Careers

Entitlement to Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance

We aim to provide a comprehensive programme for students at Hellesdon High School and in our Sixth Form.
All students receive a planned programme of careers education from Year 7 through to Year 13. Its aims are to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and values to manage lifelong learning and career development. In all year’s careers education is delivered through a range of ways including: PSHRE lessons; our tutor programme; house assemblies/conference; employer encounters; experiences of the workplace; additional workshops/educational experiences.

Our Careers Offer

Careers is delivered as part of the PSHRE curriculum. For more detail on this curriculum area please see here

	Curriculum	In School Events	Out of School Events	Where can I find further information about this?
Year 7	Developing skills and aspirations Careers, teamwork and enterprise skills, and raising aspirations	Promoting All Pathways Assembly (June)	Eaton Vale Trip (September)	Your PSHRE Google Classroom
Year 8	Community and careers Equality of opportunity in careers and life choices, and different types and patterns of work	Promoting All Pathways Assembly (June)		Your PSHRE Google Classroom
Year 9	Setting goals Learning strengths, career options and goal setting as part of the GCSE options process Employability skills Employability and online presence	Y9 Options Evening (January) Promoting All Pathways Assembly (June)		Further Options Information can be found here Your PSHRE Google Classroom
Year 10	Work experience Preparation for and evaluation of work experience and readiness for work	Y10 Work Experience Week (July) Promoting All Pathways Assembly (June)	Y10 Work Experience Week (July)	Your PSHRE Google Classroom Your House Google Classroom (your Head of House will post information about external events/ opportunities)
Year 11	Next steps Application processes, and skills for further education, employment and career progression	Careers Fair (March) Sixth Form Open Evening (November) Promoting All Pathways Assembly (June)	Advertised Open Evenings	Further Information about Hellesdon Sixth Form can be found here Your PSHRE Google Classroom Your House Google Classroom (your Head of House will post information about external events/ opportunities)
Year 12	Readiness for work Career opportunities Preparing for the world of work Planning for the future Exploring future opportunities Post-18 options The impact of financial decision	Conference Programme Y12 Work Experience Week (in school) Pathways Workshops Careers Fair (March)	Work Experience Week (out of school) held in July	Further Information about Hellesdon Sixth Form can be found here Your PSHRE Google Classroom Your House Google Classroom (your Head of Year will post information about external events/ opportunities)
Year 13	Next steps Application processes Future opportunities and career development Maintaining a positive professional identity	Conference Programme Pathways Workshops Careers Fair (March)	Advertised Open Events	Your Conference Google Classroom Further key careers links can be found here

Our Careers Team

Mr Niall Sully
Careers Leader & Head of Social Sciences
As Careers Leader, Mr Sully holds strategic oversight of Careers across the curriculum, Careers Guidance, Higher Education Advice and Work Experience across the school.

Mrs Rosie Warnock
Mrs Warnock's role is to provide impartial information, advice and guidance, supporting our students to make appropriate choices about their education, training and work. She is qualified to Level 6 in Careers Guidance.

One to One Guidance

All students are entitled to one to one guidance during their time at Hellesdon High School. You can get help and advice about your future at any time while you are in school. Whether this be for help with your choices after GCSE/ 6^th Form, work experience or advice during the options process. Parents are also able to access support for their son/daughter using the same processes.

Mrs Warnock is in school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during term time and can be contacted by emailing her on: rwarnock9nr2@nsix.org.uk or students may ask their tutor to make an appointment on their behalf.

Management of provider access requests

A provider wishing to request access should contact Mr Niall Sully
Tel: 01603 424711 / Email: nsully7nrq@nsix.org.uk

We have Careers assemblies for individual year groups to facilitate students’ knowledge of available pathways. If a provider would like more information on this please contact the careers leader.

Measurement and Assessment of Careers Programme

As an education establishment we ensure we use the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks as a foundation when planning our Careers Strategy. The effectiveness of our provision is inspected and audited by the Careers and Enterprise Company using the Compass Careers Benchmark Tool. This tool is used by schools and colleges in England to support the analysis and evaluation of careers activity against the eight benchmarks of best practice (known as the Gatsby Benchmarks). The Careers and Enterprise Company coordinate the audit deadlines. This ensures the development of our career’s strategy is ongoing to ensure best practice.

Hellesdon High School is a member of the New Anglia Careers Hub that provides support for school in the process of continuing to develop areas of their careers programme to best meet the needs of our students within our local context. In line with the recommendations set out in Gatsby Benchmark 1, we as a school plan to review the published information on an annual basis (July 2024).

Useful links:

Unifrog
University
Apprenticeships

Our Careers Policy

Please see the attached Careers Policy and Destination Figures below: