Careers Advice
The careers education and guidance programme at Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth seeks to positively support students to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work.
We are currently working with an external provider:
CareersInc is an external, independent and impartial careers guidance service who will support you to aim high in your career goals and aspirations.
Students at Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth are entitled to a careers education and guidance programme which:
- is personal to students and always puts students interests first
- motivates and inspires students to consider all opportunities both within and outside Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
- helps students to gain the skills they need to make their career ambitions a reality
- provides the support students need to be successful
- helps students access any additional support they might need
- is delivered by trained and qualified teachers and advisers, with up-to-date knowledge and understanding of career pathways and local labour market information
- protects and respects students personal information and shares it only with their consent
Together with staff from CareersInc we will support the career development in a number of ways including:
- information and discussion in lessons and assemblies to help students make decisions about your future
activities and events such as careers fairs - access to career advisers in a variety of ways including individual meetings, drop-in sessions, learning pathway planning and results days
- careers information and IT based careers programmes
- information and updates on notice boards, plasma screens and websites
Post-16 Provider Events
We aim to regularly update our list of all the upcoming Post-16 provider open evenings and events, so that students and parents/carers alike can make decisions about courses being taken at Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth, and beyond. If you are a college provider and we have missed a date, please email Mrs Jill Appleby who leads our Careers and Post-16 provision, or Mr Hannah year 11 learning manager.
Career Information ‘Drop-In’ Sessions – Tuesdays 2.30 – 3.30pm
Students can ask questions and get support with CVs, help with application form completion for college, collect prospectuses for colleges and apprenticeship providers and research courses for after GCSEs. We also aim to run ‘Careers Information Sessions’ occasionally in these sessions, often in partnership with Post-16 providers and increasingly with employer partners and alumni in particular career sectors. Sessions are focused on career choices around particular subjects that students may be interested in pursuing after post-16 and post-18 education. For more details speak to Mrs Appleby or Mr Hannah.
Monthly Post-16 Lunchtime Drop-In Sessions – Wednesdays
Each month, we are grateful for our partner Post-16 Colleges and Apprenticeship providers, who man stands during one lunchtime on a Wednesday, to promote choices beyond GCSE, answer questions and inspire our student for their next steps. For parents, the timetable is below, if you want your son/daughter to pick up particular information
Thursday 6th October 2018
Thursday 8th November 2018
Thursday 6th December 2018
Thursday 10th January 2019
Thursday 7th February 2019
Thursday 7th March 2019
Thursday 4th April 2019
Post-16 Provider Prospectuses
http://prospectus.mbro.ac.uk/2018.aspx?rid=2018
http://www.egglescliffe.org.uk/images/documents/prospectus/Sixth_Form_Prospectus-19-20.pdf
Overview
The careers education and guidance programme at Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth seeks to positively support you to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work.
We are currently working with the following provider:
CareersInc is a support service for young people that provides advice, guidance, support and personal development services for all 13-19 year olds.
As a student at Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth you are entitled to a careers education and guidance programme which:
• is personal to you and always puts your interests first
• motivates and inspires you to consider all opportunities beyond Outwood Academy Bydales
• helps you to gain the skills you need to make your career ambitions a reality
• provides the support you need to be successful
• helps you access any additional support you might need
• is delivered by trained and qualified teachers and advisers, with up-to-date knowledge and
• understanding of career pathways and local labour market information
• protects and respects your personal information and shares it only with your consent
Together with staff from CareersInc we will support your career development in a number of ways including:
• information and discussion in lessons and assemblies to help you make decisions about your future
• activities and events such as careers fairs
• access to career advisers in a variety of ways including individual meetings, Careers Club Enrichment (open to all year groups – Tuesdays 2:30-3:30pm), learning pathway planning and results days
• careers information and IT based careers programmes
• information and updates on notice boards, plasma screens and websites
• providing access to detailed information and resources to take away on various jobs, colleges, training providers and Universities through our Careers Corner in the LRC Library
Careers Advisor Colleagues 2017-2018
Andy Veale ~ (CareersInc) aveale@careersinc.co.uk
Megan Grimley ~ (CareersInc) mgrimley@careersinc.co.uk
Mrs Appleby ~ Careers Lead ~ CEIAG Aspiring leader
Mr Hannah ~ Year 11 Learning manager
Teesside Post-16 Provider Open Events 2018-2019
September 2018
Wednesday 26 September 2018 – Middlesbrough College – 5pm -8pm
October 2018
Tuesday 2 October 2018 – The Northern School of Art/CCAD – 5.30pm – 8pm
Wednesday 3 October 2018 – SRC Bede Sixth Form – 5.30 – 7.30pm
