BVGS aims to provide students with a variety of careers-related activities to enrich their education and enable them to make fully-informed decisions at each stage of their education. This is achieved through the categories of activity detailed below.
1 to 1 Appointments
All Students have a careers appointment with an independent careers advisor in Year 9 and/or Year 11, and receive a further careers interview before the end of Year 13 with Mrs Fordham. Students in the Sixth Form can contact Mrs Fordham on V.fordham@bishopveseys.bham.sch.uk for more information about careers and request a meeting.
All other students are able to seek a careers appointment on request. Students must contact Miss Orlandini regarding this.
Careers advice ‘drop in’ slot
Students in the sixth form can ‘drop in’ to see Mrs Fordham regarding careers advice without a meeting during Tuesday lunchtimes (either early or late lunch in the hive).
Students in years 7-11 can ‘drop in’ to see Miss Orlandini regarding careers advice without a meeting afterschool on Tuesdays in the hive.
Interaction with Employers
Students throughout the school are provided with an insight into the world of work. This is achieved through regular visits from employers to speak about their work and the pathway into their profession. The school also runs subject-related societies on a weekly basis – including LawSoc, MedSoc, EconSoc.
Encounters with Further and Higher Education
We organise regular visits from Universities looking at subject-specific courses, for example Medicine/Dentistry, Engineering/STEM and the UCAS process generally. We also arrange speakers to promote access programmes, for example Newcastle Partners Programme, Birmingham A2B and Warwick Scholars.
Apprenticeships
We promote apprenticeships by providing students and parents/carers with information, both in general terms and in relation to specific professions. We also promote apprenticeship opportunities with firms from a wide variety of professions and industries. Aston University Engineering Academy (AUEA) deliver talks to year 9/11/12 regarding courses related to apprenticeships.
Careers Fair
The annual Careers Fair is an excellent event, attended by circa 50 employers and higher education providers. This enables students to speak directly with employers and representatives from universities and colleges.
Work Experience
Students take part in work experience during Years 10 and 12 and are assisted by the school in finding placements and drafting CV’s.
Careers Assemblies / Presentations
Careers-specific assemblies are provided for all years, with contents tailored to the stage of the students’ education. Presentations are provided at a variety of Open Evenings, for example Year 11 Information Evening and Year 12 Higher Education Evening.
Enrichment
A wealth of enrichment activities are provided throughout the school, for example mentoring programmes, volunteering and enrichment mornings and afternoons which further enhances the PSHE and Careers curriculum.
Publicising Events
Careers opportunities are advertised via Teams, Parentcomms, Blog and Twitter.
A general summary of careers activities provided by the school for each year is detailed in the attached Careers Programme.
Careers Programme by School Year
Students are required to follow a programme of activities set for their school year using the Unifrog platform. These activities cover a variety of employability skills and careers-related topics, and are completed during form time and/or homework tasks. Details of the Unifrog tasks set for each year are attached below.
Careers Year 7 scheme of work
Careers Year 8 scheme of work
Careers Year 9 scheme of work
Careers Year 10 scheme of work
Careers Year 11 scheme of work
Careers Year 12 scheme of work
Career Year 13 scheme of work