Careers

Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School has an on-going commitment to ensuring that all our students have access to good quality impartial careers advice, thereby ensuring that each student has the best possible foundation on which to base their future choices and pathways.

It is the policy of this school that all pupils should be given the opportunity to:

Know and understand themselves better and develop their capabilities.
Investigate education, training and career opportunities.
Implement their career plans by making informed choices, in a supportive atmosphere, about their own continuing education and training.

Our careers team offer a wide range of activities and resources, which help our students make good informed decisions about their future as they progress through the school.

Careers lead: Mrs S Roberts
Careers support: Mrs E Darling

They can be contacted on careers@bcs.hants.sch.uk or by calling the school office.

Sample programme of extra-curricular career activities

The table below shows the range of extra-curricular activities and events carried out for each year group during an academic year.

This will vary slightly year on year and does not include subject specific activities or those aimed to meet specific individual needs.

DUE TO COVID VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL AND EXTERNAL VISITS ARE CURRENTLY NOT POSSIBLE. WE ARE INSTEAD COMPLETING A RANGE OF VIRTUAL EVENTS.

Year group	7	8	9	10	11
Autumn term	Assembly on life after Challoner Winchester university workshops (Successful Start)	National enterprise day	Career pilot Work place visits Engineering Employer Workshop in school	One to one careers interviews Maths Meets Medicine (Reading Uni) Choices Performance (probably in Y9 if again)	College assemblies Mock interview evening Pre NEET intervention
Spring Term	Cadet Taster Session	Health reach day LMI lessons	Work place visits Careers fair ( Basingstoke consortium) Business Speed Networking LMI lesson	One to one careers interviews Work Place Visit LMI lessons	College interviews
Summer term			3 workshops on Skills Strengths Interests One to one careers interviews(NCOP students) Work place visits School Careers Fair TEEN TECH Big Bang	CV building Writing a personal statement One to one careers interviews School Careers Fair BCOT Taster Day

Information for Employers

Bishop Challoner Catholic secondary school is committed to creating and maintaining quality relationships with employers from the local area and has a number of links with a range of different companies who support the school in issues related to careers advice and guidance. This support ranges from STEM activities to career insights as well as attendance at career fairs and enterprise days.

Any employer wishing to discuss how they can get involved should contact Mrs Evelyn Darling in the first instance either by emailing evelyn.darling@bcs.hants.sch.uk or calling 01256 462661.

Information for Teachers

All teaching staff at Bishop Challoner Catholic secondary school are committed to embedding careers information into the curriculum. In addition to this, all staff are involved in career related PSHE lessons. Year group tutors deliver a programme of activities on a range of topics, including careers, during tutor time and control the feedback forms completed after all career related activities. Staff undergo training in aspects of careers Gatsby Benchmarks regularly.

Information for Students and parents

The Library

The library holds a wide selection of college prospectuses and career option information. This literature is constantly updated and available for students to take home as they please.

School Careers Advisor

Michael Stockwell is in school every Tuesday holding 1:1 Post 16 Option advice sessions for year 10 and 11 students in their final 12 months at school. Although all students will be offered an appointment, students may request appointment by speak to either Mrs Roberts, Mrs Darling or though their tutor.

Post 16

Quick guide to post 16 Qualifications

Y10 Summer Term

College Open Evenings are advertised in tutor time, on the school website and on posters on Careers Notice board and Career area within the library in preparation for Y11 college applications.

BCOT hold Taster Days for students to attend and students attend on a voluntary basis.

Student receive a one to one careers session with are career adviser Michael Stockwell.

Y11 Autumn Term

College/Apprenticeship Assemblies given by all local colleges, QMC, BCOT, Peter Symonds, Andover and Sparshot.

We advertise the open Evenings dates in tutor time, posters around school and on the school website. In addition to this the colleges attend Y10/11 Parents Evenings.

College application are completed by the students in their own time, however, QMC and BCOT provide application workshops for students at lunchtime (in school) to support them with the process if needed.

For those students who are still unsure of their path, they are offered a second Careers adviser interview.

This year due to COVID-19 restrictions, students have power point presentations/youtube videos from colleges instead of assemblies and all the colleges are providing virtual open evenings.

Measuring & Assessing the Impact of the Careers Programme

After each careers event we obtain student, staff and visitor feedback. This is evaluated for future reference and feedback acted on. This information is then feed into the action plan for the following academic year.

Writing a personal statement

Apprenticeship Advice & Guidance

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The information in the above guide really breaks down the steps students need to take to try and secure an employer for their apprenticeship. The guide is aimed at parents to help them know what they can do to support a child wanting to do an apprenticeship.

