Careers - Education and Student Guidance
- Mrs K Nichols (Link Officer)
Careers education and guidance prepares students for the choices, changes and transitions affecting their further education, training, employment and their adult life.
Careers education is delivered by a team of teachers.
The Lower School programme is managed by an appointed teacher and is mainly delivered by Form Tutors in tutorial time, although additional Careers events are also delivered.
The Upper School programme is delivered in timetabled lessons by:
A Careers Teacher who helps students to identify their strengths, abilities, achievements and skills to build a personal profile which can be matched by use of computer databases to a whole range of opportunities available at the age of sixteen. There are also Year 11 mock interviews and presentations by visiting colleges and training organisations, as well as co-ordination of applications for further education, training and employment.
A Work-Related Learning and Citizenship Co-ordinator prepares students for the Year 10 Work Experience and Personal Development and covers exhaustively such issues as: the job market, health and safety at work; and the relevance of the school curriculum to the world of work. Other topics include: personal finance, personal well-being and criminal justice.
The School’s Personal Adviser (Connexions Norfolk Careers) is a key source of intelligence on further education, training and employment, supporting students through group work sessions in Years 8 and 9 and providing guidance where necessary through individual interviews to students in Years 8 to 11. Special support is given to students for whom the transition to the world of work may be particularly difficult. The adviser also attends the Parents’ Consultation Evenings for Years 9-11. Students are encouraged to use the Connexions Information Point in the Library Resources Centre in their free time in order to access careers information.
The school has developed a programme of Industrial Mentoring in association with Norfolk Children’s Services supported by Norfolk Education & Business Partnership.
