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The degree apprenticeship CV template
A free one-page CV template for degree apprenticeships and school leaver programmes at banks, insurers, the Big Four and accountancy firms. Personal profile, A-levels and GCSEs, work experience and achievements, laid out the way employers expect, with no text boxes or tables so the application system reads exactly what you wrote. The filler content shows you what good looks like; page two of the file tells you how to use it.
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Profile
I am a Year 13 student predicted A*AA in Mathematics, Economics and Business, applying for a Level 6 Financial Services Degree Apprenticeship. A week's placement with an audit team last summer confirmed that I want a career in finance, and I would rather learn the job from day one while studying for a degree than wait three years to start. Two years of part-time work handling cash and running the daily close, and a year as Finance Director of a Young Enterprise company, have given me a strong grounding in numeracy, responsibility and teamwork.
Education
Intervyo Sixth Form CollegeManchester, UK
A-levels (Year 13)Sep 2025 - Jun 2027
- Mathematics (A* predicted), Economics (A predicted), Business (A predicted); EPQ (A predicted) on bank branch closures
- Top 5% of the year group in Mathematics in Year 12; Silver certificate, UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge
Intervyo AcademyManchester, UK
GCSEsSep 2020 - Jun 2025
- Nine GCSEs at grades 9 to 6, including Mathematics (9), Statistics (8), Business (8) and English Language (7)
Work Experience
Bright Harbour CoffeeManchester, UK
Barista (part-time, 12 hours a week)Jun 2024 - Present
- Serve 150+ customers per shift in a six-person team at the busiest branch in the city, handling card and cash payments and resolving complaints on the spot
- Trusted with the till float and end-of-day cash reconciliation within three months of starting, with no discrepancies across 60+ closes
- Trained four new starters on the till and wrote the opening checklist the branch still uses
Vyo & Co Chartered AccountantsManchester, UK
Work Experience Placement, Audit (one week)Jul 2026
- Assisted the audit team on a client stock count and reconciled a sample of 40 purchase invoices to the ledger; identified one mismatch that the manager raised with the client
- Joined the planning meeting for a new audit and wrote a one-page summary of the client for the team
Positions of Responsibility & Achievements
Young Enterprise Company ProgrammeManchester, UK
Finance Director, Bright Bags (10 students)Oct 2025 - Jun 2026
- Kept the accounts and weekly cash flow for a company that sold 320 printed tote bags at school and local markets; reached the regional final and returned a 14% profit to 25 shareholders
- Presented the results to a panel of three business judges and took their questions on pricing and margins
Duke of Edinburgh's AwardManchester, UK
Silver (achieved), Gold (expedition complete)Sep 2023 - Present
- Led navigation on a four-day, 80 km Gold expedition for a team of six; completed the volunteering section as a maths mentor to Year 9 pupils for 12 months
Skills & Interests
Technical skills: Excel (SUMIFS, pivot tables, charts), Google Sheets, Python basics (6-week online course)
Certificates: Level 2 Certificate in Financial Education; 20-hour online introduction to financial markets
Languages: English (native), French (GCSE grade 8)
Interests: County-level 400m runner (PB 52.4s), chess club captain, a budgeting spreadsheet used by 30 classmates
Page one, exactly as it downloads. Page two of the file tells you how to use it, then you delete it.
Why this template
Built for how employers read a school leaver's CV
Degree apprenticeship applications are screened on grades first and evidence second, by people who know you are seventeen and have not had a job in finance yet. This template puts what they look for where they look for it.
Your grades are easy to find
Most programmes set a minimum: UCAS points or specific A-level grades, plus a grade in GCSE Mathematics and English. The template shows your predicted grades and your GCSE line near the top of the page, so the first check is a quick one.
A profile that sells you in your own words
Four or five lines at the top of the page: what you are on track for, what you are applying for and why, and the experience that shows you are ready. It is the one place on a CV where you speak directly to the reader, and the filler shows you how to use it.
Your part-time job counts
An employer taking on a school leaver is looking for someone who turns up, learns fast and can be trusted with customers and money. A Saturday job where you ran the till and closed up shows all of that, and the template writes it up properly.
Safe for automated screening
Large employers run applications through tracking systems. The file has no text boxes, tables, columns or images, so the system reads it top to bottom exactly as you wrote it.
What is inside
The five sections, and what goes in each
The template ships with filler content in every section so you can see the shape before you replace it with your own.
1. Profile
Four or five lines in the first person. What you are studying and your predicted grades, the programme you are applying for, why you want it, and the experience that shows you are ready for it. This is where you sell yourself, so write it in your own words and keep it specific: a placement, a job, a role you held.
In: Predicted grades, the programme, why you want it, your best two or three experiences
Out: A list of adjectives with nothing behind them, your UCAS statement pasted in
2. Education
Sixth form or college first, then secondary school. Show your A-levels or equivalents with predicted grades marked as predicted, since most Year 13 applicants apply before results. List your GCSEs in one line with Mathematics and English named, because most programmes ask for a minimum grade in both. Add an EPQ, BTEC or T-level if you have one, and any academic award.
