At Sexey’s School we provide all our students in Years 7 to 13 with a comprehensive programme of careers preparation, education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) and work related learning (WRL) to complement their curriculum learning and prepare them for life after school.

Careers preparation programme

All students can access up to date labour market information and research tools via the School’s Independent Careers Advisor and on the Student Information Area below.

Full details of our Careers Policy can be read and downloaded here.

Measurement and assessment of the impact of our careers programme

The impact of Sexey’s careers programme is assessed by the Assistant Head using the following means:

• Lesson and tutor observations within PSHRE lessons as part of School Self Evaluation
• Student focus groups. Resulting action points then feed into the following years’ planning process to ensure they are addressed.
• Review of the school’s adherence to the Gatsby Benchmarks undertaken in conjunction with the careers adviser.

Upcoming events: Student area

1.  Get Curious! Explore all the latest information and opportunities to support your career options with the Heart of the South West’s free-to-use student Padlet Careers Hub

2. Speakers for Schools

As part of our commitment to providing students with a wide range of opportunities to prepare them for life beyond school, we have joined Speakers for Schools – a national network helping schools and students access influential people and opportunities to help raise aspirations. This service allows students to access free events, virtual talks, resources and wider careers programmes including virtual work experience opportunities. All opportunities will be listed below. Students in Year 10-13 have been offered the option to register their interest for bespoke careers opportunities from Speakers for Schools, but will need to have completed the required school form (previously sent to parents/guardians) to support the application process – please ask Miss Dickson for more information.

Watch here a variety of successful (and some famous) professionals speak about their work and how to achieve within their industry.

3. Somerset TalentEd Academies

Learn about the world of work from local employers!

The Somerset TalentEd Academy Programme  launched last November with the first in a series of four industry insights for this term with more to follow in the Spring.

Register in advance here to access and for a list of insights and further information. Open to all students in years 10 and 11.

3. Speakers for Schools is searching for ambassadors aged 15-17s to join its Youth Council

Speakers for Schools is providing a great opportunity for twenty 15-17-year-olds to join its Youth Council to ensure the social mobility charity provides the best possible support to young people from state schools and colleges nationwide.  The Youth Council will be able to have their say on SforS programmes; represent the Southwest region, influence policy, build their confidence and skills.

For any unanswered questions or to simply learn more on what’s involved, SforS is inviting young people and their parents to join a free live webinar which will cover:

• What the Youth Council is
• What would be expected of new Youth Council members
• How the young representative would benefit from taking part
• What the plans are for the February residential
• A chance for Q&A.

The deadline for applications is the 1^st December. Meanwhile, if you have any questions please feel free to email youthcouncil@speakersforschools.org

4. Creative and linguistic fields

Discover creative careers has an amazing bank of resources linking to jobs in creative industries. You can find links to it and screen skills – a website focusing on the television and film industries here:

Discover Creative Careers

Screen Skills – Finding a Job

If you are in the process of considering subjects to study in the future, careerpilot.org has a section exploring where different subjects can take you. Links to find out where languages and philosophy and ethics can take you are here:

Career Pilot – Languages

Career Pilot – Philosophy and Ethics

Headstart

Find out more about subsidised STE(A)M university residentials: www.etrust.org.uk/headstart 

7.  ASK Information webinars

A series of informative webinars that will provide an abundance of tips, advice, and information around the topic of apprenticeships. Each webinar lasts for 30 minutes and will take place on Zoom. Participants will be required to sign up before the session and will receive an email confirmation and a reminder an hour before it begins. The webinars will be recorded and shared with all registrants after the session.

Click here for more information.

Options for Post 16 Education

Sexey’s Sixth Form offers a range of subjects at A Level and BTEC the link to the subjects offered and curriculum can be found here

Other local colleges and Sixth Form’s will offer a mixture of A Levels and BTEC courses.

Work Experience

Students in Year 9 and above can apply for virtual work experience through springpod. To view the course and options available visit Virtual Work Experience Search (springpod.com)

Careerometer Widget

The widget below can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations to support the process of identifying potential careers.

The Careerometer widget provides access to a selection of headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects.

The data are organised by occupation: simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you.

Skillsometer Widget

Thinking about skills, interests and the ways these can link to jobs can be a helpful first step in identifying possible future jobs. Take the Skillometer quiz, which requires you to reflect on a number statements and decide what you love, are not sure about or dislike. The statements are presented within six well established occupational categories (Artistic, Realistic, Investigative, Conventional, Enterprising, and Social), which are then ranked against jobs. Once you have completed the quiz you  will be given a short list of job suggestions that are most likely to be suited to your own particular skills and interests. Each job can be explored as a description is presented together with information on pay and hours. For further information on the job, and to compare with other jobs go to the Careerometer.

Provider Access Statement

Employers & Training Providers

At Sexey’s School we are busy growing your employees of the future.  We welcome the help of local businesses to raise the career aspirations of our students, develop their employability skills, assist with mock interview days and give career or curriculum talks to help students learn more about the exciting industries in Somerset and the wide range of careers available.

We welcome Training Providers and employers to come into school and talk to our students. Please see our Provider Access Policy / Baker Clause, for events information email us.

Sexey’s School has the benefit of a key business volunteer who works with us on a strategic level, encouraging the development of our careers programme and connecting us to the business community across the county. This role is recognised nationally as an Enterprise Adviser (EA) and they are part of the Heart of the South West Careers Hub community of support driving the connection between careers education and the business sector.

Our Enterprise Adviser is Rose Hiron-Grimes who brings a wealth of experience from her Business, Events and Education background – now working as a Lecturer in Business and Management at Bath Spa University.

Procedure

A provider wishing to request access should contact Mr Adam Thomas, Assistant Head – Teaching and Learning:

Telephone: 01749 813393
Email

Opportunities for access

A number of events, integrated into our careers preparation programme outlined above, will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to students and/or their parents/carers. Access to students will be granted or refused at these events depending on the suitability of the topic for discussion, as determined by the Careers Team and in line with our Safeguarding Policy, which outlines the school’s procedure for checking the identity and suitability of visitors. Education and training providers will be expected to adhere to this policy. Please speak to our Independent Careers Advisor to identify the most suitable opportunity for you. Our Provider Access Policy Statement can be read here.

Premises and facilities
When accessing students, we will provide suitable rooms (for example the school hall), wifi connection and HDMI cables for presenting audio/video. Please agree these facilities ahead of your visit with the Independent Careers Advisor, who will also take receipt of any handouts for distribution among students.

Find out more

Pupils, parents, teachers and employers may find out more information about Sexey’s School’s careers preparation programme by contacting:

Careers Lead – Mr. Adam Thomas (Assistant Head – Teaching and Learning)

Independent Careers Advisor – Wendy Watson

Telephone: 01749 813393
Email us

Teachers can access additional information regarding careers on our school SharePoint site.