Careers and Employability Skills

Careers and Employability Skills at Redland Green

Our careers education programme provides our pupils with the opportunity to plan and manage their careers effectively, ensuring progression which is ambitious and aspirational. It promotes equality of opportunity, celebrates diversity and challenges stereotypes. The full details of our approach are outlined below and are reviewed by the school and LGB leadership in September each year.

Leadership of Careers:

• Strategic Careers Lead is Mr Munsie, Senior Lead / Behaviour
• Operational Lead is Ms Yeganeh, Progress Mentor and Careers Coordinator
• Independent Careers Advisor - Sam Kennaby
• Link Governor - David Hill

Mr Munsie and Ms Yeganeh can be contacted via the school telephone number or the info@redlandgreen.bristol.sch.uk email account

Our careers plan is based around appropriate completion of the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance:

• 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

Careers and Employability Programme across the year groups

We have a month-by-month careers’ programme ensuring that all students get access to high quality careers guidance. This plan can be seen here.

 Careers Events:

Year 11 Interview Skills Day on the 16th October 2024.

As part of the preparation for applications to college, university or work, we are holding an Interview Skills Day on Wednesday 16 October for ALL Year 11 students. The interviewers will be from a wide range of business sectors. 

The event will take place in school. All students will be given a time slot to meet with their interviewer, and interviews will last no more than 15 minutes. Students should wear their usual school uniform for this occasion and apart from when they are attending their interview, they will follow a normal timetable on this day.

Year 8 Health and Social Care Workshops on Tuesday the 12th November 2024

Year 9 careers in Finance and Professional Services event on Friday the 28th of February 2025.

Year 9, 10, 11 & 12 - BBC Bitesize Careers Tour on 3rd December.

#NAW 10-16th February 2025.

National Apprenticeship Week: we will host Lunchtime pop-up stand to raise awareness of apprenticeship opportunities. 

#NCW 3-8th March 2025.

National Careers Week: we will host 'RGS Careers Bites' during lunchtime - a range of employers/speakers from a range of sectors to inform and inspire students.

Year 7 Creative Careers event on 11 June 2025.

Details to follow.

Year 10 Work Experience Week 7-11th July 2025.

Details can be found here.

 Post 16 Open Events (Sep-Dec 2024)

• SGS Sixth – 26th September 5.30-8 (A levels)
• Bristol School of Acting (BSA) – 2nd October
• North Bristol Post 16 (Redland) – 3rd October
• City of Bristol College – 5th October 10-1
• St Brendan’s sixth form college – 5th October
• Bristol Cathedral Choir 6th form school - 9th October
• North Bristol Post 16 (Cotham) – 10th October
• Access Creative College - 12th October 11-2
• SGS College - 12th October 10-1 (all subjects)
• St Brendan’s sixth form college – 16th October
• St Mary Redcliffe sixth form school - 17th October
• Boomsatsuma – week of 21st October (date dependant on course)
• St Brendan’s sixth form college – 14th November
• Access Creative - 16th November taster day
• City of Bristol College – 21st November 5.30-7.30
• SGS College - 23rd November 10-1 (all subjects)
• Bristol School of Acting (BSA) – 28th November
• Boomsatsuma – week of 16th December (date dependant on course)

You may need to go on the school/college website to register your attendance for the open event so check before going. Some places want you to go to their open event before applying for the course so plan ahead. Some places have application deadlines in Dec/Jan. You do not apply for NBP16 online, but will be invited to an admissions meeting during the school day after the open events, when you can apply

Careers Toolkit, CVs and Advice

redland green wex guide.pdf

RGS Provider Access Policy

 Redland Green School: Provider Access Policy

Introduction: This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Pupil Entitlement:

All pupils in years 8 to 13 are entitled:

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;

• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;

• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

For pupils of compulsory school age these encounters are mandatory and there will be a minimum of two encounters for pupils during the ‘first key phase’ (year 8 to 9) and two encounters for pupils during the ‘second key phase’ (year 10 to 11). For pupils in the ‘third key phase’ (year 12 to 13), particularly those that have not yet decided on their next steps, there are two more provider encounters available during this period, which are optional for pupils to attend.

These provider encounters will be scheduled during the main school hours and the provider will be given a reasonable amount of time to, as a minimum:

• share information about both the provider and the approved technical education qualification and apprenticeships that the provider offers

• explain what career routes those options could lead to

• provide insights into what it might be like to learn or train with that provider (including the opportunity to meet staff and pupils from the provider)

• answer questions from pupils.

Meaningful provider encounters

One encounter is defined as one meeting/session between pupils and one provider. We are committed to providing meaningful encounters to all pupils.

