CAREERS

CAREERS CAREERS

DOWNSIDE CONSCIOUSLY WORKS TO PREVENT ALL FORMS OF STEREOTYPING IN THE ADVICE DOWNSIDE CONSCIOUSLY WORKS TO PREVENT ALL FORMS OF STEREOTYPING IN THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT GIRLS AND BOYS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AND GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT GIRLS AND BOYS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND DIVERSITY GROUPS CONSIDER THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF CAREERS. DIVERSITY GROUPS CONSIDER THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF CAREERS.

The Careers Education and Guidance Programme ensures a The Careers Education and Guidance Programme ensures a range of events and activities that encourages pupils to fulfil their range of events and activities that encourages pupils to fulfil their potential, and enables them to ‘know themselves’ and how their potential, and enables them to ‘know themselves’ and how their strengths, weaknesses and interests relate to the world of work; strengths, weaknesses and interests relate to the world of work; learn about different careers and opportunities; obtain individual learn about different careers and opportunities; obtain individual guidance; have some work experience; and gain information guidance; have some work experience; and gain information about about training, education and occupations beyond school. training, education and occupations beyond school.

The School is a member of the Independent Schools Career The School works in partnership with Futuresmart Careers Ltd. Organisation (ISCO), and works in partnership with Futuresmart In addition to the support and guidance offered in School, pupils Careers Ltd. In addition to the support and guidance offered in will also have the opportunity to benefit from membership to School, pupils will also have the opportunity to benefit from membership to Futuresmart Careers Ltd, which is a careers service for young people from 15 years of age. We host an annual Careers Fair, which provides pupils with the Futuresmart Careers Ltd, which is a careers service for young opportunity to meet a range of speakers covering different people from 15 years of age. careers such as law, finance, entrepreneurship, travel-writing, film production, journalism and archaeology. We host an annual Careers Fair, which provides pupils with the opportunity to meet a range of speakers covering different careers such as law, finance, entrepreneurship, travel-writing, film production, journalism and archaeology.