CAREERS EDUCATION
There is a comprehensive careers education programme which starts in Year 7 and carries on through to Year 13. The programme has three strands: self-awareness and development , career exploration and career management, All three strands are covered in each year group. As part of this, we are keen to engage with local employers in order to keep staff and students up-to-date with current labour market information. Students undertake work experience in Year 12 and we welcome employers from a variety of sectors into to schools to give talks and to provide opportunities for our students to network and make contacts.
CAREERS GUIDANCE
All our students have at least one Careers interview with a professional, independent Careers Adviser who visits school twice a week. Careers interviews help students to put their Career plans into action and give them a chance to ask any questions which they have following their careers lessons. As a school, we are keen to include local employers’ contributions to our careers programme. Local employers who would like to contribute in any way to any of the sessions below, or suggest alternative ones, should contact the careers co-ordinator, Rachel Gooding on 01704 879315
CORE CAREERS PROGRAMME TOPICS (CAREERS HOUR)
Skills and qualities (SA)
Building a personal profile (SA)
Visual CV (CM)
The world of work and stereotyping – LMI (CE)
Job research – LMI and matching skills and qualities – introducing the JED (CE)
Job and career types – LMI (CE)
Jobs and skills
Routes in education and work
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
Career values (SA)
The value of an education (CE)
Interpersonal skills (SA)
Team work challenge (SA)
Green careers (CE)
NHS Careers Competition (CE)
Target setting
What happens after Year 11 – with Ask service
Careers Fair – including representatives of training organisations, FE colleges and HE
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
Skills and qualities re-visited (SA)
Options at 14 (CE)
Self-awareness and LMI (SA/CE)
Options logistics (CM)
Survival – simulation game – decision-making /teamwork (SA)
What is entrepreneurship? (CE)
Careers and the world of work – including local FE provider
Team problem-solving activity
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
Careers language and work values revisited (SA)
Stereotyping in the workplace (CE)
What do employers want? Rights and responsibilities at work (CE)
Employer encounter – sector varies (CE)
Options at 16 (CE)
Careers and criminality (CM)
Places to look for careers information
Apprenticeships research (CE)
Careers Fair – including representatives of training organisations, FE colleges and HE
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
Options at 16 revisited (CE)
Planning for the future (SA,CM)
Personal finance (CM)
FE college and training providers panel (CE)
CV workshop (CM)
Financial matters (CM)
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
Transition in 6th Form – What makes a successful student? (SA)
HE v apprenticeship 1 (CE/SA)
HE v. apprenticeship 2 (CE/SA)
Study skills for sixth form and university – note-taking (SA)
Choosing a university (CM)
Employer encounter – degree apprenticeship talk (CE)
Applying for university courses and apprenticeships (SA/CM)
Personal statement writing with a local university (SA/CM)
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
Course search, apprenticeship search and personal statements 1 (CE/SA)
Course search, apprenticeship search and personal statements 2 (CE/SA)
Interview skills (CM)
NASA simulation – decision-making and team work (SA)
Employability (CE/SA)
Transition to university – Sheffield University or another university session (CE)
Apprenticeships Fair
SA – self-awareness CE – career exploration CM – career management
KS 3 – careers insight evenings (from Y9) – for students interested in each sector and their parents.
K S 4 – mock interviews, workplace visits, at least one careers interview for all students, careers insight evenings for students interested in each sector and their parent, apprenticeships fair at a local college for those considering an apprenticeship, careers fair, sixth form taster day.
K S 5 – UCAS Fair (Y12), support with UCAS applications, mock interviews for vocational university courses, Oxbridge workshop, targeted work experience for all students, careers interviews on request or by referral, careers insight evenings for students interested in each sector and their parents, higher education evening (for Y12 students and parents) Subject departments also include careers related content in lessons, including employer encounters.
