POST 18

From the start of Sixth Form, every student will receive advice and guidance on post 18 pathways.  This will include, but not limited to:

• Application guidance

• Apprenticeship Talks

• Building a portfolio of evidence to use in applications and interviews

• Careers Conference for students

• Careers Fair

• Mock Interviews and CV with Jobcentre Plus

• Post 18 Conference for students

• Recruitment Day – Willmott Dixon

• Talks from Student Finance, Employers and our Alumni

• UCAS Discovery Exhibition at the Excel, London

• Unifrog

• University Visits

• Visit to the National Apprenticeship Show at Milton Keynes

• Visit to UCAS Oxbridge Conference

• Work Experience

We are very lucky to have a dedicated member of staff on site one day per week; Mrs Manley, who is situated in the Sixth Form office.  Our students  can arrange one to one meetings with her to discuss all Post 18 pathways, work experience, and any general careers advice.  

In addition to this, Mrs Clark who is Head of Business and Careers, and a dedicated member of the Sixth Form team specialises in guiding Year 12 to obtain Work Experience and Year 13 with UCAS Applications.

Our Form Tutors are experts in guiding students through Sixth Form and helping them to secure the right Post 18 Pathway for them.  They endeavor to know each student personally so are able to tailor their advice accordingly.

This information is designed for students, teachers, parents and employers.

There has never been a time when careers education has been as important for our students as it is today. The world of work is changing fast and many of the jobs we are preparing our young people for, do not currently exist.  The landscape of education, training and employment opportunities that students need to navigate is more complex and more challenging than that faced by previous generations.

Our role at Onslow St Audrey’s School is to ensure the future generations of young people are prepared and inspired to make a meaningful contribution to the world beyond school. Our careers programme, is a vital component in helping our students achieve their aims and aspirations, so they can move with confidence onto the next stage of their education and into working life.  This means that all students and their parents/carers should be made aware of all their options as they progress through school and into their future life.

All areas of the curriculum support the Careers programme and all subjects have identified where they can support this.  It is outlined in the document below as well as being mapped to the CDI framework. 

We are signed up to The Careers and Enterprise Company – The Enterprise Adviser Network – programme.  This is a free provision managed locally by Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership to support us to achieve all eight Gatsby Benchmarks.