Careers Information, Advice and Guidance
The Careers Leader at Attleborough Academy is Mr Grant Martin (Head of Key Stage 4). Mr Martin can be contacted at gmartin@attleboroughacademy.org.
The Careers Adviser and Work Experience Co-ordinator at Attleborough Academy is Mr Richard Peat who can be contacted at rpeat@attleboroughacademy.org. If you would like to arrange a careers guidance appointment or have any questions about careers or Work Experience, students, parents and carers are welcome to fill in the following form and either Mr Martin or Mr Peat will get back to you.
Request for careers advice and guidance
The Careers Programme at Attleborough Academy
Our Careers Programme is based on the Gatsby Benchmarks which provide the framework for our careers provision. The 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance are:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each student
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
We review and evaluate our careers provision on a yearly basis by using destinations data, parent/carer questionnaires, student feedback and the compass assessment tool.
Years 7 to 11
| Year | Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
| 7 |
My New School (PSHE) |
Step into the NHS Careers: Real or Fake |
National Careers Week |
| 8 | Discover Your Employability Skills (TUB) | National Careers Week | |
| 9 |
RAF Assemblies and Workshops |
Options Evening GCSE Options (TUB) Options Information Evening |
Attleborough Careers Fair |
| 10 | Studying for GCSE Evening Introduction to Work Experience (TUB) Careers Interest Survey (TUB) |
Interview Skills (TUB) CV Writing (TUB) Oxford Discovery Programme |
Attleborough Careers Fair National Careers Week Festival of Knowledge Careers, Work and Happiness (PSHE) Work Experience Week |
| 11 | 1:1 with Careers Adviser Gold Group Tutoring Open Evenings New College Step UP Programme |
1:1 with Careers Adviser Gold Group Tutoring |
1:1 with Careers Adviser Gold Group Tutoring Attleborough Careers Fair National Careers Week |
Year 12 and Year 13
- 1:1 Careers Guidance Meetings (Careers Adviser available for meetings each week)
- Tutor responsible for overseeing support and guidance throughout the students' time in the Sixth Form
- 1:1 guidance and support relating to future and opportunities from members of the Sixth Form Team
Meaningful Encounters with Universities
- Assembly speaks from Lincoln/NUA/UEA/Essex/Gonville & Cauis with topics including:
- Student life
- Student finance
- Choosing a University
- Applying to a University
- Visits to UEA Higher Education Fair
- Visit to the UEA Sixth Form Conference
- Visit to Gonville and Cauis College Cambridge-Russell Group, Top 25, Oxbridge experience
- UEA Student Ambassador workshop (UEA visiting speakers)
- Oxford New College's Step-Up Programme
Meaningful Interactions with Employers
All students:
- Assembly speakers from local businesses and Apprenticeship providers
- Visits to local employers including R G Carter
- One week Work Experience placement for all Level 3 students
- Volunteering Programme (one hour per week in the community/education settings)
- Extended Work Experience for two days per week for students on the Level 2 programme
Individual support with applications for:
- UCAS/University/Conservatoires
- Apprenticeships
- Employment
- Personal statement and CV writing
Attleborough Academy Careers Week and Workshops
This coincides with National Careers Week (first week of March).
External employers, industry professionals and further education establishments offer first hand advice and interactive workshops.
Apprenticeships, CVs and Interviews
- https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship – Search and apply for live Apprenticeship vacancies
- https://amazingapprenticeships.com/ – Advice and information about Apprenticeships
- https://targetcareers.co.uk/careers-advice/applications-and-interviews – Information about how to complete a CV, application form and interview
Further Education Colleges and Sixth Forms
- https://www.attleboroughacademy.org/sixthform/ – Attleborough Academy Sixth Form
- https://helpyouchoose.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=easysearch.provider&category=2 – All other Sixth Forms can be found via Help You Choose
- https://www.ccn.ac.uk/ – City College Norwich
- https://www.easton.ac.uk/ – Easton College
- https://www.accesscreative.ac.uk/ – Access Creative College
- https://utcn.org.uk/ – University Technical College Norfolk
Higher Education and Student Finance
- https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate – Information about all Higher Education Institutions, courses available, the application process plus much more
- https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/ – Covers a wide range of topics related to Higher Education
- https://www.ucas.com/finance/undergraduate-tuition-fees-and-student-loans – Financial Support for Higher Education explained
- https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-student-finance – How to apply for Student Finance
Labour Market Information Norfolk
Labour Market Information (LMI) is information that provides insight into the labour markets at different levels (district, region or nation).
LMI will focus on:
- the industries that are growing and declining
- the types and levels of jobs are increasing and decreasing
- what supply of labour is available – numbers, skill and qualification levels
Examples of information provided are as follows:
- Population composition
- Skills, career and progression pathways
- Education institutes, courses, qualifications, and supporting statistics
- Employment sectors, employers, trends and jobs
- Jobs, training and apprenticeships
Please click here to visit the Careers Writers Association where both students and parents and carers can find careers information and advice from experienced careers writers.
The widget below can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations to support the process of identifying potential careers. The Careerometer widget provides access to a selection of headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects. The data is organised by occupation so 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.
Festival of Knowledge
Norfolk County Council and City College lead this initiative with local, national and international industries, employers and educational establishments, offering realistic and often, hands-on experience, advice and demonstrations.
Useful Careers Websites
- https://www.startprofile.com/ – Start is the careers programme used in Steps for Success and contains lots of useful information about careers, training, apprenticeships, CVs and much more.
- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/ – Provides job profiles on a wide range of careers.
- https://helpyouchoose.org/content/ – Contains information about all education and training options in Norfolk.
- https://www.icanbea.org.uk/ – Provides a quiz to help you explore your future plans and links to employers and careers available in the region.
- https://icould.com/ – Careers videos and information from a wide range of organisations.
- https://www.gocompare.com/life-insurance/uk-riskiest-jobs-report/ - Go Compare have analysed average salaries across the UK to find out how much you can earn if you choose to work in one of the top five riskiest professions.
- https://www.o2.co.uk/help/digital-services/jargon-buster - A 'tech' jargon-buster.
- Success at School is a national careers website for students aged 11-19. Recommended by the National Careers Service and Careers and Enterprise Company, the website aims to help young people make informed decisions about their future. It hosts a section specifically dedicated to parents and carers.
- Careermag for Parents connects students and their parents to the latest career and qualification routes available. It offers help to understand teenagers’ options as well as dispelling industry myths and misconceptions along the way.
- A free, 12-page guide from the WinThatJob website gives straight-forward advice on helping teenagers with choosing a career, accessing careers services, employability skills, employment prospecting, compelling applications, and winning at interviews.
- The Parents Guide To website offers 12 informative guides to Post-16 and -18 Options, as well as going to University and applying for Apprenticeships in order to help parents understand all their children’s options so that they can give them the right advice at the right time.
Work Experience
Students in Year 10 spend a week in July at a work placement that they have approached and organised with the support of the Academy's Work Experience Co-ordinator.
Feedback
The Careers Team is always keen to hear from students, parents and carers, members of staff and employers. We welcome your comments as part of our commitment to continuous improvement. Your feedback may be used to improve the service that we provide.
Please click on the relevant link below to complete a brief feedback questionnaire.
Students - Student Evaluation
Parents and Carers - Parent Evaluation
Staff Members - Staff Evaluation
Employers - Employer Evaluation
