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Check here for news of Upcoming events in the school year. This page is updated at the beginning of every month with news of our current careers events and initiatives.
Thanet 2025 Apprenticeship Fair ~ 6th Feb
Thanet 2025 Apprenticeship Fair ~ 6th Feb
Students from Year 9 to Year 13 had the opportunity to attend a fantastic Apprenticeship fair held at King Ethelbert School which was well supported by businesses local and from afar. Employers from the RAF, Army, Navy, police, NHS, WW.Martin, Mears, RWE, DWP, Dreamland, Home Office, South Eastern trains were just some of the companies who joined us.
We also welcomed students from Ursuline College, Hartsdown Academy, Laleham Gap and members from the local community.
Thank you to everyone who was involved, it was a brilliant success.
5th February 2025 - Royal Navy visit
Our Year 8 and Year 10 students were very lucky to have been selected to take part in a challenge day with the Royal Navy. The day included learning about leadership skills, working together as a team, finding out what life is like in the forces, the different roles available in the forces and the different routes in, such as apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships.
The students had a brilliant time and were certainly inspired by officers who ran the event.
Taster sessions at Broadstairs East Kent College 2024-2025
Electrical Installation - taster session
Meeting some ex-KES students enjoying their apprenticeships and college courses
Taster session in computing
Taster session in carpentry, thoroughly enjoyed by all students
Year 11 Students ~ applying for the next steps!
Year 11 Students ~ applying for the next steps!
All Year 11 students will be supported in school to complete their Kent Choices applications. For more information, please click on the link below. https://www.kentprospectus.co.uk/
All Year 11 students will be supported in school to complete their Kent Choices applications. For more information, please click on the link below. https://www.kentprospectus.co.uk/
To support your child further, please discuss with them what jobs they would like to do in the future, what courses are they thinking of and what their plans are. All students will have access to an appointment with our independent careers advisor.
There will be open days coming up and it strongly advised that students go along to them.
From November, students will be able to book an interview for the course that they are interested in and it is advisable that students apply to more that one education provider.
Once a student knows which course they would like to do, they MUST go back into their Kent Choices website and accept the offer.
Any questions, please contact Sarah Biggs (Careers Leader) on sarahbiggs@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk
Y10 Employability Day to Discovery Park, Sandwich - 5th June 2024
What a fantastic day! Over 120 students spent the day at Discovery Park in Sandwich, taking part in a range of career-related activities. This included a mini tour leading to assessment centre activities in the boardroom, a mini-careers fair, sector workshops, one-to-one interviews and an interactive workshop delivered by Pfizer.
Thank you so much to EBP for organising the day. Thank you to all the local employers and businesses that were involved, to all the King Ethelbert staff for supporting and supervising our students, and finally well done to our students who engaged in all the activities and worked incredibly hard - we are so proud of them!
Following the day EBP spoke highly of our school and the students - ‘The year group was an absolute credit and please pass on our thanks to your colleagues who were so positive throughout the day.’
Mrs Edwards, Careers Leaders
KES Careers Week & Exhibition Fair 2024
What a busy week!!! KES Careers Week 4th - 8th March was filled with a huge range of in-class activities related to careers, external speakers who presented to our Y9 - 13 students and of course our Exhibition Fair in the Sport Hall.
The week started with Career journey videos from ex-students, staff and members of the local community - click on the link to view the videos on our website. This was so inspiring and showed a range of careers and different pathways taken.
Our external speakers included Sam Mileham in first year of his degree apprenticeship at Jacobs, Jacob Middleton - paramedic, Jess Sterling in her final year of her degree apprenticeship with TfL, Pfizer who presented to Y12 about employment and apprenticeship opportunities, Luke Addington Physics degree and employment at DSTL, Sam Gayton author (thank you to our librarian Ms Sawyer for organising, Rebecca Hinds cabin crew at British Airways and Rebecca Stapleton former cabin crew at Virgin. So aspirational for our students, with hard work and determination anything can be achieved!!!!
Our largest event of the week was our KES Exhibition Fair in the Sports Hall with over 50 exhibitors from a range of industries, organisations and higher education including NHS, Police, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Mears, DDS, Cummins, EKC, WWMartin, Academy Estates, Kent Fire & Rescue Service, UHY, FutureGenio, McDonalds, CCCU, Community Ad, Blaze, Apex, Forensic Science, Briar House Vets, Venomtech, Lloyds Bank, Vattenfall, Primech and many more. Thank you so much to EBP for organising the event, and to everyone that gave up their time to join us and engage in career-related informative conversations with our students.
Many thanks
Catherine Edwards
Careers Leader
Year 11/12/13 Apprenticeship Fair at Dane Court - 13th October 2023
Thank you to all our wonderful employers and exhibitors that joined us for our first joint Apprenticeship Fair at Dane Court for King Ethelbert and Dane Court students.
Local employers and educators that offer apprenticeships and were present at our event included: Kreston Reeves Accountancy, Kent Police, Pfizer, East Kent College, Canterbury Christ Church Health & Social Care apprenticeships, Kent University and UCA. We also had the British Army, Cogent Skills, Investment 20/20, NHS Kent & Medway Primary Care Training Hub, and Lewis Silkin LLP (a law firm based in London).
