Careers
Create, Aspire and Excel to ‘Live life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10)
At Chiltern Hills Academy, we aim to equip students for higher education and the ever-evolving world of work after they leave us.
Careers Vision: To provide all students with a forward-thinking first class careers programme.
Careers Strategy: To raise students’ aspirations with a comprehensive careers programme aimed to inspire, advise, guide, inform and help all students achieve their maximum potential in their career choices. The programme plays a crucial role in helping students prepare for their future and explore the different pathways available.
All of our students are offered a comprehensive 6-step programme where they discover, explore, plan, focus, decide and apply themselves for their next steps. The programme includes 1:1 careers interviews, motivational speakers, employer talks, University visits, CV workshops, work experience and much more. See links below.
2022 Ofsted inspection
“Careers education is a strength. This is enhanced through strong partnerships with businesses and other education providers. For example, pupils in Years 8, 10 and 12 can take part in work placements or work experience. Pupils can access an online platform for additional information, and subjects across the curriculum make links to the world of work. Leaders adapt provision for pupils with SEND so that they are well-prepared for their next steps."
- Student Future Skills and Career Activity
- Careers Education in PSHE (12 Lessons)
- Employability Skills
- Unifrog - Interest Profiles
- Career Enrichment - Fiver Programme
- Encounters with Employers - Literacy / STEM
- Career Opportunity Day
- Employer Visits (PWC)
- Author Visits
- Student Future Skills and Career Activity
Survey - Careers Education in PSHE (12 lessons)
- Unifrog - Interest Profiles
- Options Evening & Aspirations Pathway Assembly
- Technical Education Provider & Apprenticeship Talks
- Encounters with Employers - Literacy /
STEM - Work Shadowing Day
- Girls in Tech (Work Experience & Talks)
- University Visits (Oxford University)
- Student Future Skills and Career Activity Survey
- Careers Education in PSHE (12 lessons)
- Unifrog - Interest Profiles
- Encounters with Employers - Career Talks
- Technical Education Provider & Apprenticeship Talks
- Engineering Workshop
- University Visit
- Enterprise Launchpad
- Post 16 Pathway Talk
- Student Future Skills and Career Activity
- Careers Education in PSHE (12 Lessons)
- Unifrog - Personality, Profiling & Career Goals
- Encounters with Employers & Careers Talks
- Girls in Tech (DigiGirlz)
- Construction Workshop
- Unlocking Talent & Raising Aspirations workshop
- Bucks Skills Show
- Workplace visits
- University Visits
- Apprenticeship & Post 16 Pathway Assembly
- Technical Education Provider Talks
- Employer Visits
- Student Future Skills and Career Activity & Destination Survey
- Careers Education in PSHE (12 Lessons)
- Unifrog - Further Ed and Career Goals
- Further Education and Higher Education visits
- Technical Education Provider Talks
- 6th Form taster sessions & workshops
- Encounters with Employers
- External workplace visits
- Girls in Tech (DigiGirlz)
- Year 11 Leavers Portfolios
- National Citizenship Programme
- 1:1 Careers Guidance with Careers Adviser
- Work Experience, Higher Education Talks and Apprenticeship Workshops
- Careers Preparatory Workshops (CV, Interviews, LinkedIn, Mock Interviews)
- Unifrog
- UCAS Evening
- Oxford Brookes University Workshop
- Young Enterprise Programme
- Apprenticeships awareness & application support
- Next Steps Programme
- Work Experience week
- 1:1 Interviews with independent Careers Advisor
iDiscover
Year 7
iExplore
Year 8
iPlan
Year 9
iFocus
Year 10
iDecide
Year 11
iApply
Year 12
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