In: A-levels or equivalents with predicted grades, GCSEs with maths and English, EPQ or BTEC, awards
Out: Primary school, subjects you dropped or failed
3. Work experience
Part-time jobs, placement weeks and volunteering, most recent first. Employers hiring school leavers want to see that you turn up, learn quickly and can be trusted with money and customers, and a Saturday job shows all three. Write each entry as what you did and what came of it, with a number where you have one.
In: Part-time work, placement weeks, volunteering, each with a result
Out: Duties copied from the job advert
4. Positions of responsibility and achievements
Young Enterprise, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a society or team role, a competition, a project you can link to. Most sixth formers have more here than under Work Experience, and employers expect that. One role, one result per line.
In: Roles with a budget, a team or a result; awards; a project with a link
Out: Hobbies with no role and no outcome
5. Skills and interests
Tools you can use and what you have used them for, certificates from courses you finished, languages with the grade you hold, and interests specific enough to start a conversation at interview.
In: Excel or Sheets with the functions, certificates, languages with grades, specific interests
Out: Skill bars, star ratings, "Microsoft Word"
The profile
How to write your personal profile
Four or five lines, first person, plain English. It is the first thing the reader sees, and it is where you make the case for yourself.
- 1.Start with where you are. Your year, your subjects and your predicted grades, and the programme you are applying for. One sentence.
- 2.Say why you want it. What drew you to the industry, and why an apprenticeship rather than university. A placement, a talk, a project or a job is a better reason than an adjective.
- 3.Show you are ready. The two or three things from the rest of the page that best make the case: a job you were trusted in, a role you held, something you built or ran. Name them, and let the bullets below carry the detail.
From the template
I am a Year 13 student predicted A*AA in Mathematics, Economics and Business, applying for a Level 6 Financial Services Degree Apprenticeship. A week's placement with an audit team last summer confirmed that I want a career in finance, and I would rather learn the job from day one while studying for a degree than wait three years to start. Two years of part-time work handling cash and running the daily close, and a year as Finance Director of a Young Enterprise company, have given me a strong grounding in numeracy, responsibility and teamwork.
You do not need a UCAS-style personal statement for a degree apprenticeship. You apply through the employer, usually with a CV and short answers on their form, so the fuller version of why you want the role goes into those answers, where the question is asked and you have the space to answer it.
Filling the page
What to include when you have not worked in finance yet
Nobody applying from sixth form has. Employers know that, and they are looking for signs of the same things in what you have done.
What counts
A part-time job in a shop, a cafe or a restaurant. A placement week or insight day. Volunteering you do regularly. A school role with a budget or a team behind it. Young Enterprise, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a sports captaincy, a maths challenge certificate. An online course you finished. A spreadsheet or a small program that other people use. Each one goes on the page as what you did and what came of it.
If you have made something, link to it: a GitHub repository, a project write-up, a piece you published. One entry under Positions of Responsibility with a bullet saying what it shows. Recruiters do click, and something you built says more than any description of it.
Writing the bullets
What you did, and what came of it
Start with a verb, say what you did and how, and end with a number or a result. The filler bullets all follow that shape; copy the shape, not the words.
Before
"Worked at a coffee shop on Saturdays, serving customers and helping with closing up."
After
"Trusted with the till float and end-of-day cash reconciliation within three months of starting, with no discrepancies across 60+ closes."
Same job. The second version says what you were trusted with, how soon, and how it went, and it gives an interviewer something to ask you about.
Eight steps
How to use the template
- 1Download the .docx and open it on a desktop or laptop, not a phone.
- 2Replace the header with your name, email, phone and LinkedIn if you have one. No photo, no date of birth, no address, and use an email that will still work after you leave school.
- 3Write your profile in your own words: four or five lines on what you are on track for, what you are applying for and why, and the experience that backs it up.
- 4Fill in Education with your predicted grades marked as predicted, and your GCSEs in one line with Mathematics and English named.
- 5Write your work experience, placements and volunteering as what you did and what came of it, with a number where you have one.
- 6Keep dates aligned: click at the end of any header line and press Tab once. There are no text boxes to move around.
- 7Stay on one page. If you are over, cut the oldest content first.
- 8Delete the second page of the file (it is instructions, not content) and export as FirstName_LastName_CV.pdf.
.docx, under 50KB. Word, Google Docs and Pages all open it.
When it is filled in, ask a teacher or careers adviser to read it, and run it through the free Intervyo CV check for line-by-line feedback on your bullets.
Questions
Degree apprenticeship CV template FAQ
Yes. Download the .docx and use it for as many applications as you like, no card and no account. It is the same file whether you are applying to a bank, an insurer, the Big Four or a school leaver programme at an accountancy firm.
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