Careers Information, Advice and Guidance
The Careers Leader at Attleborough Academy is Mr Grant Martin (Head of Key Stage 4). Mr Martin can be contacted at gmartin@attleboroughacademy.org.
The Careers Adviser and Work Experience Co-ordinator at Attleborough Academy is Mrs Marianne Foster. If you would like to arrange a careers guidance appointment or have any questions about careers or Work Experience, please email Mrs Foster at mfoster@attleboroughacademy.org
The Careers Programme at Attleborough Academy
Our Careers Programme is based on the Gatsby Benchmarks which provide the framework for our careers provision. The 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance are:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
We review and evaluate our careers provision on a yearly basis by using destinations data, parent/carer questionnaires, student feedback and the compass assessment tool.
Year 7
- PSHE
- Enterprise Co-ordinator Seminars
- PSHE Unit on My New School
- Enterprise Club for entrepreneurs and marketing
- Career of the Week
Year 8
- PSHE
- Enterprise Co-ordinator Seminars
- PSHE Unit on British Society and Human Rights
- Enterprise Club for entrepreneurs and marketing
- Career of the Week
Year 9
- Year 9 GCSE Options Evening (where future progression routes are discussed with students)
- Careers Fair and Workshops
- Norfolk Skills Festival
- PSHE Unit on Welcome to the Real World
- Enterprise Club for entrepreneurs and marketing
- Enterprise Co-ordinator Seminars
- Career of the Week
Year 10
- Careers Fair and Workshops
- Norfolk Skills Festival
- Work Experience
- PSHE Unit on the Be Real Game, job applications, finance, CVs
- 1:1 Careers Guidance Meetings
- Enterprise Club for entrepreneurs and marketing
- Enterprise Co-ordinator Seminars
- Career of the Week
Year 11
- 1:1 Careers Guidance Meetings
- Collaboration with Norfolk County Council as well as training and education providers to monitor students' intended destinations post-Year 11
- Parents' Evenings (where planned progression routes are discussed with students and their parents or carers)
- Enterprise Club for entrepreneurs and marketing
- Oxford New College Step-Up Programme
Year 12 and Year 13
- 1:1 Careers Guidance Meetings (Careers Adviser available for meetings each week)
- Tutor responsible for overseeing support and guidance throughout the students' time in the Sixth Form
- 1:1 guidance and support relating to future and opportunities from members of the Sixth Form Team
Meaningful Encounters with Universities
- Assembly speaks from Lincoln/NUA/UEA/Essex/Gonville & Cauis with topics including:
- Student life
- Student finance
- Choosing a University
- Applying to a University
- Visits to UEA Higher Education Fair
- Visit to the UEA Sixth Form Conference
- Visit to Gonville and Cauis College Cambridge-Russell Group, Top 25, Oxbridge experience
- UEA Student Ambassador workshop (UEA visiting speakers)
- Oxford New College's Step-Up Programme
Meaningful Interactions with Employers
All students:
- Assembly speakers from local businesses and Apprenticeship providers
- Visits to local employers including R G Carter
- One week Work Experience placement for all Level 3 students
- Volunteering Programme (one hour per week in the community/education settings)
- Extended Work Experience for two days per week for students on the Level 2 programme
Individual support with applications for:
- UCAS/University/Conservatoires
- Apprenticeships
- Employment
- Personal statement and CV writing
Attleborough Academy Careers Week and Workshops
This coincides with National Careers Week (first week of March)
External employers, industry professionals and further education establishments offer first hand advice and interactive workshops.
Apprenticeships, CVs and Interviews
- https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship – Search and apply for live Apprenticeship vacancies
- https://amazingapprenticeships.com/ – Advice and information about Apprenticeships
- https://targetcareers.co.uk/careers-advice/applications-and-interviews – Information about how to complete a CV, application form and interview
Further Education Colleges and Sixth Forms
- https://www.attleboroughacademy.org/sixthform/ – Attleborough Academy Sixth Form
- https://helpyouchoose.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=easysearch.provider&category=2 – All other Sixth Forms can be found via Help You Choose
- https://www.ccn.ac.uk/ – City College Norwich
- https://www.easton.ac.uk/ – Easton College
- https://www.accesscreative.ac.uk/ – Access Creative College
- https://utcn.org.uk/ – University Technical College Norfolk
Higher Education and Student Finance
- https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate – Information about all Higher Education Institutions, courses available, the application process plus much more
- https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/ – Covers a wide range of topics related to Higher Education
- https://www.ucas.com/finance/undergraduate-tuition-fees-and-student-loans – Financial Support for Higher Education explained
- https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-student-finance – How to apply for Student Finance
Labour Market Information Norfolk
Labour Market Information (LMI) is information that provides insight into the labour markets at different levels (district, region or nation).
LMI will focus on:
- the industries that are growing and declining
- the types and levels of jobs are increasing and decreasing
- what supply of labour is available – numbers, skill and qualification levels.
Examples of information provided are as follows:
- Population composition
- Skills, Career and Progression Pathways
- Education institutes, courses, qualifications, and supporting statistics
- Employment sectors, employers, trends and jobs
- Jobs, training, and apprenticeships
Please click here to view the Labour Market Information for Norfolk 2022. This information remains current as at March 2024.
Norfolk Skills Festival
Norfolk County Council and City College lead this initiative with local, national and international industries, employers and educational establishments, offering realistic and often, hands-on experience, advice and demonstrations.
Useful Careers Websites
- https://www.startprofile.com/ – Start is the careers programme used in Steps for Success and contains lots of useful information about careers, training, apprenticeships, CVs and much more
- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/ – Provides job profiles on a wide range of careers
- https://helpyouchoose.org/content/ – Contains information about all education and training options in Norfolk
- https://www.icanbea.org.uk/ – Provides a quiz to help you explore your future plans and links to employers and careers available in the region
- https://icould.com/ – Careers videos and information from a wide range of organisations
- https://www.gocompare.com/life-insurance/uk-riskiest-jobs-report/ - Go Compare have analysed average salaries across the UK to find out how much you can earn if you choose to work in one of the top five riskiest professions
- https://www.o2.co.uk/help/digital-services/jargon-buster - A 'tech' jargon-buster
Work Experience
Students in Year 10 spend a week in July at a work placement that they have approached and organised with the support of the Academy's Work Experience Co-ordinator.
