Careers

Contact

Careers Lead: Mr K. Abbott

Email: k.abbott@kenstimpson.org.uk

Tel No: 01733 765950

Overview

Ken Stimpson Academy has a rich and diverse careers programme to help support students now and in their future.

Our mission is to ensure that every student is aware of the career possibilities available to them. We aim to show them how the foundations they lay at Ken Stimpson prepare them for life beyond school.

At Ken Stimpson Academy our Careers and Enterprise provision helps raise young people’s aspirations and promotes access to all career pathways enabling all young people to develop the skills and outlook they need to achieve career wellbeing, including adaptability and resilience. We are able to achieve this by developing a careers programme which follows the Department of Education’s guidance using the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks:

A stable careers programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each pupil
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with further and higher education
Personal guidance

Pupils, parents, teachers and employers may access our careers programme on this webpage via the attachment below. There is information on provision for each year group 7 through to 13.

The school measures and assesses the impact of the careers programme by evaluating each activity with the student and the provider, we also assess progression data and destination data.

The school reviews the information provided on an annual basis in the summer term.

Year 7

Unifrog
PSHE - Inspiring Future lesson plans
BAE Roadshow
International Buddy Programme
ADOC workshops/visits
Careers Fair - inhouse

Students will work in teams to solve problems, they will be exploring their communication, team building, risk taking and problem solving skills, all skills needed in the workplace.

Year 8

Pathways Interviews/Information Evening
Unifrog
PSHE - Inspiring Future lesson plans
Guess the Professional
ADOC Workshops/visits
Careers Fair - Inhouse

Year 9

Unifrog
PSHE - Inspiring Future lesson plans
Business Network event
Apprenticeship Assembly
ADOC Workshops/visits
Careers Fair - Inhouse

Year 10

Unifrog
PSHE - Inspiring Future lesson plans
Taster Days / Assemblies / Local Colleges
Apprenticeship Assembly
1 week Work Experience
Work Experience Assembly
Work Experience preparation workshop
Work Experience evaluation workshop
Mock Interviews
ADOC Workshops / Uni Visits / Emplyer Visits
Year 10 Careers Week
Careers Fair - Inhouse

Year 11

P16 Taster Days
Mock Interviews
CV Workshops
Unifrog
PSHE - Inspiring Future lesson plans
One to one careers interviews
Sixth Form induction days
Careers Fair - Inhouse

Post 16

Unifrog
UCAS statement support
Sutton Trust opportunities
University Taster Days
University Visits
ADOC Workshops / Employer visits
Timetabled Careers lesson
Mock Interviews
1:1 Careers Interviews
Year 12 two week Work Experience
Work Experience Assembly, preparation and assembly
Apprenticeship Support
Young Enterprise
Careers Fair - Inhouse

Employer Engagement

Here at Ken Stimpson Academy we are committed to providing our students with a quality Careers Programme that gives them the opportunity to build their confidence and develop their skills to enable them to make informed decisions regarding their future pathway into the world of work. To deliver this programme we rely on the support of businesses in and around Peterborough who are willing to support our activities. If you are an employer and would like to support our students and potentially develop your own staff, please do contact me to discuss further - k.abbott@kenstimpson.org.uk

Activities and events, we currently offer include:

Business Networking Events
Mock Interviews
Business Challenges
Mentoring

This list is by no means limited so if you have any ideas on how you could support please do let me know.

Once again many thanks on behalf of our students to those businesses who already support our programme and I look forward to hearing from those who would like to support in the future.