Careers

Sir John Thursby Community College Careers Programme Information.

The Careers Lead at Sir John Thursby Community College is Mrs R. Starr.

Any provider wishing to request access should contact Registered Careers Adviser - Mrs Starr

Telephone: 01282 682313 ext.21161

Email: r.starr@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk

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Year 10 Work Experience

Work experience will take place 4th - 8th March 2024.

Students need to return the self placement forms and medical forms to Mrs Starr by Friday 3rd November 2023.

Any questions please contact Mrs Starr.

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In December 2017 The Department for Education published the new careers guidance strategy.

The eight Gatsby Benchmarks are a key element of the strategy and are as follows:

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 work places
Encounters with Further and Higher Education
Personal Guidance

To see how me meet these benchmarks, please see our career programme for 2022/23.

Please click here to see the careers programme for 2022/2023

The careers programme is reviewed, evaluated and updated at regular intervals throughout the year with the support of the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC). We measure and assess the impact of the careers programme against the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks with feedback from parents, carers, students, staff, employers and external providers.

Sir John Thursby Community College works within a Careers Hub with the support of the CEC to achieve the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks.

The careers provision is evaluated by completing termly evaluations on the Careers and Enterprise Compass Plus tool which shows how we are meeting the Gatsby benchmarks.

Parents are given the opportunity to complete feedback questionnaires at KS4 parents evenings and students are asked for feedback after large careers events.

From this year students in years 7,9 and 11 will complete the Careers & Enterprise Company 'Future Skills' questionnaire which will highlight to both the student themselves and staff the knowledge they have of careers, KS4, post 16 provision and local and national LMI. This will allow the careers programme to be developed to ensure we are meeting the needs of all our students.

The next review of the programme will be in July 2023.

As well as our comprehensive careers programme we also have a detailed careers policy outlining how we meet Gatsby benchmarks and work with external providers. To view our Careers Policy including our Baker Clause Provider Access Policy please click here.

We are always looking at ways to improve and increase our careers provision in school, based on feedback from staff, students, providers, Governors and advisers we developed a 3 year strategic careers plan. Please click here to view.

Each year with the support of LCC we track the destinations of where our leavers have moved onto. You can see your destination tracking policy as an appendix in our Careers Policy. Below is an overview of where our students have moved on to in the last 5 years. Please note NEET stands for Not in Education, Employment or Training)

2021 Leavers	Total	2020 Leavers	Total
Full Time Education	215	Full Time Education	203
Full Time Training	1	Full Time Training	0
Apprenticeship	2	Apprenticeship	6
Employment with Training	0	Employment with Training	0
Employment no Training	0	Employment no Training	1
NEET	4	NEET	2
Not Known	0	Not Known	1
	222	Temp break from learning (Illness)	1
			214

2019 Leavers	Total	2018 Leavers	Total
Full Time Education	199	Full Time Education	190
Full Time Training	0	Full Time Training	2
Apprenticeship	5	Apprenticeship	1
Employment with Training	0	Employment with Training	0
Employment no Training	0	Employment no Training	0
NEET	0	NEET	3
Not Known	0	Not Known	1
	204		197

2017 Leavers	Total
Full Time Education	193
Full Time Training	0
Apprenticeship	3
Employment with Training	0
Employment no Training	0
NEET	3
Not Known	3
	202

In addition to the careers programme the following support is also available:

Careers Guidance Interview

A careers guidance interview is an impartial, one-to-one meeting between students and a professionally qualified careers adviser.

A careers guidance interview is not like a job interview - there are no right or wrong answers. These meetings are to offer support and advice about post 16 options they can also help students to recognise their skills qualities and interests so that they can make well informed and realistic decisions about their future career.

During the meeting the students are offered; accurate and up-to-date information, the opportunity, if suitable, to complete a personality-based assessment which helps individuals to know themselves better, alternative sources of information and help if required, an action plan to help them move forward.

A record is kept of each meeting and shared with the students.

