Careers at Chauncy

Mock Interview Day 2025

November 2025

Whatever your plans during school or when you come to leave, you will be offered advice and guidance to help you plan for your future. You will be encouraged to take responsibility for your own decisions and an adviser will be available to offer practical support throughout your time. For more information please contact careers@chauncy.org.uk 

We follow the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks set out for good career  guidance for schools, these are:

1. A stable careers programme

2. Learning from career and labour market information

3. Addressing the needs of each pupil

4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

5. Encounters with employers and employees

6. Experiences of workplaces

7. Encounters with further and higher education

8. Personal guidance

The Department for Education’s Statutory guidance for governing bodies, school leaders and school staff sets out the expectations of schools which includes:

• Every school must ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training

providers to access all pupils in year 8 to year 13 for the purpose of informing them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships.

• Every school must publish a policy statement setting out their arrangements for provider access and ensure that it is followed.  

Some of our services include:

• Access to the Internet and a wide range of careers software - links on Google Classroom

• 1 to 1 Advice which is impartial and confidential led by Level 6 Qualified in Careers and Information Guidance 

• Year 8 Take Your Child to Work Day

• Year 9 Take Your Child to Work Day 

• Year 10 Work Shadowing week

• Year 12 Work Shadowing

• KS3 Careers Day

• Year 11 Mock Interview Day 

• 6th Form Student Breakfast Meetings and Talks by Employers

• Interview Workshops KS4/5 

We are always keen to expand our database of contacts/companies to help with various career activities during the year and would like to hear from any parents who may be able to help or know of anyone who would like to volunteers. 

Careers Timetable 2025/26

• Interview Workshops KS4/5 - throughout the academic year 

• 7th October - Generation Hertford Careers @ BEAM Year11

• 15th October - Apprenticeship and University fair at Tottenham Hotspur Year12 and Year13

• 21st November - Mock Interview Day Year11

• 2nd March - Work Experience Week  Year10

• 19th March - Take your child to work Day Year 8/9

• 19th March - AeroZone Stansted Airport - Year 7

• 22nd June - Work Experience Week - Year12

• 9th July - AeroZone Stansted Airport part 2 Year 7