Careers
At Northampton High School, we are constantly inspired by our students and their ambitious plans for the future. Our bespoke ‘Inspiring Futures’ careers guidance is here to encourage and guide students every step of the way.
The Inspiring Futures programme starts in Year 7 and continues right the way through school, with an extensive programme of regular personal guidance interviews to support pupils as they make their subject choices and look ahead to Sixth Form and beyond.
Every step of the programme is carefully considered to give students the platform to discover their next steps, delicately tailored to suit their needs and educational pressures.
Please see below how Inspiring Futures comes to life at each step of the Senior School Journey:
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Involves:
- Business enterprise day
- “This is me” booklet (considering strengths and weaknesses)
- Autobiographies and aspirations
- Tutorials
- PSHE – Dreams and goals
- Author visits and other visiting speakers, eg vlogger and influencer, entrepreneur, and nurse.
- Trip to Shropshire
Inspiring futures tutor time includes:
- Self reflection
- Dream jobs
- What is a career?
- What do entrepreneurs do?
- Work life balance
- What are future-proof careers?
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Involves:
- Careers day, with a sustainability focus
- Making first choices – Languages
- Tutorials
- PSHE workplace skills, and protected characteristics
- Author visits and other visiting speakers eg nurse and counselor
- Trip to Normandy
Inspiring futures tutor time includes:
- What are my interests?
- Writing a good CV.
- Exploring workplaces.
- Creating the life you want.
- What does success look like?
- Careers that protect the climate
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Includes:
- Options evening
- Parents evening – with an options focus
- Advice from your subject teachers
- Tutorials plus an extra one to discuss your options
- PSHE smart planning
- Contact with employers/employees – Reach lectures
- Outward Bound
Inspiring futures tutor time includes:
- Reflecting on your skills
- Exploring options after school
- How to choose your option
- Taking control of your career journey
- Managing money
- Labour market information
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Includes:
- Presenting the best version of me – Inspiring futures day
- Tutorials
- PSHE Equality in the workplace, and benefits of volunteering
- Visiting speakers, Reach lectures, entrepreneur, nurse, finance adviso
- Visits, more subject related eg Borough Market for food,Art Gallery, Theatre, Nifty lifts
Inspiring futures tutor time includes:
- Reflect on your journey
- Employer profiles
- Different types of career
- Wellbeing in the workplace
- Hybrid, remote and in person working
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- Sixth Form options evening
- Consultation evening
- Parents’ evening
- Conversation with subject specialists
- A Level subject information breakfasts
- Tutorials
- PSHE the equality act, personal finances and exploring unifrog
- Visiting speakers, Reach lectures, entrepreneur, nurse, finance advisor
- Visits (more subject related) like Borough Market for food, Art Gallery, Theatre, Festo
- Results day!
Inspiring futures tutor time includes:
- Consider your employability skills
- Explore 16+ pathways
- Research volunteering and employment opportunities
- Should I do an apprenticeship?
- Is AI a threat to some jobs?
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- Sixth Form induction day
- Higher Education Evening
- Medvet programme
- Visiting speakers, Reach lectures,
- Visits, more subject related ag Borough Market for food,Art Gallery, Theatre, Silverstone
- Visit to Oxford Brooks university
- Apprenticeship fair
- Individual visits to universities
- Careers start at GDST
PSHE in Year 12:
- Careers research and decision making
- Rungway, LinkedIn, ePortfolios
- Routes into medicine
- Interview skills
- UCAS hub
- UCAS personal statements
- My Future Finances
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- UCAS preparation
- Interview preparation
- Medvet
- Portfolio
- Conservatoire
- apprenticeships