Careers Statement
At Rowdeford School, our curriculum supports our intent to enable all our learners to flourish and thrive both within the school community and also in the wider community, both as students and then into adulthood. This is seen throughout our Values led curriculum and is typified in the wide range of opportunities that are offered to every child to allow them to experience a personalised approach to learning that prepares them for adult life. This includes an expectation that every child will experience opportunities to practice work based and employability skills.
Every student has at least yearly meetings where they discuss their future career aspirations. The student’s voice is recorded as part of their annual review. The aspirations that students share then support option choices at Key Stage 4. Weekly PSHRE lessons allow for Travel Training and support for access and guidance for adulthood, including career aspiration.
Throughout the curriculum there are appropriate opportunities that are explicitly linked to employability skills and career opportunities. Typically this is addressed within the existing curriculum, but as the students reach Key Stage 4, they additionally access 6 themed days per year that address a range of employability skills that require discrete teaching. These days cover a range of topics including – choosing a job interview outfit, communication skills ready for interviews, mock interviews, visiting Post 16 providers and developing skills to support independent living, including travel.
Opportunities are offered to interview adults with different jobs and to shadow them within the school community at Key Stage 4.
Work experience is arranged for every student in Year 11, and is supported by school staff for those students that require it. We then support students to pursue job opportunities that may then arise from these opportunities. There is follow up work upon completion of work experience and successes celebrated and challenges reflected upon.
We have 3 ‘Enterprise Days’ per year, where every student supports the creation of products that we then sell in our Enterprise Shop at School events as well as through our reception area. This allows every student to practice skills from deigning, making, packaging and advertising a product and then with support pricing and selling items. Discussion around Fair Trade and environmental impact of products and processes is discussed as part of these days.
We have a post 16 coordinator as well as a Careers Lead to ensure that every student’s future is fully considered and planned for. We are proud to be a part of the Wiltshire Careers Hub and have strong links with an independent Enterprise Advisor and Employment and Skills Officer.
Information published will be reviewed in July 2020
At Rowdeford School, our curriculum supports our intent to enable all our learners to flourish and thrive both within the school community and also in the wider community, both as students and then into adulthood. This is seen throughout our Values led curriculum and is typified in the wide range of opportunities that are offered to every child to allow them to experience a personalised approach to learning that prepares them for adult life. This includes an expectation that every child will experience opportunities to practice work based and employability skills.
Every student has at least yearly meetings where they discuss their future career aspirations. The student’s voice is recorded as part of their annual review. The aspirations that students share then support option choices at Key Stage 4. Weekly PSHRE lessons allow for Travel Training and support for access and guidance for adulthood, including career aspiration.
Throughout the curriculum there are appropriate opportunities that are explicitly linked to employability skills and career opportunities. Typically this is addressed within the existing curriculum, but as the students reach Key Stage 4, they additionally access 6 themed days per year that address a range of employability skills that require discrete teaching. These days cover a range of topics including – choosing a job interview outfit, communication skills ready for interviews, mock interviews, visiting Post 16 providers and developing skills to support independent living, including travel.
Opportunities are offered to interview adults with different jobs and to shadow them within the school community at Key Stage 4.
Work experience is arranged for every student in Year 11, and is supported by school staff for those students that require it. We then support students to pursue job opportunities that may then arise from these opportunities. There is follow up work upon completion of work experience and successes celebrated and challenges reflected upon.
We have 3 ‘Enterprise Days’ per year, where every student supports the creation of products that we then sell in our Enterprise Shop at School events as well as through our reception area. This allows every student to practice skills from deigning, making, packaging and advertising a product and then with support pricing and selling items. Discussion around Fair Trade and environmental impact of products and processes is discussed as part of these days.
We have a post 16 coordinator as well as a Careers Lead to ensure that every student’s future is fully considered and planned for. We are proud to be a part of the Wiltshire Careers Hub and have strong links with an independent Enterprise Advisor and Employment and Skills Officer.
Information published will be reviewed in July 2020
Like to know more?
For additional information, please contact Bethan Jones, Assistant Head teacher including Careers Lead
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