Meaningful online engagement is also an option, and we are open to providers that are able to provide live online engagement with our pupils.

Previous providers

In previous terms/years we have invited the following providers from the local area to speak to our pupils:

• Ask Apprenticeships
• City of Bristol College
• South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
• Access Creative College
• Bristol School of Acting 
• SGS Berkeley Green Engineering
• Onsite Construction
• Circomedia 
• Boomsatsuma
• Bristol City Community Trust (Robins Foundation)
• British Army Careers 
• Focus Training Group
• Robins Foundation (Bristol CFC)

Destinations of our pupils

Last year our year 11 pupils moved to a range of providers in the local area after school

Last year our year 13 pupils moved to a range of providers in the local area after school:

Management of Provider Access requests

Procedure

A provider wishing to request access should contact Ms Yeganeh, Careers Lead, rgsstudentcareers@redlandgreen.bristol.sch.uk

The most common way that providers can speak with our students is through morning year group assemblies, which run from 8.25 - 8.45 and IT support is available for any presentations. Access outside of assemblies will happily be discussed on a case-by-case basis, based on the respective year group's needs and any curriculum constraints. 

Opportunities for access

The school offers the six provider encounters and a number of additional events, integrated into the school careers programme. We will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to pupils or their parents or carers. Please speak to our Careers Lead to identify the most suitable opportunity for you.

RGS Key Stage 4 Career Bulletins:

Parents' Guide to Careers

National Careers Week have produced this excellent guide for parents about different routes into careers.

the parents guide to national careers week 2021 1 .pdf

Careers and Labour Market Information

Good quality Labour Market Information (LMI) can help a young person make career decisions and plan their future. In a rapidly changing local, UK and global jobs market young people can no longer solely rely upon the experiences and advice of their family and friends. 

Labour Market Information in relation to careers generally includes information on general employment trends, data on what jobs exists, how many and in which sectors and job types, information on the demand for skill, the supply and where current and future skills gaps and shortages might exist and what job progression opportunities are available.

The National Careers Service produce regional infographics which shows current employment trends, they do this every three months. These are easy to use resources with students.

The Careerometer uses national LMI data to provide information on how a specific job will grow. Students can compare up to three jobs:

 Below are some useful links regarding labour market information:

• Skills Connect - Career Insights - Skills Connect. Sectors can be found at the bottom of the page. 
• Career Pilot
• Skills and Employment Trend report 2021
• UCAS - Explore Jobs
• Careers of the Future - Gov.uk
• The Future of Work: Jobs and skills in 2030
• SEND specific LMI booklets: These are booklets aimed at students with special educational needs.
• icould
• LMI for all
• Payscale
• World Skills UK
• Skills trends
• Careers & Enterprise Benchmark 2 Resources

Assessing and measuring the impact of the careers programme on students, including destination data

We use a variety of sources to measure the impact of our careers work:
Student destination data

2023/24 destination figures can be found here

2022/23 destination figures can be found here

2021/22 destination figures can be found here

 

Future Skills Questionnaire

We have implemented the Future Skills Questionnaire (FSQ) which is a tool to measure learners’ career-readiness as they start secondary school and at points of transition across secondary education. FSQ covers key aspects of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are important for successful transitions. This will help us evaluate the school’s careers programme, plan future careers activities and target learners who may need additional support. 

 

The Local Governing Body will be kept up to date with progress throughout the year. All of the data will be collated and an annual report given to Governors and will be published on our website.

Other Useful Links:

Future Goals Green Skills/Jobs/LMI - West Yorkshire Combined Authority produced digital resource available to inform students about green careers, skills and jobs & climate change.

Bristol Post 16 Directory 2024 Where you can get post 16 education, designed to support Year 11 students who are making post 16 Choices

Careerpilot - Guide to post-16 options, research job sectors (includes South West region info)

Video on choosing your A levels

National Careers Service - Information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions with training, learning and work.

ICould.com - Real-life career videos, advice and information to inspire your career.

Bitesize Careers - Whether you’re deciding what to study, taking your exams, planning a career, or just curious, we’re here to explain the world of work, with advice from people who've found the right path for them.

Grofar.com - Your personal digital careers passport to track and record your journey and careers resources ..

Barclays Life Skills - LifeSkills, created with Barclays, helps young people get the skills and experiences they need to enter the world of work.

Prospects

Although mainly for graduates - this site careers website offers job sector info, job profiles, ‘What jobs would suit me?’ as well as advice about work experience, internship opportunities.

Not going to Uni - Info on other post-18 options, including apprenticeships, gap years, distance learning, jobs, HE at College and degree apprenticeships.