01535 210333

Careers

The Careers Leader for Carlton Keighley is Miss Isobel Perrings.

Isobel can be contacted by telephone via the School on 01535 210333 – (Extension 1182) or Via email: ipe@ck.catrust.uk

CAREEROMETER

The Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about different jobs and provides a selection of headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects.

The data is 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.

KS4 – Planning for your Future

After you have finished Year 11 at Carlton Keighley, you will continue your learning in a school sixth form, at a college, with a training provider, or in an Apprenticeship with an employer.

Vocational Courses

  • There are a huge range of vocational courses available at college. These are related to jobs or specific employment sectors such as catering, child care, engineering, sport, health and social care and many more.
  • You would study ONE vocational course resit GCSE Maths and/or English if you do not get grade 4 or above in Year 11.
  • You would get a qualification such as a BTEC diploma in the vocational sector.
  • Vocational courses are offered at different levels, dependent on the GCSE grades you get at the end of Year 11.
  • You can go to university with a level 3 vocational course, or you could go straight into employment or onto an advanced apprenticeship.

A levels and Level 3 BTECs

  • You can also take A levels and Level 3 BTECs where you continue studying subjects you have done at GCSE at A level, or take on a new subject.
  • You would do 3 or 4 subjects at A level, over two years, at college or in a school sixth form.
  • You can go to university with 3 A levels or you could start a job or an apprenticeship.
  • A levels are only offered at level 3, usually requiring at least 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, and higher grades may be required for specific subjects and Post 16 providers.

 

Employment/Training – Apprenticeships and Traineeships

  • Train for a skilled career by starting to work for a company, and attending college, or a training centre, or studying while you work for a vocational qualification related to the work. You are paid whilst doing an Apprenticeship.
  • Training providers are like colleges which support students looking for Apprenticeships and provide help with CVs, job search and arrange interviews.
  • Many employers expect students to have or be predicted to achieve grade 4 or above in GCSEs in 5 subjects, including English, Maths and Science if it is a scientific or technical Apprenticeship.
  • Traineeships and study programmes are work based programmes where students attend sector-based training centres to learn skills and improve on English and Maths, as well as gaining work experience before moving into an apprenticeship.  You are not paid on a traineeship or study programme but child benefit continues to be paid to your parent/carer.

What to do now?

  • Start thinking about the career you would like to have.
  • Look at your most recent grades as this will show your target and predicted grades and will help you choose the level of course you can apply for.
  • Find out about any additional support available if you need to improve your predicted grades for the course you want.
  • Use UCAS Progress to start searching for courses and training opportunities at local colleges, sixth forms and training providers.
  • Find out when the college and sixth form open evenings are so that you can visit, find out about the courses, talk to tutors and students about what is involved and where the course will lead.
  • Attend your careers interview in school with the careers adviser to talk over your ideas and start planning.
  • Talk to your parents/carers about your plans.
  • Make sure you attend all the interviews you are invited to – you will only be offered a place at college, sixth form or training if you attend the interviews.
  • Attend the Year 11 Parents evening at school in January when providers from many different Post 16, College and training providers will attend.
The Gatsby Benchmarks

The Gatsby Benchmarks are a framework that defines what makes the best careers provision in schools and colleges.

The eight Gatsby benchmarks of Good Career Guidance:

  1. A stable careers programme
  2. Learning from career and labour market information
  3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
  4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
  5. Encounters with employers and employees
  6. Experiences of workplaces
  7. Encounters with further and higher education
  8. Personal guidance
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