Bright Futures Careers Office

The students are welcome to drop in to speak to Mrs Starr at break, lunch time and after school every day.

College prospectus, training provider information, employers contact details and application forms are all available for students to access. There is also lots of information regarding Universities and open events information.

Parents Evenings

Mrs Starr will be present at Years 8, 9, 10 & 11 Parents Evenings, Year 9 Options Evening for advice on options. Local colleges and training providers will also be present at these events.

Opportunities for Access

Several events integrated into the school careers programme will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to students and/or their parents/carers.

Please click here to view the Provider Access Agreement/Baker Clause.

An example of the ‘Employer Encounters’ available to the students is below

Employer	Encounter	Year
VEKA	School Enterprise Adviser. Involved in various activities including; Girls with Goals programme Maths Challenge – live link ups D&T design Challenge – live link ups Live link ups with French and German apprentices Mock interviews Young Enterprise Company Programme business advisers Business mentoring	10 8 & 9 7 10 & 11 11 10 9
Balfour Beatty	Raising awareness of females in Engineering careers Sustainability awareness – Geography lessons	9 8 & 9
BBC Bitesize	Careers in media and the arts live panel Q&A	7, 8 & 9
ATG Ambassadors Theatre Group	Live link up tour and Q&A with west end theatre employees including producers, directors, and technical teams.	7, 8 & 9
Napthen’s Solicitors	Live virtual workplace tour and Q&A session Mock interviews	10 11
Pendleside Hospice	Live virtual workplace tour and Q&A session	10
Burnley Leisure	Live virtual workplace tour and Q&A session	10
Tap Select	Live virtual workplace tour and Q&A session	10
Natwest	Online ‘Careersense’ programme	10
Dave Fishwick (Bank on Dave)	Students submitted questions for live interview (available to watch on website)	All year groups
Jay Rodriguez (Burnley Football Club)	Students submitted questions for live interview (available to watch on website)	All year groups
Sophie Hitchon (Olympian)	Students submitted questions for live interview (available to watch on website)	All year groups
Safran	Girls with Goals project (raising confidence and aspirations of girls) Engineering apprenticeship preparation resources	10 11
Velocity	Girls with Goals project (raising confidence and aspirations of girls)	10
Calico (in Partnership with Afta Thought)	Inclusion in construction careers workshops Mock interviews	7 & 8 11
Science Made Simple	Rough guide to Engineering & Science interactive careers show	8
Victrex	Science week live virtual work place visit and Q&A session	10 & 11
Eve Ainsworth (Published Author)	Live virtual presentation and Q&A session	7

HE, FE and Provider Encounters September 2020 – Present

Events meet range of Gatsby Benchmarks including 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

Provider	Encounter	Year
Burnley College	Weekly drop ins Day in the life of a college student workshop Post 16 pathway presentation (focus on Vocational & T-levels) Taster programmes SEN transition programme Virtual assemblies	7, 9 & 11 10 10 10 & 11 11 All year groups
Nelson & Colne College	Weekly drop ins Virtual assemblies	7, 9 &11 All year groups
The Manchester College	Bi- weekly drop ins	7, 9 & 11
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Post 16 Pathway Presentation (focus on A-levels)	10
Training 2000	Post 16 Pathway Presentation (focus on Traineeships and apprenticeships)	10
ASK apprenticeships	Mock assessment centre workshops Live virtual workshop for students looking for apprenticeships Live in person workshops for students looking for apprenticeships Online assemblies about apprenticeship pathways Mock interviews	10 11 10 &11 All year groups 11
NCS	Virtual assembly and in person drop in Live assembly and in person drop in	11 11
Young Enterprise	Learn to Earn workshops Digital Me employability virtual workshops Company Programme	10 10 10
Lancaster University	STEM challenge day	9
UCLAN	Mock interviews	11
Outdoor Elements	Employability skills active workshops	10

Young Enterprise Visit to Downing Street

Burnley Express have just published an article all about our Young Enterprise Students visit to London, please click here to read the full story.

