: [email protected].