Curriculum
Entitlement
The careers programme will help you to develop the skills and knowledge you need to be able to:
Assess your needs, values, interests, skills and achievements relating them to career ideas you may have, and identify areas for personal growth and development
- Online careers sites access icould.com
- Real Game Careers module in Year 7/8
- Careers action plan in Year 7/8
- Students in Year 7 complete a Skills Passport (Pixl Edge)
- Y9 Careers module
- Y9 IAG evening and subject fair.
- Y10 psychometric testing
- Careers guidance interviews – individually for all Year 11and access to Y12/13
Research subject choices and careers information
- Access to information programme eCLIPS
- Careers section in LRC
- Careers Insight – in Year 10/12, a morning of careers briefings from experts (June 2015)
- Visit to Slough Careers Event in Year 9 (March 2015)
- Workshop by ‘Three’ for Y10 regarding opportunities within the industry (June 2015)
- Visit to Hilton Reading regarding Hospitality Industry (Y12 May 2015)
Explain the range of options and pathways open at key transition points
- Attendance at university open days in Year 12
- Year 12 attendance at Higher Education Fair (reading 2015)
- Visit to local careers/UCAS convention in Year 12
- Careers guidance interviews – as above
- IAG and subject fair Evening in Year 9 with school careers advisor present
- Slough Youth Service support some students with transition from Y11
- Year 11 have assemblies to explain the Options at St. Joseph’s post 16.
- Y11 subject fair and open evening guide students and parents post 16.
- Post 18 Option Day for Y12 followed by an evening for parents.
Understand the skills and qualities needed to thrive in the working world
- Career skills programs (Real Game/eClips)
- Yr 9 Careers module
- Carrie Coombs CV writing workshop and subsequent mock interviews for Y12
- VI Form skills passport
Describe how the world of work is structured and changing and the requirements of employers, relating your career ideas to labour market trends
- Make effective applications for work or future study
- Help and support with the UCAS process
- Y12/13 modules on personal finance and budgeting