New Hall School Careers Programme 2024/2025 – Years 7, 8, 9
Intent: The Careers Programme for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 intends to provide a range of information and experiences that will enable students to develop an awareness of their strengths and opportunities in the labour market, and how this can help them to make informed decisions about their GCSE options.
Implementation: Students will complete dedicated Careers lessons through the PSHEE programme, and these will be supported by careers learning delivered in lessons, linking careers to the curriculum, visiting speakers and co-curricular activities.
Impact: Students will be more aware of their own skills and how they link to future careers in the modern labour market and will feel confident in choosing their GCSE options.
Year 7
Delivery Content
Framework/ Benchmark PSHEE
Lessons x 3 (25-30 minutes per session)
1 - Who am I? Self-reflection, self-awareness. Students explore their own identity, culture and characteristics and why they are all important when researching careers.
2 - Exploring Dream Jobs
Identifying the skills required for their dream job and how they link to their own skills and characteristics.
3 - What is a career?
Students consider what “career” means to them and discuss key trends and how they could impact their future.
4 - What is an entrepreneur?
Students explore what makes an entrepreneur and identify what makes them successful and evaluate the advantages/disadvantages of self-employment.
CDI: Grow throughout Life GB: 2, 3, 8
CDI: Explore Possibilities
GB: 2, 7
CDI: Manage Career
GB: 2, 7, 8
CDI: Create Opportunities
GB: 2, 6, 7
CDI: Balance Life and Work
5 - What is work-life balance?
Students explore what we mean by work-life balance and why it is important. They identify strategies for maintaining wellbeing.
6 - Careers and the Future
Students explore how careers have changed over time, compare “then and now” facts about careers and make predictions about future jobs.
Employer Talks Programme of lunchtime employer talks available for students to sign up to. All students must attend at least one talk per year and record their attendance on Unifrog.
Subject Based Lessons
All subjects deliver careers related activities to highlight how their subject links to future pathways and skills development.
Assemblies Careers related assembly delivered to all year groups during National Careers Week.
Apprenticeship awareness activities available to all students during National Apprenticeship Week.
Apprenticeship talks delivered during National Apprenticeship Week.
GB: 2, 3, 6, 7
CDI: See the Big Picture
GB: 2, 3, 6
CDI: Create Opportunities
GB: 3, 5
CDI: Explore Possibilities
GB: 2, 4
CDI: Explore Possibilities, Create Opportunities
GB: 2, 5
Cocurricular Activities
National Careers Challenge
All students are encouraged to take part in a rich and varied programme of co-curricular activities and record them on Unifrog. See the co-curricular programme.
All students take part in the National Careers Challenge. Students work in small groups to complete a challenge set by employers to simulate a real-life business task. The aim is to develop an awareness of employability skills.
CDI: Create Opportunities, Balance Life and Work, Explore Possibilities
GB: 3
CDI: Grow throughout Life, Create Opportunities, See the Big Picture
GB: 1, 4
Year 8
Delivery Content
PSHEE
Lessons x 3
(25-30 minutes per session)
1 - What are my interests?
Students describe their interests and draw the connections with career pathways through participation in the NHS Careers Competition.
2 - Job Applications and CVs
Students develop an understanding of how employers recruit staff through participation in the NHS Careers Competition.
3 - Challenges and rewards of work
Students identify some of the rewards and challenges associated with working and define what having a growth mindset means.
4 - Creating the life you want: making a vision board
Students describe what they want their life to look like in the future and draw connections between their skills, abilities and interests to formulate realistic goals for the future.
5 - What does success mean to you?
Students define what success means to them by ranking measures of success, identifying their own successes and linking them to different career paths.
6 - Careers and the Climate
Students explore ’green’ careers and identify ways that careers can positively or negatively impact climate change.
Employer Talks Programme of lunchtime employer talks available for students to sign up to. Students must attend at least one talk per year and record their attendance on Unifrog.
