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: Dan Brown (Coordinator) and Ben West (Assistant Principal)

Telephone No: 020 8623 1000

Email:

• brownd@harrismerton.org.uk
• westb@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

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/

 

www.apprenticeshipguide.co.uk/