Year 11, 12 and 13 students attended the apprenticeship fair as well as took part in a variety of workshops that focussed on developing interview skills from Kreston Reeves, an insight into assessment centres (Investment 20/20), as well as hearing from our guest speakers Sam Mileham (completing a Business degree apprenticeship with Jacobs Construction Services in London) and an apprentice from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals which formed a TalkShop session on what it's actually like to be an apprentice.
Thank you to all the teachers, students, employers and support staff that contributed to this apprenticeship fair to ensure the day was a success!!!
Mrs Edwards & Mrs Linton
Friday 13th October 2023 - Apprenticeship Fair at Dane Court - Coming soon!!!
We are very excited about this new event for King Ethelbert and Dane Court students in Year 11, 12 & 13. Sign up as soon as possible (limited places left for Y11)!
Many thanks,
Catherine Edwards, Career Leader
The UK Creative Careers Fair Event at Dreamland - 12th July 2023
Our year 12 BTEC Lv 3 Art & Design students were lucky enough to be invited to the UKCF Careers Fair held at Dreamland Margate. This event offers workshops, seminars and lectures on careers in the creative industries.
The students attended a symposium delivered by Chris Kenna founder and CEO of Brand advance group where a panel of guest speakers including the VP of sales for Warner Music discussed strategies for the use of responsible advertising strategies using the latest technologies and social media. We then had a seminar with Jordan Rossi from Rankin Creative delivering tips and ideas on how to respond to a photographic brief. The last seminar was delivered by Creative Director Elliott Starr and was focused on how to unlock your creative potential.
We were then able to take part in interviews and practical workshops and it was great for me to see how confident our students were engaging with this.
The students and I were amazed at the calibre of business who took part in the event such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Dentsu Creative. It was incredibly informative and helpful for students to talk to people who work in the creative industries and find out what kind of roles are available.
Thank you to Mrs Edwards for helping to arrange this trip on short notice!
Miss Street
Responsible Business - Lewis Silkin - Thursday 15th June 2023 - 2pm
Lewis Silkin is a Law firm in London that King Ethelbert School has been working closely with. Sam Mileham and Jessie Ke have completed their Y12 work experience at their offices in London. Jessie and Emily Knell have been involved in a mentoring programme with employees of the organisation, where they have worked on writing CVs, developing personal statements for university and providing knowledge regarding employment in the Law industry as well as advice about apprenticeships, university and other areas of the business.
On Thursday I was invited to speak to Lewis Silkin colleagues across the organisation about my experience of working with the Law firm and the support they have provided for our students. Paul, Jessie’s mentor, also spoke about the fantastic work they have been doing collaboratively. Lewis Silkin works with a number of other education providers and some of their work focuses on social mobility and improving opportunities for our young people.
I look forward to continuing to work with Lewis Silkin over the next academic year.
Catherine Edwards
Career Leader
Y10 Employability Day 22/5/2023
A successful day for year 10 students to improve their employability skills!! The Army and Kent Ambulance Service delivered engaging workshops, as well as students taking part in one-to-one interviews. These interviews were great to improve confidence and communications skills. There was also a session to develop team building/problem solving skills, and a fantastic mini careers fair which enabled small group conversations to take place with various employers and education providers. Thank you so much to EBP for organising the event and to all the employers/education providers that gave up their time to support our event!
Catherine Edwards, Careers Leader
KES Careers Week 2023 - 6th - 10th March
KES Careers Week is in full swing. Thank you to ex-student Jess Sterling and Jacob Middleton who presented to our year 12 students about 'degree apprenticeships at Transport for London', and 'Becoming a Paramedic' - see above.
With a variety of activities happening around the school, one highlight has been the career journey videos - click on the link if you would like to take a look https://sites.google.com/kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk/king-ethelberts-career-pages/career-videos
The KES Careers Fair platform has provided valuable information about a range of careers and local businesses which all students have accessed in lessons during the week (also available to use at home!) - see pictures below
A huge thank you to all parents that have contacted me regarding their own businesses and places of work. If you are able to take students for work experience, would like a stall at next year’s face to face Careers Fair, or would be interested in supporting us in future events please do contact me at:
catherineedwards@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk
Many thanks
Catherine Edwards
Year 10 Employability Day - 11th July 2022
What a fantastic event for our Y10 students! The whole year group were involved in a variety of activities where they developed their problem solving and teamwork skills, they learnt about writing CVs and transferable skills and attended a ‘Mini Fair’ giving them the opportunity to talk to a number of businesses in small groups. Students also practised their interview techniques through a number of interactive workshops and interviews.
Thank you very much to EBP and all the employers that attended and supported our students on the day.
Please find our KES Progression Routes Handout below:
Progressions Handout KES.docxWatch the videos below to learn more about our staff/ex-students/local community members' career journeys:
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Career Days & WEX Courses letter to parents - all courses.docxPrevious examples of events:
'Career Days' Work Experience Courses - Sept - Dec 2021
Please see letter above or click on the link
To book your place complete the attached booking form and make payment (reduced cost of only £10!) on parent pay. Return the booking form to administration@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk
Kind regards
Mrs Edwards
Local APRENTICESHIPS available!!!
There are 59 apprenticeships within a 20 mile radius from school, there are more if you were prepared to travel further afield.
1. Click on this link: https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship
2. Click search
3. Enter your postcode and select the distance you would be prepared to travel e.g. within 20 miles
4. Click search!
Good luck!!
Catherine Edwards
CEIAG Progression Mentor
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