Monday 8 October 2018 – Stockton Riverside College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 10 October 2018 – Macmillan Academy – 6pm – 8pm
Tuesday 16 October 2018 – Stockton Sixth Form – 6pm – 8pm
Wednesday 17 October 2018 – Redcar and Cleveland College – 5pm – 7pm
Thursday 18 October 2018 – Prior Pursglove College – 5pm – 8pm
Thursday 18 October 2018 – NETA Training – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Tuesday 23 October 2018 – Middlesbrough College – 5pm – 8pm
Wednesday 24 October 2018 – Darlington College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
November 2018
Tuesday 6 November 2018 – The Northern School of Art/CCAD – Taster session^
Wednesday 7 November 2018 – Redcar and Cleveland College – 5pm – 7pm
Thursday 15 November 2018 – Middlesbrough College – 5pm – 8pm
Thursday 15 November 2018 – Stockton Riverside College 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Saturday 17 November 2018 – The Northern School of Art – 10am – 2pm
Wednesday 21 November 2018 – Stockton Sixth Form – 6pm- 8pm
Wednesday 21 November 2018 – Stockton Riverside College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Thursday 22 November 2018 – NETA Training – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Monday 26 November 2018 – Redcar and Cleveland College – 5pm – 7pm
Tuesday 27 November 2018 – Darlington College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
December 2018
Saturday 8 December 2018 – Prior Pursglove College – 10am- 12pm
Tuesday 11 December 2018 – Middlesbrough College – 10am- 12pm
January 2019
Tuesday 15 January 2019 – The Northern School of Art/CCAD – Taster session^
Thursday 17 January 2019 – SRC Bede Sixth Form – 530pm – 7.30pm
Saturday 19 January 2019 – The Northern School of Art – 10am- 12pm
Saturday 19 January 2019 – Stockton Riverside College – 10am – 12pm
Thursday 24 January 2019 – Darlington College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Thursday 24 January 2019 – Stockton Sixth Form – 6pm – 8pm
Saturday 26 January 2019 – Middlesbrough College – 10am – 12pm
Tuesday 29 January 2019 – Redcar and Cleveland College – 5pm – 7pm
Thursday 31 January 2019 – NETA Training – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
February 2019
Saturday 9 February 2019 – Macmillan Academy – 10am- 12pm
Tuesday 12 February 2019 – Stockton Riverside College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Monday 18 February 2019– The Northern School of Art/CCAD – 10am – 12pm
Tuesday 5 February 2019 – Prior Pursglove College – 5pm -7.30pm
March 2019
Tuesday 5 March 2019 – NETA Training – Apprenticeships – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 6 March 2019 – Stockton Riverside College Apprenticeship event – 5.30-7.30pm
Thursday 14 March 2019 – SRC Bede Sixth Form – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 21 March 2019 – Darlington College – 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 21 March 2019 – Redcar and Cleveland College – 5pm – 7pm
Saturday 23 March 2019 – Middlesbrough College – 10am -12pm
April 2019
Tuesday 2 April 2019 – The Northern School of Art/CCAD – 5.30pm – 8pm
Wednesday 3 April 2019 – Prior Pursglove College – 5pm -7pm
May 2019
Wednesday 15 May 2019 – Redcar and Cleveland College – 5pm – 7pm
Thursday 16 May 2019 – Middlesbrough College – 5pm – 7pm
June 2019
Saturday 15 June 2019 – The Northern School of Art/CCAD -10am – 2pm
Saturday 15 June 2019 – Darlington College – 11.00am – 3.00pm
July 2019
Tuesday 9 July 2019 – The Northern School of Art/CCAD – Taster session^
Wednesday 10 July 2019 – Middlesbrough College – Apprenticeship focused 5-7pm
Shape Training centre visits and interviews are organised on an individual basis
^ Booking required
Useful links
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobfamily/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
http://growingambitions.tes.co.uk/jobs
http://www.mbro.ac.uk/Home/index.aspx
http://www.shapetraining.co.uk/
http://www.tte.co.uk/students-and-apprentices.html
https://www.neta.co.uk/prospectus
https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/research-intelligence/edu-emply-and-skills/labour-market-projections/
Stockton college prospectus
A Guide on how do I decide on a career path?
Qualifications: what do the different levels mean?
A qualification shows employers, teachers and learners what you have learnt and what you can do as a result of that learning. There is a large variety of qualifications available so they are grouped together into levels to show how they compare and what other qualifications they can lead to.
Qualification frameworks
In the UK, most qualifications taken through work, school, college or university, fit into one of nine levels (12 in Scotland). The higher the level, the harder the qualification. The levels are based on the standards of knowledge, skill and competence needed for each qualification. Qualifications at the same level can be very different in terms of content and the length of time they take to complete.
Knowing about the different levels means that you can compare qualifications and identify what you need for your chosen career.
Four qualifications frameworks are in use within the UK:
• Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) for England and Northern Ireland
• Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW)
• Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ)
The table shows some examples of qualifications at each level under RQF and FHEQ, the main frameworks for Northern Ireland. The list is not exhaustive.
Look out for your CareersInc advisers in school for more help and advice when you need it!
Speak to your Teachers who can help you to arrange a meeting with your adviser to discuss any career related questions that you may have.
For more information visit the Careers Inc website...
Alternatively visit the National Careers Website...
For more information relating to provider access, please see our Provider Access Policy by clicking here...
