| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | Gatsby Benchmarks | Whole school opportunities |
Year 7 | FORMZ Event | Careers Form sessions: 1) Changes 2) What have you achieved? 3) What influences me? 4) What are you like? 5) Skills for like 6) How do you learn? 7) This is me 8) What is work?
National Careers Week Activities
| Encounters Assembly | 1, 2, 3 | Assembly – National Careers Week
Encounters Assembly- Police / NHS (apprenticeships / T levels focus)
Enterprise activity
Careers Lunch opportunity |
Year 8 | FORMZ Event | Careers Form sessions: 1) Think of the future 2) Apprenticeships 3) Are school and work different? 4) What do you want from work? 5) Job families – sectors 6) Challenging stereotypes 7) Budgeting 8) Budget planner CISCO Smart School workshop (30 students)
National Careers Week activities | | 1, 2, 3, | Assembly – National Careers Week
Encounters Assembly- British Heart Foundation / STEM ambassadors / Guinness Housing Company (Apprenticeships / T levels focus)
Careers Lunch opportunity |
Year 9 | SPACE Lessons – Apprenticeships and Labour Market Information | SPACE Lessons – Options and Pathways. Labour Market Information. World of Work event Options Assembly
Careers Form sessions: 1) Careers 1 (TBC) 2) Careers 2 (TBC) 3) Careers 3 (TBC) 4) Careers 4 (TBC) 5) Careers 5 (TBC)
CISCO Future app workshop (30 students) National Careers Week activities | SPACE Lessons – Introduction to finance – savings, borrowing, debt, taking risks. | 1, 2, 3, | Assembly – National Careers Week
National Apprenticeship Week
Pathways Process
World of Work
Careers Lunch opportunity |
Year 10 | | SPACE Lessons – Preparing for work experience. Assembly – National Careers Week
1-1 Career interviews Careers Form sessions: 1) Careers 1 (TBC) 2) Careers 2 (TBC) 3) Careers 3 (TBC) 4) Careers 4 (TBC)
National Careers Week activities | SPACE – what are employers looking for? Applying for jobs, preparing for an interview.
Mock Interviews College Taster Day Work Experience 1-1 Career interviews
Careers Form sessions: 1) Careers 5 (TBC) 2) Careers 6 (TBC) | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Assembly – National Careers Week National Apprenticeship Week
Careers Fair
Mock Interviews
Careers Lunch opportunity |
Year 11 | SPACE lessons – Pathways, Personal Statement and Applying to college. Careers Fair – Pathways video for Parents.
Weekly Careers ‘drop in’ sessions – applying to college and apprenticeships Apprenticeship Workshop 1-1 Career interviews
Careers Form sessions: 1) Work Experience Reflection 2) Which way do you go? 3) Your skills and interests 4) What is an apprenticeship | Careers Week SPACE lessons – From school to Life (Savings, Budgeting, Spending and Borrowing)
Assembly – National Careers Week
Apprenticeship Drop-in sessions Student Support-college applications College interviews 1-1 Career interviews
Careers Form sessions: 1) Exploring possibilities 2) World of work | 1-1 Career interviews | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 | Assembly – National Careers Week Apprenticeship Week Careers Fair Careers Lunch opportunity |