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The Friary School: Careers and IAG Development Calendar of Scheduled Activities

 

Year Group

Activity

Details

Date

Staff Involved

Year Seven

Careers Unit in Citizenship lessons

Choices involved in picking a career and the process of researching and applying for jobs

Summer Term

PvB and Citizenship Teachers

Year Eight

Careers Unit in Citizenship lessons

How jobs and careers have changed over time

Summer Term

PvB and Citizenship Teachers

Year Nine

FastTomato Electronic Career Profile

Choices Day

 

Options Process

 

 

Careers Convention

 

 

Connexions Interviews

Introductory Lesson with Jay Harper; further development on Y9 Collapsed day

Includes Introductions to Connexions Service

Details of Vocational Courses/Diplomas available

Introduction to the Online Prospectus ‘way2go’

INSET for Form Tutors

Options Book Issued and Session with students

Meeting with Parents/Options Help Desk at Parents Evening

Event takes place – open to Y9/10/11/12/13

Vocational/Diploma Taster Sessions

One-to-one with targeted and referred students and individual action planning

Nov/Jan

 

 

Dec

 

Jan

Feb

March

March

June

Jun/Jul

Jay Harper

PvB

Connexions

 

 

PD/IRH

PD/IRH

PD/IRH/

Jay Harper

PD/IRH

Connexions

Year Ten

Area Prospectus

Theatre workshop?

Transitional Reviews

SPECS Event

AimHigher Roadshow

Work Experience

Confirm Courses/make amendments

‘Stay In Learning’ presentation: learning routes

Reviews for students with SEN

Careers Roadshow Event

 

Two weeks on work experience placement

 

Autumn

Jan

Dec-Mar

March

June/July

 

July

IRH

IRH

Connexions

Jay Harper

Jay Harper

 

PvB/Jay Harper

Year Eleven

Options Process

 

 

 

Transitional Reviews

 

Connexions Interviews

 

Initial trawl of post-16 options

Connexions Interviews including one-to-one with targeted and referred students

Post-16 options booklet issues/information evening

Reviews for students with SEN

6th Form Induction Week

One-to-one with targeted and referred students and individual action planning

Risk of non progression post-16 activities

‘Thinking Ahead’ Questionnaires to all pupils

Enrolment

Oct

Ongoing

 

Jan

Jan-Mar

June-July

May/Jun/Jul

 

May/Jun/Jul

May/Jun/Jul

August

GM

Connexions

 

GM/IRH

Connexions

GM

Connexions

 

Connexions

Connexions

GM/HoY12/13

Year Twelve/Thirteen

Area Prospectus

UCAS Applications

 

Connexions Interviews

 

Confirm Courses/make amendments

Workshops and Individual Sessions for Y12 students

 

One-to-one with targeted and referred students and individual action planning Y12 and Y13

 

Options/Leavers Talks Programme for Y13

‘Your Future Plans’ Questionnaire for Y12 and Y13

Autumn

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

 

Ongoing

Apr-Jun

IRH

GM/HoY/ Connexions

Connexions

 

 

GM/Connexions

Connexions

 

Useful Websites:

National Connexions http://www.connexions-direct.com/
Staffordshire Connexions http://www.cxstaffs.co.uk/
Post-16 Careers http://icould.com/about/
Post-18 Careers http://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers.htm
UCAS http://www.ucas.ac.uk/
Way2Go Prospectus http://s337033182.websitehome.co.uk