Core Careers Programme Topics (Careers Hour)

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.

KS 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.

KS 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.