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Careers Programme 2024-25

Year Group Autumn Term
4th Sept - 19th Dec 

Spring Term
6th Jan - 4th April 

Summer Term
22nd April - 18th July

Year 6     Careers Related Activities TBC
Year 7 Introduction to the Careers Library/Who is the Careers Advisor
Visual Displays in School

Unifrog:
-Student Launch Video
-Who am I?
-Exploring possibilities: dream jobs
National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
Unifrog:
-What is a career?
-What is an Entrepreneur?
Unifrog:
-What is work-life balance?
-Careers and the future
Year 8 STEM Roadshow
Unifrog:

-What are my interests?
-Job applications: Superhero CV's
National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
Unifrog:
-Challenges and rewards of work
-Creating the life you want: making a vision board
Unifrog:
-What does success mean to me?
-Careers and the climate
Year 9 Inspiring the Forest Careers Fair 24th Nov 2022
Unifrog:
-What are my skills?
-What comes after school: the main learning pathways

National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
KS4 Options Evening  
Unifrog:

-Decision making: choosing what to study in KS4
~Taking control of your career journey

Careers/Enterprise Event
Unifrog:

-Working and earning: managing your money
-What is the labour market and why is it important?
Year 10 Work Experience
RISE Workshop - The Talent Foundry TBC

College/6th Form Open Events
Unifrog:
-14-16 Launch Video
-Preparing to go on Work Experience
-Exploring Employer Profiles
Work Experience
College/6th Form Open Events
Dene Magna Careers Fair
TBC Feb 2025 3pm - 6:30pm
National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
College/6th Form Open Events
Unifrog:

-What type of career is best for me?
-Reflecting on my career journey: past, present and future
Work Experience
College/6th Form Open Events
10 to 11 Life Skills
Unifrog:

-Wellbeing in the workplace
-In person, hybrid, and remote: what works best?
 
Year 11

1:1 Careers Discussions
Parents Exam Information and Post 16 Options Evening 
19th Oct 2023
Post 16 Options Assembly
College Taster Days
Unifrog:

-Post 16 - Choices, Choices
-Decision-making: choosing your post-16 pathway
 

1:1 Careers Discussions
Dene Magna Careers Fair
22nd Feb 2024 3pm - 6:30pm
Mock Interviews
College Taster Days

National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
Unifrog:
-What are my employability skills?
-Researching volunteering and paid work

1:1 Careers Discussions
Unifrog:

-Money talks: apprenticeships vs Higher Education
 

Year 12

1:1 Career Discussions 
Work Experience
Business Breakfasts
University Open Days

Unifrog:
-16-18 Launch Video
-Post 18 Choice, Choices

 

1:1 Career Discussions
Work Experience
Business Breakfasts
University Open Days
Dene Magna Careers Fair
TBC Feb 2025 3pm - 6:30pm
National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
Introduction to UCAS Website
UCAS Exhibitions Workshop
Student Life Workshop
Worcester Uni Taster Day
Unifrog:

-Setting Career Goals
-How to network and be enterprising

1:1 Career Discussions
Work Experience
Business Breakfasts
University Open Days
UCAS/Careers Info Evening
Unifrog:

-Wellbeing: balancing life, learning and work
UCAS Discovery Exhibition 22nd April 2024
UK University & Apprenticeship Search  Fair 12th June 2024

Year 13 1:1 Career Discussions
Business Breakfasts

UCAS Application Deadline for : Oxford, Cambridge, most medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine/science courses 16 Oct 2023
Mock Interviews 14th Oct 2024
UCAS Personal Statements
Unifrog:

-The basics of interviews: in person and online
-Personal branding: your CV and online profiles
*Internal deadline for UCAS Applications 19th Dec 2024*
1:1 Career Discussions
Business Breakfasts
Dene Magna Careers Fair
TBC Feb 2025 3pm - 6:30pm
National Apprenticeship Week 10th-16th February 2025
National Careers Week 3rd-8th March 2025
Unifrog:
-Confidently managing transitions
-Preparing for an employer assessment day
 
1:1 Career Discussions (if requested)
Exams
Unifrog:

-Being self-employed and working freelance

 

In addition, we run over 70 events/trips annually linked to Careers related Learning.