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 6821Email: 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.