Careers Programme 2025-26
| Year Group | Autumn Term 1st Sept - 19th Dec |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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| Year 7 | Discovery Day: Team Building, Viney Hill STEM Roadshow Careers Assembly 15th Oct 2025 Introduction to the Careers Library/Who is the Careers Advisor Visual Displays in School Unifrog: -Student Launch Video -Who am I? -Exploring possibilities: dream jobs |
Career & Ambition Alumni Assembly 2nd Feb 2026 National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 Unifrog: -What is a career? -What is an Entrepreneur? |
Unifrog: -What is work-life balance? -Careers and the future |
| Year 8 | STEM Roadshow Careers Assembly 16th Oct 2025 Unifrog: -What are my interests? -Job applications: Superhero CV's |
Career & Ambition Alumni Assembly 3rd Feb 2026 National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 Unifrog: -Challenges and rewards of work -Creating the life you want: making a vision board |
Unifrog: -What does success mean to me? -Careers and the climate |
| Year 9 | FameLab Medical Mavericks 16th Oct 2025 Careers Assembly 17th Oct 2025 Unifrog: -What are my skills? -What comes after school: the main learning pathways |
KS4 Options Evening 15th Jan 2026 Career & Ambition Alumni Assembly 4th Feb 2026 National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 KS4 Options Evening Unifrog: -Decision making: choosing what to study in KS4 ~Taking control of your career journey |
Unifrog: -Working and earning: managing your money -What is the labour market and why is it important? |
| Year 10 | Work Experience RISE Workshop - The Talent Foundry 15th Oct 2025 College/6th Form Open Events Unifrog: -14-16 Launch Video -Preparing to go on Work Experience -Exploring Employer Profiles |
Work Experience College/6th Form Open Events Career & Ambition Alumni Assembly 5th Feb 2026 Dene Magna Careers Fair 4th Feb 2026 3pm - 6pm National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 College/6th Form Open Events Unifrog: -What type of career is best for me? -Reflecting on my career journey: past, present and future |
Work Experience College/6th Form Open Events 10 to 11 Life Skills (summer challenges) Unifrog: -Wellbeing in the workplace -In person, hybrid, and remote: what works best? |
| Year 11 | 1:1 Careers Discussions Post 16 Preparation Assembly 26th Sept 2025 Workplace Visit: Amazon, Bristol 16th Oct 2025 Parents Exam Information and Post 16 Options Evening 16th Oct 2025 College Taster Days Unifrog: -Post 16 - Choices, Choices -Decision-making: choosing your post-16 pathway |
1:1 Careers Discussions Career & Ambition Alumni Assembly 6th Feb 2026 Dene Magna Careers Fair 4th Feb 2024 3pm - 6pm Mock Interviews 21st Jan 2026 College Taster Days National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 Unifrog: -What are my employability skills? -Researching volunteering and paid work |
1:1 Careers Discussions Unifrog: -Money talks: apprenticeships vs Higher Education
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| Year 12 | 1:1 Career Discussions Workplace Visit: Amazon, Bristol 16th Oct 2025 Business Breakfasts University Open Days Unifrog: -16-18 Launch Video -Post 18 Choice, Choices UCAS Discovery & Apprenticeship Talks 16th Oct 2025
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1:1 Career Discussions Business Breakfasts University Open Days Post 18 Options Assembly 2nd Feb 2026 Dene Magna Careers Fair 4th Feb 2026 3pm - 6:30pm National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 UCAS Discovery Exhibition 13th March 2026, Bristol Unifrog: -Setting Career Goals -How to network and be enterprising |
1:1 Career Discussions
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| Year 13 | 1:1 Career Discussions Student Finance 26th Sept 2025 Workplace Visit: Amazon, Bristol 16th Oct 2025 Business Breakfasts Mock Interviews 15th Oct 2025 UCAS Personal Statements Unifrog: -The basics of interviews: in person and online -Personal branding: your CV and online profiles *UCAS Application Deadline for : Oxford, Cambridge, most medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine/science courses 15 Oct 2025 *Internal deadline for UCAS Applications 19th Dec 2025* |
1:1 Career Discussions Business Breakfasts Dene Magna Careers Fair 4th Feb 2025 3pm - 6pm National Apprenticeship Week 9th-15th February 2026 National Careers Week 2nd-7th March 2026 Unifrog: -Confidently managing transitions -Preparing for an employer assessment day |
1:1 Career Discussions (if requested) Exams Unifrog: -Being self-employed and working freelance |
In addition, we run over 50 events/trips annually linked to career-related learning.