CAREERS

KEY CONTACTS:

Careers Lead: Mrs S Prest 

Call: 0191 534 4444

Email: info@christscollege.org.uk

Address: Christ’s College, Pennywell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8PG

VISION:

At Christ’s College we believe in excellence for all. We seek to provide our students with an outstanding education underpinned by traditional Christian values. We aim to encourage all of our students  to use their gifts and talents to achieve their personal best and make a positive contribution to their society.

Our careers programme has been designed to raise the aspirations of all students and provide them with the knowledge and skills needed to help them make informed choices that move them into their chosen lifelong career. Whether they want to apply to university, undertake an Apprenticeship or move straight to the job market, we want to provide them with local opportunities that will inspire and excite them.

The programme is  flexible ensuring that our students move into a post-16 pathway that suits their skills, interests, personality and values and helps them to break down any barriers to success. As in all areas of school life our expectations are high, including for our most vulnerable students and those with special educational needs, so that every child is challenged appropriately and acquires the knowledge, skills and attitudes for lifelong learning that employer’s value.

AIMS

At Christ’s College our careers programme aims to:

  • Provide high quality independent and impartial careers advice to all students which raises aspirations and motivates them to consider a broad range of careers to fulfil their potential.
  • Empower young people to plan and manage their own futures
  • Give careers and labour market information and advice that is up to date
  • Respond to the needs of each learner, supporting inclusion, challenging stereotyping and promoting equality of opportunity
  • Provide opportunities to work in partnership with employers to inspire students through real-life contact with the world of work.
  • Provide opportunities to access a range of further and higher education institutions, training providers and others to ensure students are informed of all available pathways including technical education qualifications and apprenticeships
  • Develop enterprise and employability skills including skills for self-employment
  • Support students at key transition points

All students Christ’s College will  receive high quality careers education, information, advice and guidance delivered through our planned Careers programme.

Students can expect to:

  • Access at least one independent, impartial careers guidance interview from Careers Wave.
  • Receive a personalised action plan that will help them to plan their next steps
  • Be provided with a mentor in year 10 and 11 who will work one on one with students to discuss academic progress and next steps
  • Receive advice and support tailored to the needs of each student.
  • Take part in activities which seek to challenge stereotypical thinking and raise aspirations in PD lessons and “Future Focus Friday sessions
  • Enjoy Personal Development sessions that demonstrate the links that the curriculum has to careers including in STEM subjects.
  • Have meaningful employer encounters through a comprehensive range of guest speaker appearances, which will mean all students have at least one encounter with an employer each year including STEM employers.
  • Attend our in-house careers fair, where they will have the opportunity to speak directly with local employers, apprenticeship providers, colleges and universities
  • Experience the workplace through visits to a range of different industries, which will mean all students have at least one experience by the age of 16
  • Have opportunities to speak with/visit a range of further education, higher education, and training providers.
  • Experience the workplace through a five-day programme of work experience in year 10
  • Learn about our local labour market
  • Receive parental support and guidance through the website and parental engagement events at key transitions

CIEAG INFORMATION YOU WILL RECEIVE EACH YEAR:

YEAR 7
  • Career talks from a range of local employers
  • Careers education embedded into “Future focus Friday sessions”
  • Careers learning opportunities in lessons
  • PD lessons that include topics such as on Equality in the workplace / Labour laws / Goal setting / Trends in the labour market
  • Activities centred around National Careers week 
  • Activities centred around National apprenticeship week 
  • Attendance at in-house careers fair
  • Participation in a business game led by a local employer
  • Careers talks from a range of local employers
  • Careers education embedded into “Future focus Friday sessions”
  • Careers learning opportunities in lesson 
  • PD lessons that include topics such as, Understanding the labour market / Labour laws / Goal setting / How to make the right decisions for GCSE/ Developing skills
  • Activities centred around National Careers week 
  • Activities centred around National apprenticeship week 
  • Attendance at in-house careers fair
  • Participation in a business game led by a local employer
  • Options choices support
  • Careers talks from a range of local employers
  • Careers education embedded into “Future focus Friday sessions”
  • Careers learning opportunities in lesson 
  • PD lessons that include topics such as, choosing the right career/ understanding the different options post 16 / what makes me employable / the truth about university / SMART goal setting
  • Activities centred around National Careers week 
  • Activities centred around National apprenticeship week 
  • Attendance at in-house careers fair
  • Workshops with Sunderland University
  • Participation in a business game led by a local employer
  • Options choices support 
  • Careers interview with independent careers advisor (Career Wave)
  • Interview followed up with action plan to help with next steps
  • Academic mentor- working one to one focused on revision skills and planning next steps
  • Career talks  from a range of local employers
  • Careers education embedded into “Future focus Friday sessions”
  • Careers learning opportunities in lesson 
  • Activities centred around National Careers week 
  • Activities centred around National apprenticeship week 
  • Attendance at in-house careers fair
  • University campus visit
  • Follow up workshops with Sunderland University
  • Attendance at in-house Careers Fair 
  • Five-day work experience placement
  • Careers interview with independent careers advisor (Career Wave)
  • Interview followed up with action plan to help with next steps
  • Academic mentor- working one to one focused on revision skills and planning next steps
  • Career talks  from a range of local employers
  • Next step assemblies delivered by a range of HE/ FE/ apprenticeship providers and Sixth form colleges
  • Careers education embedded into “Future focus Friday sessions”
  • PD lessons that include topics such as, SMART goal setting/ interview techniques / writing a CV / post 16 options
  • Careers learning opportunities in lesson 
  • Activities centred around National Careers week 
  • Activities centred around National apprenticeship week 
  • Attendance at in-house careers fair

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