Careers Overview | Fairmead School

Attend local and regional Careers Events including our own Transition and Careers Event in September (see Careers Calendar)
Careers Advisor Appointments in Year 9, 10 and 11
Careers Lessons as part of curriculum detailing job they know about, job interest, areas of work (industries), identifying skills needed in different roles, linking curriculum learning to their career aspirations
Workplace visits embedded into curriculum learning and bespoke
Investigate next stage educational opportunities including meeting FE colleges
Apprenticeship/Traineeship events and meeting training providers (see Careers Calendar)
Make Applications for post 16 placements
Complete vocational profiles
Attend Work Experience (internal and external)
Mock interviews
FE college visits as part of curriculum and during bespoke transition visits

‘Special Visitors’ to attend classes and talk about their jobs, in class and virtual
Money and Work to be studied as a topic in PSHE lessons
Careers Learning to be embedded into the curriculum linking learning to world of work
Role play activities and dressing up to explore jobs people do
Identify different occupations from characters in chosen stories and texts
Small world play linked to job roles