Careers Education
Job of the week
We have planned careers weeks to take place throughout the academic year, with bespoke themes for each year group:
Year group | Theme |
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Year 7 | Building aspirations |
Year 8 | Understanding industry sectors |
Year 9 | Pathways to the future |
Year 10 | Planning for the future |
Year 11 | Transition to the future |
Useful careers links
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Positive Steps at 16 provides an array of help and guidance for post 16 routes. |
Kudos has tools and information to help students make better choices about options for post-16, 18 and their future career. | |
What Work Leicestershire is a local labour market guide for young people. | |
Connexions is the careers service for young people in Leicester. They have information about jobs, careers, training and apprenticeships. |
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National Careers Service has careers information and job profiles on almost 800 different types of job | |
LifeSkills, created with Barclays, helps young people get the skills and experiences they need to enter the world of work. |
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icould includes 1000 films of personal career stories, across all occupations. It can give you inspiration for your career. |
Plotr can help you to discover your future and guide you to careers you could be great at. Whether you’ve got a career in mind or you haven’t got a clue. |
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Careersbox is a free careers film library. | |
Informed Choices is aimed at all students considering A-level and equivalent options. It includes advice on the best subject combinations for a wide range of university courses as well as advice on the best choices if you don’t know what you want to study after school and need to keep your options open |
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Moving on is an on-line careers and qualifications magazine. | |
Future Morph covers career opportunities from science and maths | |
Tomorrows Engineers explains what engineering is and how to get into it. | |
Not Going To Uni is a website showcasing opportunities that exist other than going to university, such as apprenticeships, sponsored degrees, diplomas, gap years, distance learning and job |
2020 leaver's destinations
Destination | Percentage of Students |
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Leicester College | 42.1% |
WQE | 35.5% |
Gateway College | 4.6% |
Beauchamp City Sixth Form | 3.9% |
Loughborough College | 2.6% |
Brooksby Melton College | 2.6% |
NWSLC | 2.0% |
School outside of Leicester | 1.3% |
Army Foundation College | 1.3% |
Leicester College of Performing Arts | 1.3% |
Ellesmere College | 0.7% |
Charnwood College | 0.7% |
FSDA | 0.7% |
Beauchamp College (Oadby) | 0.7% |
2019 leavers' destination
Destination | Percentage of students |
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Advanced Football Development Academy |
0.6% |
Brooksby Melton College |
1.3% |
Gateway Sixth Form College | 3.2% |
Leicester College | 46.5% |
Loughborough College | 3.9% |
NWSLC | 2.6% |
The Beauchamp College | 0.6% |
Wigston College | 0.6% |
Wyggeston and QE1 College | 40.6% |
2018 leavers' destinations
Destination | Percentage of students |
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Leicester College | 44% |
WQE / Regent College | 44% |
Apprenticeship | 5% |
Heart of England Training (HOET) | 1% |
Beauchamp College | 2.5% |
NEET / Health | 1.5% |
College outside of Leicestershire | 0.5% |
Loughborough College | 0.5% |
Gateway College | 0.5% |
South Leicestershire College | 0.5% |
English Martyrs' Catholic School | 0.5% |
Stephenson College | 0.5% |