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Careers

"Who we are today is creating who we are going to be tomorrow - let's help our next generation to prepare for tomorrow - TODAY"

At New College Leicester we aim to support, enable and empower students, staff and parents/carers to maximise the full potential of our students.

New College has been awarded Quality in Careers Standard Award Career Mark Gold in recognition of outstanding and continued commitment to careers education and guidance. We strive to give our students every opportunity. We encourage our students to be ambitious and have high aspirations. Through developing their communication skills, employability skills and self-confidence, we prepare them for the world of work.

Careers education is embedded through our extensive personal development programme, through subject curricula and outside the classroom through student centred activities. This ensures that students have the information they need to progress into further education, training or employment.

 

All students maintain a ‘Careers Passport’ which records their future aspirations. This is revisited annually and informs discussions with an independent careers’ advisor

 

Some of the student-centred activities that happen for each year group

Years

Autumn

Spring

Summer

7

Careers Passport

Start U-Explore Programme?

Progress Meetings

Careers Week

Progress Meetings

Progress Meetings

8

Careers Passport

Progress Meetings

 

Careers Week

Progress Meetings

University Visits

Progress Meetings

University Visits

9

Careers Passport

Progress Meetings

Pathways Workshop

Personal Development focussed on careers

GCSE Options Assemblies

IAG 121 with Pathways advisor

Careers Week

Progress Meetings

Subject Taster Sessions

Subject Focus on Careers for Options

IAG 121 with Pathways advisor

University Visits

University experience days

Progress Meetings

IAG 121 with Pathways advisor

University Visits

10

Careers Passport

Progress Meetings

Career Planning

Careers Fair

Employee workshop -Whats My Line

Careers Week

Progress Meetings

Career Planning

University Visits

Career Planning

Progress Meetings

University Visits

11

Applications for Post-16 through Career Planning

Careers Passport

Mock Interviews

Careers Fair

1:1 Meetings with a Connexions advisor

P16 Taster Sessions

Parents Evening re Careers

Pathways Workshop

Progress Meetings

Careers Week

Career Planning

1:1 Meetings with a Connexions advisor

Progress Meetings

1:1 Meetings with a Connexions advisor

Progress Meetings

The impact of our career’s programme is measured by the proportion of students who move on to further educations, training or employment. This data is provided to the school through Connexions and is reviewed annually.

For information please contact our Careers co-ordinator Mr Pereira at mpereira@newcollege.leicester.sch.uk  or on 0116 231 8500