Every child should leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. This means ensuring academic rigour supported by excellent teaching, and developing in every young person the values, skills and behaviours they need to get on in life. All children should receive a rich provision of classroom and extra-curricular activities that develop a range of character attributes, such as resilience and grit, which underpin success in education and employment. High quality, independent careers guidance is also crucial in helping pupils emerge from school more fully rounded and ready for the world of work. Young people want and need to be well-informed when making subject and career decisions (DfE March 2015)
At Icknield we provide a wealth of different experiences across a student’s 5 years with us to prepare them for their next stages into further education and employment. We work with various outside agencies to provide this.
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Unifrog is an online platform that supports secondary schools to deliver their statutory duty to provide students with impartial and independent guidance on their full range of options. The platform is particularly helpful because is it the only place students can compare Sixth Form and FE courses as well as the most comprehensive list of apprenticeships available across the country. Once students have explored their subject interests and compared the full range of post-16 pathways available to them, Unifrog provides one place for students to draft all materials needed for applications. Successful applications are made easier as students can keep a record of their activities and skills development from Y7 to Y11. All students from Years 7 to 11 now have access to this website, in keeping with our commitment to provide students with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next step after school. Students will be given a unique log in code during Term 1 which will be unique to the tutor group.
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We are a BP link school. We work with BP to improve education of Business and STEM Careers. They provide us with current cutting edge resources in Science and Technology. They also help us during our Mock Interview process providing us with many experienced interviewers to help guide our Year 11 students. |
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OXME – The website oxme.info is Oxfordshire County Council's website for young people and includes information about opportunities, activities and services for children and young people in Oxfordshire. |
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The Oxfordshie Labour Market Information Partnership (OxLEP) is a partnership founded to help share enterprises and developments in Oxfordshire with young people, showing them which jobs are in demand now and in the future. |
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The Apprenticeship Guide is a website dedicated to helping young people finding and applying for Apprenticeships throughout the UK. |
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Springpod is an online careers education platform that connects students aged 13-18 with prestigious STEM employers for career exploration, industry interaction, work experience and apprenticeships. |
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What is Be Ready and why have we chosen to use it? In addition, BeReady has free curriculum resources that students can access to support their learning and revision. To access follow the link - https://learn.bereadygroup.org/login/index.php site. If staff or students have forgotten their login details then press 'forgotten password', this will send an email straight to your school email inbox or junk mail with a link to create a new password. |
As well as all the information in our Careers Library and on our Careers Noticeboard we publish details of careers events, open evenings, apprenticeship vacancies etc in our school newsletter weekly and on our Instagram page:
Please also see the attached ‘Destinations’ document below for information about where our students go after their time at Icknield.
Students and Parents
For any further information on Careers Education Information and Guidance (CEIAG) please do contact: Charlotte Gibson, Assistant Headteacher This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Helen Richardson, Careers Coordinator This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel:01491 612 691 ext 264
Employers or Educators
If you would like to come into school to speak to students or support our Careers Programme then please look at the attachment below – Employer Engagement Opportunities for more details or contact our Careers Coordinator This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
· Adviza - Adviza are our independent Information, Advice and Guidance to our students. All students in Years 10 and 11 will have meetings with our Adviza representative David Aldridge. Students will be prioritised according to need and may have many appointments until they feel prepared to make their next steps.
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| Provider Access Policy | 396 kB |
| Y11 Leavers 2019-2020 Destination | 170 kB |
