Not for the trades as they usually take people in at 16+ and employers often consider youths with academic A-levels overqualified!

TBH my A-levels haven’t been worth shit in the long run, and (other than getting access to computers what folk couldn’t afford 20 years ago) nor was the 2 years I spent in uni. I got my job through being self taught and today I see folk with degrees who earn less than me in shitty call centres…