The Careers programme at KS3 is delivered within both the tutorial programme and PSHCE lessons. In addition, we provide face-to-face encounters with providers both on site and with outreach visits.

During PSHCE lessons students cover the following

• preferred style of learning and how to develop study, organisational, research and presentation skills
• to identify own strengths, interests, skills and qualities as part of the personal review and planning process, including their value to future employability and strategies for further developing them
• different types of work, including employment, self-employment and voluntary work; that everyone has a ‘career’ which is their pathway through life, education and work
• about the laws and by-laws relating to young people’s permitted hours and types of employment and how to minimise health and safety risks
• about different work roles and career pathways, including clarifying their own early aspirations
• about the labour market (including the diversity of local and national employment opportunities and about self-employment); about learning options, skills, occupations and progression routes
• about the choices available to them at the end of Key Stage 3, sources of information, advice and support, and the skills to manage this decision-making process
• the benefits of being ambitious and enterprising in all aspects of life
• the skills and qualities required to engage in enterprise, including seeing opportunity, managing risk, marketing, productivity, understanding the concept of quality, cash flow and profit
• the importance of protecting their own and others’ reputations; protecting their ‘online presence’: the concept of having a personal ‘brand’ that can be enhanced or damaged
• to assess and manage risk in relation to financial decisions that young people might make

During Year 9 additional Careers support is provided to help students make informed choices ahead of making their choices. This includes;

• Careers seminars featuring different professionals from a wide range of careers. Recent visitors have included staff from: British Airways, Metropolitan Police, NHS, Marriott Hotels, Investment 2020, CONEL – Engineering faculty, ChoppyCuts Academy
• Year 9 Options evening
• Year 9 Taster Lessons
• Dedicated Year 9 Careers & Options Google Classroom to share opportunities for online careers webinars, virtual work experience placements, support to guide students through the options process