National Careers Week 2021

As part of National Careers Week 2021 we were very lucky to have 3 very successful people from Burnley take the time to talk to us about their careers. Watch the videos below to see Jay Rodriguez (Burnley FC player), Sophie Hitchon (Olympic medallist) and Dave Fishwick (successful business man and TV personality) answer the questions that you asked!

Year 10 Careers Day 2021

On Thursday 8^th and Friday 9^th July Year 10 students received 2 days of Careers based learning. We were very lucky to be able to invite guest speakers into school for the first time this academic year and the students really enjoyed working with them.

On Thursday, students took part in a ‘Launch Pad Enterprise Masterclass’ run by Young Enterprise. Working in groups they were given a business which they had to name, market and finance then pitch their idea to the rest of their year group. There were some fantastic businesses and the students worked really well together taking on the different roles of a company. Thank you to the staff from Young Enterprise who came in to deliver this session.

Students also had the chance to watch a virtual workplace tour from local businesses and via video call have a live Q&A with people who worked there. We had a wide range of local businesses showcasing lots of different employment sectors and career paths including Engineering, Law, Sport & Leisure, Hospitality and Health & Social care. Thank you very much to the businesses VEKA, Napthens Solicitors, Burnley Leisure, Tap Select and Pendleside Hospice who took time out of their busy work to talk to our students, they all learnt a lot.

At the end of the day teachers delivered a NatWest ‘Career Sense’ lesson where students learnt about making informed choices to make a business financially successful this included looking at topics such as green initiatives and cyber attack threats.

On Friday, students did a Young Enterprise Course called ‘Digital Me’, in this course students had to complete various units including CV writing, personal skills and strengths and personal statement writing. This course allowed the students to explore and reflect on their own personal qualities and to think about how they would make themselves appealing to prospective employers. Students who completed the course got a certificate to put in their Record of Achievement.

Students also listened to a ‘Pathfinder’ talk. This involved 3 guest speakers explaining different qualifications available after Year 11. This included Mr Joseph from Clitheroe Royal Grammar talking about A-levels, Chris and Grace from Burnley College talking about vocational courses and the new T-level qualification and Vicki from Training2000 telling students about apprenticeships. There was lots of new and important information for students to think about and they listened really well.

Throughout the 2 days we had guest speakers from ‘ASK’ apprenticeships and Burnley College. Tim from ‘ASK’ worked with students to help them with their interview skills, students had to work in teams to interview each other for jobs and give constructive feedback. The students really enjoyed this activity and it helped them work on their confidence and speaking and listening skills. Chris from Burnley College did a ‘College Life’ lesson where he explained all about the ‘extra’ bits of being a college student such as NUS, volunteering programmes, enrichment activities, trips and residentials; it all sounded very exciting, and the students were very keen to find out more!

Thank you to all the Year 10 students and staff for supporting and engaging with the careers days so well and thank you to our guest speakers for giving our students some fantastic opportunities.

Mrs Starr

Below are links to useful websites, information on careers and information on the local labour market.

Local University Websites:

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service: www.ucas.co.uk

University of Central Lancashire: www.uclan.ac.uk

Lancaster University: www.lancaster.ac.uk

University of Liverpool: www.liv.ac.uk

Liverpool Hope College: www.hope.ac.uk

Edge Hill University: www.edgehill.ac.uk

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts: www.lipa.ac.uk

The University of Manchester: www.manchester.ac.uk

The Manchester Metropolitan University: www.mmu.ac.uk

Career Choices

Local Government Jobs: www.lgcnet.com

Academic Careers Vacancies: www.academiccareers.com

Appointments for Teachers: www.eteach.com

Appointments for Teachers: www.tes.co.uk

Healthcare Jobs: www.nhscareers.nhs.uk

British Veterinary Association: www.bva.co.uk

R.S.P.C.A.: www.rspca.org.uk

Institute of Plumbing: www.ciphe.org.uk

Industry Training Board: www.ecitb.org.uk

Institute of Civil Engineers: www.ice.org.uk/homepage/