For nearly half of them, that dream will be a place at university and, for others, a vocational option or a job is likely to be their preference.
However, this year there was a dark cloud hanging over the prospects of those thinking that the next step should be the opportunity to earn while they learn on a high-quality apprenticeship programme.
Compared with two years ago, apprenticeship opportunities for 16- to 24-year-olds have slumped by a third. Even more disastrous is that opportunities at the intermediate starter level have fallen by more than half.
In the first nine months of 2017/18, there were only 127,000 level 2 apprenticeship starts in England when previously many more were available - for example, for young people who were not in education, employment or training, young offenders or care leavers.
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