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Work Experience for Year 10 is July 14th - July 20th 2010

Work Experience for Year 12 is 14th June - 18th June 2010

The Connexions Office for Careers Information, advice and Guidance is on the main top corridor just after the Resource Centre. 

Key Stage 3 (Years 7 – 9)

Work-related Learning and Enterprise is available to all students in each year group. WRL and Enterprise is delivered through units of work in Citizenship lessons. Students are entitled to receive information, advice and guidance about jobs from fully trained careers experts in one to one settings at any convenient time. Students learn what is meant by a job, a career, work and employment. Students begin to take ownership of their career management. Lifestyle is considered in relation to choice of occupation and issues of equality and stereotyping are investigated. The importance of enterprise education is introduced and students are made aware of how to be enterprising through a programme of study entitled ‘The Real Game’.  In Year Nine, students are supported in planning the transition from Key Stage Three into Key Stage Four with a programme of work connected to decision making and choice.

Key stage 4 (Years 10 -11)

Work-related Learning and Enterprise is available to all students in each year group. WRL and Enterprise is delivered through units of work in Citizenship lessons. Every student chooses a placement to go to on work experience for five days at the end of Year 10. On return to school students take part in an analysis of their work experience in a debriefing session. Students learn about employability skills, job opportunities in the south west and how to manage labour market information. Enterprise skills are further developed through planning an enterprise model through to its readiness for delivery. Entrepreneurship is also considered as a potential step when leaving school/college/university. Every student is given the opportunity to take part in a mock interview delivered by people who interview candidates as part of their job. This aims to inject reality into job or placement searches.

Careers information is a key element as it helps to develop the knowledge and skills needed to make successful choices, manage transitions in learning and move into work. Careers Guidance is offered to enable young people to use the knowledge and skills they have gained to make decisions about learning and work that are right for them    

Key Stage 5 (6^th Form)

• Which Job?
• Which Course?
• Which University?
• Which Apprenticeship?
• Which Gap Year?
• Which Work Experience?
• Which Training

Careers INFORMATION

Careers ADVICE

Careers GUIDANCE

Qualified and experienced Careers reps are always available to enable students to make the next career management move which is right for each individual

Help with:

1. Applications to university and college
2. Understanding student finance
3. Constructing C.V’s and personal statements
4. Prospecting for employment
5. Interview skills
6. Investigating training routes
7. Making lifestyle choices
8. Finding sponsorship
9. Getting the most out of work experience

And much more such as:

• A well stocked careers library
• Careers matching programs on the curriculum network with links to the internet
• Connexions experts in school four days out of five – make an appointment to meet the advisors who are to be found in the Connexions office on the main corridor next to the resource centre entrance
•  Lunch time drop in every day at H9 with school staff
• Dedicated and fully trained work experience admin support staff