Careers

Careers education at Emanuel is built into Life Education sessions from Year 7, introducing pupils to concepts such as diversity and inclusion in the workplace, building transferable skills and exploring different routes into employment such as degree apprenticeships. An essential part of what makes the careers education provision at Emanuel so valuable is the incredibly supportive network of Old Emanuels, parents, and friends of the school. From talks to workshops to work experience, without the support of the Emanuel community, pupils could not be exposed to a wide variety of activities and opportunities.

During the summer term of 2022 the Lower Sixth took part in a day of activities to build their entrepreneurial skills, while parents volunteered to be part of a panel of environmental experts who took questions from the audience. The pupils were then guided through a series of workshops to develop their own sustainable business ideas which they later pitched to ‘investors’ in a fast-paced trading game.

With the appointment of the Head of Careers and Employability in June 2022, each Sixth Form pupil has at least one personal guidance interview during their time in the Sixth Form, with further one-toone discussion if desired.

The January 2022 careers convention built on previous events to include higher education exhibitors. This allowed pupils to browse the different stalls and pose questions to representatives from universities up and down the country.The convention also involved a series of talks including advice for those applying to universities abroad, tips for applying to competitive universities, and information for those considering an application to medicine.The 2023 Careers and Higher Education convention (due to be held on Saturday 28th January) will follow this new format and will again include pupils from our community partner schools.

In 2023 a new Emanuel careers networking platform will be launched, developing from the ECON platform. This system will allow pupils to tap directly into the Emanuel community, who kindly offer work experience placements, internships, and volunteering opportunities.The launch of this ambitious project will be the next step in continuing to build a hugely exciting and unique careers programme for Emanuel School.

Ms E Maclean (Head of Careers and Employability)