Topic outline

• Careers Education
  

  Careers Education

  
  

  • A comprehensive careers education programme for all year groups is available at Yardleys. This includes self-development, career exploration and career management, and an opportunity to explore further and higher education including alternative pathways such as apprenticeships and T-Levels.

    Careers education should not just be seen as learning about jobs, but also learning about work ethics, equipping students with skills (both hard and soft) required for the work place and giving them the transition skills that will enable them to successfully progress into further and higher education, and make educational, training and occupational decisions that will enable them to successfully manage their careers.

    The school is supported by our Careers Education Adviser who is available to provide advice and guidance at careers interviews. You can arrange a Careers Interview by initially contacting Ms Price. Your careers interview is a confidential, impartial discussion with a qualified Careers Coordinator. Don’t worry if you have no definite plans. We are here to encourage and support you while you are making decisions about your future. Depending on your needs, it may be helpful to have several discussions, so don’t think of your careers interview as a 'one-off’ event.’

    
    

    Careers, Enterprise and Employment Calendar 2022-23 (Updated November 2022)

    	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
    7	Careers Programme Assembly	Yardleys Guarantee	Launch of Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee   University of Birmingham – Campus Experience 30 x Yr7	Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee	Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee	Introduction to Apprenticeships – National Apprenticeship week 6-12 February   Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee	Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee	Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee	Employer Presentation   Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee	Unifrog   Yardleys Guarantee   Career and Enterprise Personal Development Block   Careers Fair
    8	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog     AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls   University of Birmingham – Campus Experience 15 x Yr8	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog     AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   Assembly on Apprenticeships – Training Provider   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls   Assembly on Vocational qualifications – local Provider	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   Employer Presentation   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls   Form Time Activities – National Apprenticeship week 6-12 February 2023	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls   Assembly – what university can offer	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   #Girls TEC WM 2023 – 15 x Yr8 girls   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls   Assembly on Employability Skills	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   Assembly on LMI – Jobs of the Future video   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls	Student Receptionist – Experience of the Workplace   Unifrog   AWS GetIT programme – 10 x Yr8 girls   Careers Fair   Career and Enterprise Personal Development Block
    9	Unifrog	Unifrog	Unifrog   Assembly on Vocational qualifications	Unifrog	Unifrog   Employer Presentation   Pre-options Careers Interviews	Unifrog   Pre-options Careers Interviews   Form Time Activities –National Apprenticeship week 6-12 February 2023	Unifrog   Pre-options Careers Interviews     Assembly on Employability Skills	Unifrog   Assembly – Employability Skills   Aimhigher visit to a university	Unifrog	Unifrog   Careers Fair   Career an Enterprise Personal Development Block
    10	Unifrog     Brilliant Club	Unifrog   Employer Presentation – Pinsent Masons, Law Firm   Brilliant Club   Work Experience Assembly for Parents	Unifrog     Brilliant Club	Unifrog   Assembly – Vocational qualifications   Brilliant Club   Work Experience Assembly	Unifrog   Assembly on Employability Skills   Assembly - Apprenticeships   Brilliant Club   Mock Interviews – Work Experience   Work Experience Assembly	Unifrog   CV and letter of application workshop – Gordon Franks Training   Brilliant Club   Taster Day – SEND students   Form Time Activities – National Apprenticeship week 6-12 February 2023	Unifrog   Work Experience 13-17 March 2023     Brilliant Club   Work Experience Health & Safety Assembly	Unifrog   Careers interview   Brilliant Club	Unifrog   Assembly on LMI   Careers interviews   Brilliant Club   Assembly T-levels	Unifrog     Careers interviews   Aimhigher Summer School   Careers Fair   Taster Day whole cohort Joseph Chamberlain College   Career and Enterprise Personal Development Block
    11	Unifrog   Careers interviews   Work Experience Assembly	Unifrog   Careers interviews   Assembly – Sixth Form College   Assembly T-Levels	Unifrog   Careers Interviews   Assembly on Vocational qualifications   Taster Day – South & City College – SEND students	Unifrog   Careers Interviews   Apprenticeships Assembly	Unifrog   Careers interviews   Employer Presentation	Unifrog   Careers interviews   Assembly on Employability Skills   Form Time Activities – National Apprenticeship week 6-12 February 2023	Unifrog   Careers interviews	Unifrog   Careers interviews   Transition Workshop for SEND students – local college	Unifrog

  • You can find our 'Provider Access Policy' and our 'Careers Education and Guidance Policies' HERE

  • Careers Education is supported at Yardleys School by the Careers Leader, Laura Yates (Assistant Headteacher), and the Careers Co-ordinator, Judith Price.

    A college or training provider wishing to request access should contact: 
    

    Judith Price (Careers Co-ordinator) 
    Telephone: 0121 464 6821
    

    Email: enquiry@yardleys.bham.sch.uk 
    
    

    All access requests are at the Head teacher’s discretion and will be based around: 
    

    • the impact the event may have on the day to day running of the school 
    • the benefit of the proposed access to the students ‘whole child’ development 
    • ensuring a balanced unbiased programme is delivered across the school.

• For more information on Careers click on the links below.
  

  For more information on Careers click on the links below.