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Careers Curriculum & Guidance in Schools

Careers Curriculum & Guidance Information.

Xello

Gatsby Benchmarks

Skills Builder

National Careers Service

Careers is embedded into our curriculum at Fred Longworth High School. Throughout the academic year and across all year groups we have various activities happening, such as; employer talks, visits from a variety of education and training providers, real world links, mentoring opportunities. There are also lots of mini projects that students can get involved in such as business enterprise challenges / STEM competitions etc. Each faculty has a focus on careers and we have established a careers champion in each area who is responsible for this.

You can click on the above links to see the Gatsby benchmarks, which we strive as a school to achieve in all areas of careers. All students from Year 8 – 11 have access to Xello – which is a programme giving lots of information about current and post 16 opportunities, along with general careers information (students have automatic sign in using Office 365).

KS3 (Years 7, 8 & 9)

Throughout KS3 Careers is delivered generally through the curriculum with some work done on PSHE days. Students also have a 6 week period of form time dedicated to careers exploration.

Students in year 8 and 9 can access Xello (app) via office 365 to start their career planning journey.

PSHE form time focussed on Careers information.

PSHE day – World of Work Day (Year 8).

Year 10

Throughout the academic year, year 10 students have access to appointments with the careers adviser and access a variety of information assemblies and talks from external providers / employers.

Year 10 Curriculum Evening

Futures Questionnaire – this is a questionnaire about what students are thinking about doing in the future – this helps us prioritise and gives students the correct level of support.

College Open events September – December

PSHE Careers Day – March

Individual Careers Guidance Interviews with Miss Cross, Careers Adviser

PSHE Careers Day – June

Year 10 College Taster Visits – July

Year 11

Throughout the academic year, year 11 students all have a 1-1 guidance appointment with the careers adviser this will take place before February half term. Year 11 also have a careers lesson every 2 weeks, with a focus on preparing them for finishing school and their applications. Along with a variety of providers coming to speak to them about the opportunities available after school.  

Careers Lessons – every 2 weeks

Individual Careers Guidance Interviews with Miss Cross, Careers Adviser

College Open events Sep – Dec

Careers Conference at Leigh Sports Village – October

Mock Interview Day – November

Applications to College to be completed by December.

College Interviews (Nov – April)

Application process for Apprenticeships / Training starts (continuous through to summer)

GCSE Exams

Transition to next steps.

How Yondr Works

Frequently Asked Questions

We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.