Careers - parents

Parents and carers are by far the biggest influence on the decisions and future aspirations of their children. We will always keep you up to date with new options and important deadlines.

Please use the links below to help you work with your child navigate their way through the careers programme and create some really exciting conversations about their future choices:

• Talking Futures: A Parent’s Toolkit for Constructive Career Conversations
• Parental Guidance: A free website with careers information and advice
• Career Mag: a free subscription with monthly updates
• University advice for parents: podcasts, events and downloadable guides all in one place
• Get the Jump: Groups Options into the Style of Learning
• Advice for Apprenticeships: Parent and Carer Pack (updated monthly)

If you know of any particularly useful links or organisations that you feel we should be sharing with our parents and carers, please email [email protected].

These organisations offer free mentoring, CV and one-to-one guidance and support, advice, internships and work experience and more:

• https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/adults
• https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/information-about-autism/preparing-for-adulthood
• https://www.employ-ability.org.uk/students-and-universities/
• https://studentfinance.campaign.gov.uk/
• https://exceptionalindividuals.com/candidates/job-advisor-coaching-uk/

Options include:

• Delivering a 15-20 minute talk and sharing your insight or your own offer.
• Host an on-site visit to a small group of sixth formers for one hour. 
• Launch and judge a competition/project. We can offer support designing the learning materials. 
• Share your knowledge through a conversation with one student or a small group.
• Offer a placement to an interested student.
• Offer them some support in writing a cover letter or CV.

Mock Interview Days for Year 11 and 12

We would like to launch these in the academic year 2023-24 and are looking for volunteer parents, carers, alumni and employers to support. If you would like to get involved, please complete contact [email protected].

Work Experience Opportunities:

• 12 Work Experience Week – 17^th-19^th  April 2024
• 10 Work Experience  - 24^th-28^th June 2024

Tell us about:

• Virtual work experience or events.
• School leaver vacancies or apprenticeship programmes.
• Part-time jobs for our Sixth Form students.
• Competitions and projects that our students and/or their teachers might like to get involved with.