Careers Education

During their education pupils have access to careers education, information, advice and guidance. Each academy follows a structured careers programme which supports pupils to develop skills and attributes to prepare them for their future lives.

Pupils will:

  • Gain knowledge and understanding of career opportunities and future career pathways
  • Develop personal skills and qualities
  • Explore, develop and manage their own future career aspirations
  • Develop employability skills

Careers Plan

Year 7 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Introduction to Careers / Job of the week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Unifrog- Who Am I? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,8)
  • Unifrog- Dream Careers (Gatsby Benchmark: 2, 7)

Module 2

  • Unifrog- What is a career? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7,8)
  • Unifrog- What is an entrepreneur? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,6,7)
  • Unifrog- What is work life balance (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6,7)
  • Unifrog Careers and the future (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)
  • T Levels activity

Module 3

  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • DWP-Assembly LMI (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5)
  • Unifrog- Exploration (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)

Module 4

  • National Careers Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)
  • T- Levels Talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Year 8 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Unifrog- What are my interests? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,8)
  • Unifrog- Superhero CVs (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7)
  • Unifrog- Challenges and rewards of work (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7,8)

Module 2

  • Unifrog- Creating the life you want (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7,8)
  • Unifrog- What does success mean to me? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,6,7)
  • Unifrog- Careers and the Climate (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6,7)
  • T Levels activity

Module 3

  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • DWP-Assembly LMI (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5)
  • Unifrog- Exploration (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)

Module 4

  • National Careers Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)
  • T- Levels Talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Year 9 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Unifrog- What are my skills? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,8)
  • Unifrog- What comes after school? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7)
  • Unifrog- Decision Making (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7,8)

Module 2

  • Unifrog- Taking Control (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,6,7)
  • Unifrog- Working and earning (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6,7)
  • Unifrog- What is the Labour Market? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)
  • T Levels activity

Module 3

  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • DWP-Assembly LMI (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5)
  • Unifrog- Exploration (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)

Module 4

  • National Careers Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)
  • T- Levels Talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Year 10 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Careers- Job of the week (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4)
  • Strood Academy 6th Form Offer (Gatsby Benchmark: 3,4)
  • Unifrog- Reflecting (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,8)
  • Unifrog- What type of career is best for me? (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,7,8)

Module 2

  • Unifrog- Wellbeing in the workplace (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6,7)
  • Unifrog- In person, hybrid or remote (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)
  • Unifrog- Using the interests profile (Gatsby Benchmark: 3,8)
  • Unifrog- Using the personality profile (Gatsby Benchmark: 3,8)
  • T Levels activity

Module 3

  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • DWP-Assembly LMI (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5)
  • Unifrog- Exploration (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,6)

Module 4

  • National Careers Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)
  • Work experience
  • T- Levels Talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Year 11 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Careers Appointments (Gatsby Benchmark: 8)

Module 2

  • Careers Appointments (Gatsby Benchmark: 8)

Module 3

  • Careers Appointments (Gatsby Benchmark: 8)
  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • DWP-Assembly LMI (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5)
  • T Levels activity

Module 4

  • Careers Appointments (Gatsby Benchmark: 8)
  • National Careers Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)
  • T- Levels Talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Careers Appointments (Gatsby Benchmark: 8)
  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Year 11 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Unifrog- Interests profile (Gatsby Benchmark: 3, 8)
  • Unifrog- Personality Profile (Gatsby Benchmark: 3, 8)
  • Unifrog- Work environments tool (Gatsby Benchmark: 3, 8)
  • Unifrog- Skills profile (Gatsby Benchmark: 3, 8)

Module 2

  • Careers – Well rounded Monday/MOOC (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Unifrog – adding MOOC details to you profile (Gatsby Benchmark: 3)
  • Understanding apprenticeships (Gatsby Benchmark: 3)
  • CV writing (Gatsby Benchmark: 3)
  • Cover letter writing (Gatsby Benchmark: 3)
  • Interview etiquette and what to expect (Gatsby Benchmark: 3)
  • Careers Interviews (Gatsby Benchmark: 8)

Module 3

  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)

Module 4

  • National Careers Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Year 13 Careers Plan

Module 1

  • Writing a Personal statement (Gatsby Benchmark: 3)
  • Understanding the UCAS process (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Post 18 Choices
  • Apprenticeships
  • Careers: reviewing Unifrog psychometric quizzes

Module 2

  • Careers – Well rounded Monday/MOOC (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)
  • Unifrog – adding MOOC details to you profile
  • Understanding apprenticeships
  • CV writing
  • Cover letter writing
  • Interview etiquette and what to expect

Module 3

  • National Apprenticeships Week (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4)

Module 4

  • Strood Careers Fair (Gatsby Benchmark: 1,2,3,4,5,7)

Module 5

  • Apprenticeships talks (Gatsby Benchmark: 2,3,4,5,7)

Support for Pupils, Parents, Carers and Teachers  

The Leigh Academies Trust Engagement Team has developed a website to support pupils, parents, carers and teachers. Here you can find careers related information and resources including frequently asked questions.

Team Structure

The Leigh Academies Trust Engagement Team supports all academies and consists of Careers Learning. They supports pupils through impartial careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their future.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE CAREERS EDUCATION WEBSITE FOR STROOD ACADEMY

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Mike Williams
Strood Academy Careers Lead

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Sev Emirhan
Strood Academy Careers Lead

Strood Academy has a dedicated Careers Lead who provides access to impartial careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) to all students from Year 8 to Year 13. Students are supported to make informed choices and decisions about their future, develop their skills, knowledge and experience to enable them to enter and be successful in the world of work and their future lives.

We coordinate work related learning opportunities including work experience and employer links, while working closely with all subject areas and providers to ensure students receive current, up to date information and experiences of work and labour market information.

All students have access to independent careers advice and guidance throughout the year, particularly at key transition stages.

Student Entitlement

At Strood Academy we aim to prepare each student to aspire to and fulfil their career aspirations, supported by:

  • Clear and impartial information, advice and guidance.
  • Clear impartial advice and information about all the options available so that informed choices and decisions can be made.
  • Qualified people to help with decision making on the most appropriate further education, higher education, training or employment.
  • Appropriate and relevant advice and guidance to help make choices and seek to develop a career plan for the future.
  • A programme of consistent careers education through the form time programme to help identify and develop skills and qualities to support the transition from school into the world of work and/or further learning.
  • Personal support and information on progress through one-to-one and group interviews that offer the opportunity to discuss ideas, find out more information and develop an action plan to help make informed decisions about career pathways.

There is the opportunity to:

  • Be involved in decision making
  • Learn about the world of work
  • Experience the world of work
  • Develop independent learning skills

Downloads and Links

Careerometer

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. The Careerometer 2 widget explains how to use the widget on websites.

More detailed information regarding different job roles can be found on the National Careers Service website.

Careers Policy