Careers

Career Guidance and Education at Harris Academy Merton

1. OUR CAREER GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION VALUES:

At Harris Academy Merton we believe that a robust career guidance and education programme is vital to ensuring our students are empowered to make informed decisions about their future and to become engaged citizens. A strong focus of our programme is that each student has a personalised experience with access to information and opportunities of interest to them.

Careers Leader: Allan Henry (Assistant Principal)

Telephone No: 020 8623 1000

Email: a.henry@harrismerton.org.uk

2. AIMS OF CAREER GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION AT HARRIS ACADEMY MERTON:

Inspire and motivate students to challenge themselves to reach their full academic and personal potential
Ensure that each individual student has the information they require to make decisions for Key Stage 4 options, Post 16 destination and Post 18 education, training or employment
Each student has access to personal careers education and guidance
Information provided to students is informed by career and labour market information
The curriculum makes clear links to careers
Students have access to encounters with employers and employees from different industries
Students are given access to have experience within workplaces
There are a variety of encounters with further and higher education institutions offered to students

Year	Planned Activity 2018 / 19
7	Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information Access to Buzz Test (www.icould.com) Careers and World of Work Assembly
8	Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information Careers and World of Work Assembly
9	Individual careers interviews with targeted groups Harris Experience – group session/individual interviews Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC - to be advertised on the DMB Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information Careers and World of Work Assembly
10	Individual careers interviews with targeted groups Year 10 Careers sessions – Options post 16, progression routes and next steps (delivered in small groups) Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC - to be advertised on the DMB Harris Experience – group session/individual interviews Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information Next Steps Careers Event Careers and World of Work Assembly BTEC Business Level 2- Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection
11	Individual and group careers interviews Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC Follow up careers interviews and ongoing targeted support for those that require. Identification and tracking Year 11s – prevention NEET Support targeted group and potential NEET with sixth form, college and apprenticeship applications Intended and actual destination, destination tracking and reporting Harris Experience – group session/interviews Federation Careers Advisor to attend Year 11 Parents evenings - September, February & April Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information Careers and World of Work Assembly
12	Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC - to be advertised on the DMB Individual interview with targeted students - LAC, EHCP, etc – action plan completed All Year 12s invited to attend the ‘Next Step’ event at HCACP – March 2018 Work in conjunction with 6^th form team on intended and leavers destinations Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information ICAEW- BASE Competition Careers and World of Work Assembly
13	Careers Drop in Sessions, Monday lunch time in the LRC - to be advertised on the DMB Individual interviews and workshops with those students seeking or considering employment, apprenticeships or School Leaver schemes Careers interview with all Year 13s Work in conjunction with 6^th form team on intended and leavers destinations – sharing data with LA Academy tutorial programme to filter through subject specific careers information Careers and World of Work Assembly