IT in Davenant

Davenant has a large range of computer technology, with eight rooms dedicated to computers. The rooms are equipped with up to date hardware and an exciting variety of the latest software.

Students have the opportunity during lessons and lunchtimes to use the facilities for a range of activities, from typing up work to learning to code to editing videos. All computers have Internet access.

Students at Davenant each have a Google Workspace account. Each student has their own secure login, which gives them access to a wide range of services including cloud storage, online Google classrooms, email and more.

Students have access to a secure extranet at https://students.davenant.org. where lesson resources are shared. The online Google classrooms will typically contain lesson resources, quizzes or useful links; they are also used for handling work in and tracking progress.

Careers

All students will participate in a careers programme throughout their time at Davenant. This starts in Year 7 and builds significantly through Years 8-13.

The aims of our careers provision are to enable students to:

• to understand themselves and to develop their capabilities (self-development)

• to investigate careers and opportunities (career exploration)

• to implement their career plans (career management)

The programme is based on 8 key factors:

1. A stable careers programme

2. Learning from career and labour market information

3. Addressing the needs of each student

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

Throughout the programme students will have access to careers libraries, careers software, careers lessons, mock interviews, experiences of the working world, assemblies, careers fairs, access to an independent careers adviser and talks from employers and further and higher education providers. Parents will also be invited to attend careers guidance sessions, have an adviser on hand during parents evenings and will be helped through key school transitions to support life after Davenant.