Apprenticeships 2021

New ASK Offer Explainer Film

College Information

College Open Evening Dates 2021 -2022

BCOT

College Presentation in school – Thursday 23^rd September

Open Events

Tuesday 12^th October Tuesday 4.00pm – 8.00pm

Saturday 20^th November 10.30am – 12.30pm

Tuesday 15^th February 5.00pm – 7.00pm

Tuesday 3^rd May 4.00pm – 8.00pm

Apprenticeship Events

Monday 7^th February 4.30pm – 7.00pm

Monday 20^th June 4.30pm – 7.00pm

QMC

College Presentation in school – Monday 13^th September

Open Events

Wednesday 6^th October 5.00pm-8.00pm

Thursday 7^th October 5.00pm – 8.00pm

Peter Symonds

College Presentation in school – Thursday 30^th September

Application deadline 4.00pm Monday 13^th December

Open Events

Monday 18^th October 5.30pm – 8.30pm

Tuesday 19^th October 5.30pm – 8.30pm

Sparsholt and Andover

College Presentation in school – Thursday 16^th September

Open Events

Sparsholt	Andover
10 & 11 students aware that registrations are still open for Sparsholt College’s next open event on Saturday 5 February 2022. At the moment this is an on campus, in person event. To attend, please register for the event as soon as possible by visiting Experience Sparsholt – Sparsholt College Hampshire as our events do fill up quickly! At this event students will have a tour of the subject area they are interested in at a specific time which they will book in advance.	10 & 11 students aware that registrations are still open for Andover College’s next open event on Wednesday 16 February 2022, 4.30pm – 7.30pm. At the moment this is an on campus, in person event. To attend, please to register for the event as soon as possible by visiting Open Events – Andover College \| Hampshire as our events do fill up quickly!

Saturday 5^th February 10.00am – 2.00pm
Saturday 5^th March 10.00am – 2.00pm	Wednesday 16^th February 4.30pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 4^th May 4.00pm – 7.00pm	Wednesday 11^th May 4.30pm – 7.30pm
Thursday 16^th June 4.00pm – 7.00pm	30^th June 4.30pm – 7.30pm
Thursday 17^th July 3.00pm – 7.00pm

Farnborough College of Technology

Open Events

Thursday 14^th October 4.00pm-7.30pm

Wednesday 17^th November 4.00pm-7.30pm

Wednesday 2^nd March 4.00pm – 7.30pm

Aldershot Construction Campus

Thursday 21^st October 4.00pm-7.30pm

Thursday 18^th November 4.00pm –7.30pm

Thursday 3^rd March 4.00pm-7.30pm

Farnborough 6^th Form College

Open Events

Wednesday 20^th October – 3.30pm-8.30pm

Thursday 21^st October 3.30pm – 8.30pm

Alton College – timings TBC

Open Events

Thursday 14^th October 3.30pm – 8.00pm TBC

Wednesday 10^th November 3.30pm – 8.00pm TBC

Useful websites

	The National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities. The service offers confidential and impartial advice. This is supported by qualified careers advisers. The National Careers Service website aims to: help you with careers decisions and planning support you in reviewing your skills and abilities and develop new goals motivate you to implement your plan of action enable you to make the best use of high quality career related tools.
	Careersbox is a free online library of careers related film, news and information. As the preferred digital new media partner to the Institute of Career Guidance, the largest careers body in the UK, Careersbox aim is to deliver a new way for students to explore their skills and career options.
	Plotr is a website created to help 11-24 year olds discover and explore careers they’ll love. It’s built around the Game which uncovers careers matched to their skills, interests and personality.
	LifeSkills, created with Barclays, is a free, curriculum-linked programme, developed with teachers to help improve the skills and employability of young people in the UK.
	icould has a range of video clips showing real people talking about their jobs and careers.
	Plan your study & work. Your choices at 14, 16 and 18, explore different job sectors and how you can study and work at the same time – even to university level.
	Success at School is the place for young people to explore careers, get the lowdown on top employers, and search for the latest jobs, courses and advice.
	The study guide section within youthspace contains a range of information including help on making options choices in Year 9, post 16 options, and getting into higher education.
	Central Governments dedicated apprenticeship website has a whole range of information to help young people decide if Apprenticeships are the right route for them. You can also search for apprenticeship vacancies.
	Changes to Informed Choices guidance for Post 16 choices. To ensure as many students and parents as possible have access to Informed Choices, we are moving the guidance onto a new website that will go live in the coming weeks: www.informedchoices.ac.uk.

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