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Year 10 Careers Entitlement

During Year 10 students will be working with their own tutor group and year group on a range of careers related activities. The key area will be for students to research a variety of careers and pathways suitable to their own needs and to work on their career action plan.

Year 10 will be doing the following:

• Continue work on the transferable skills, qualities and capabilities to further develop character in line with what employers look for when recruiting staff.
• PSHE Days including careers workshops and guest speakers.
• Continue Career Action planning.
• Attend CV and interview skills workshop,
• Attend Mock Interview Day - interview with an employer – held in March each year.
• Careers research on a variety of websites.
• Guest speakers, taster days and trips where appropriate.
• Research and applications for work experience.
• Explore pathways: college, apprenticeship, traineeship, university including degree apprenticeships
• Active tutoring with a focus on careers.
• Careers Week focusing on pathways: visits to a variety of colleges and universities and presentations from apprenticeship providers and speed networking with employers in July.
• Ambassador recruitment.
• Preparation for work experience.
• Five days’ work experience – usually takes place in June.
• Debrief of work experience week with tutor group, reflecting and evaluating the experience.
• Extensive sports opportunities to represent the school.
• Charity fund raising throughout the year.
• Student voice
• Personality Testing – identifying possible careers
• Access and activities on the Unifrog careers platform.