Subject Based All subjects deliver careers related activities to highlight how their subject links to future pathways and skills development.
Framework/ Benchmark
CDI: Grow throughout Life
GB: 2, 3, 8
CDI: Explore Possibilities
GB: 2, 7
CDI: Manage Career GB: 2, 7, 8
CDI: Create Opportunities GB: 2, 6, 7
CDI: Balance Life and Work GB: 2, 3, 6, 7
CDI: See the Big Picture GB: 2, 3, 6
CDI: Create Opportunities GB: 3, 5
CDI: Explore Possibilities GB: 2, 4
Lessons
Assemblies Careers related assembly delivered to all year groups during National Careers Week.
Apprenticeship awareness activities available to all students during National Apprenticeship Week.
Apprenticeship talks delivered during National Apprenticeship Week.
CDI: Explore Possibilities, Create Opportunities
GB: 2, 5
Cocurricular Activities
Employer Workshops
All students are encouraged to take part in a rich and varied programme of co-curricular activities. See the co-curricular programme.
All students take part in an employer led workshop as part of the NHS Careers Competition designed to highlight the range of opportunities available and the employability skills employers look for.
CDI: Create Opportunities, Balance Life and Work, Explore Possibilities
GB: 3
CDI: Explore Possibilities, Create Opportunities, See the Big Picture
GB: 1, 2, 4, 5
Year 9
Delivery Content
Framework/ Benchmark PSHEE
Lessons x 3 (25-30 minutes per session)
Second half of Michaelmas Term to support GCSE options
1 - What are my skills?
Students will reflect on their skills and achievements and link them to career and study options.
2 - What comes after school: the main learning pathways
Students will identify a learning pathway to explore and name pathways, qualifications, skills, and progression opportunities related to a career.
3 - Decision making: choosing what to study at KS4
Students identify important factors to consider when making subject choices for GCSEs and outline what they need to do to make an informed decision.
4 - Taking control of your journey
Students identify their own career needs and begin to explore how they can create their own career journey.
5 - Working and earning: managing your money
Students identify some key employment rights as a school age worker and learn to calculate different rates of pay and how to budget.
6 - What is the labour market and why is it important?
Students define the labour market and labour market information and learn to source and compare different information.
Parent Information Evening A parent information evening will be held to explain the GCSE options process in detail, and this will be supported by extra sessions available in the Careers Office after school for students to ensure they fully understand the options available to them.
CDI: Grow Throughout Life
GB: 2, 3, 8
CDI: Explore Possibilities
GB: 2, 7
CDI: Manage Career
GB: 2, 7, 8
CDI: Create Opportunities
GB: 2, 6, 7
CDI: Balance Life and Work
GB: 2, 3, 6, 7
CDI: See the Big Picture
GB: 2, 3, 6
CDI: Explore Possibilities
GB: 2, 3
Employer Programme of lunchtime employer talks available for students to sign up to. Students must attend CDI: Create Opportunities
Talks at least one talk per year and record their attendance on Unifrog.
Subject Based Lessons
All subjects deliver careers related activities to highlight how their subject links to future pathways and skills development.
Assemblies Careers related assembly delivered to all year groups during National Careers Week.
Apprenticeship awareness activities available to all students during National Apprenticeship Week.
Apprenticeship talks delivered during National Apprenticeship Week.
GB: 3, 5
CDI: Explore Possibilities
GB: 2, 4
CDI: Explore Possibilities, Create Opportunities
GB: 2, 5
Cocurricular Activities
Careers Speed Networking
All students are encouraged to take part in a rich and varied programme of co-curricular activities. See the co-curricular programme.
Students take part in a Careers Networking session with local and national employers from the key growth areas in Essex, healthcare, construction, engineering, digital technology, logistics, ‘green’ jobs, to support Labour Market Information.
CDI: Create Opportunities, Balance Life and Work, Explore Possibilities
GB: 3
CDI: See the Big Picture, Explore Possibilities, Create Opportunities
GB: 3, 5