Welcome to the home of Careers at Shafton - the one place where you will find all you need to know about post-16 options, university information and career choices.

Also introducing Life Skills - A place to learn about being an adult: from bank accounts to driving lessons to mortgages.

Past events...

Catch up on all the NCW2021 events here!

Barnsley College / Barnsley 6th Form

Virtual Open Event 21st January 2021


Barnsley College and Barnsley Sixth Form College will be holding its second Open Evening for September 2021 entry on Thursday 21st January between 4.00pm and 7.00pm.

Once again, due to the continued Covid restrictions, this will be a virtual event whereby students (and their parents) will be able to access videos and presentations and chat to staff to gain an understanding of the courses we have to offer and gather general information about college life.


Sign up here - https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/event/virtual-open-event-21-january-2021/

Virtual Apprenticeship fair

27th January 2021

The current situation we find ourselves in shouldn’t stop your early careers learning! Usually, you would have face-to-face resources such as Careers Fairs and Work Experience Programmes to help you work towards their future.

That’s why Springpod is holding a Virtual Careers Fair, taking place on the 27th of January, which allows students to learn from companies such as HSBC, Network Rail, EY and Cancer Research UK.


Rotherham College:

Saturday 16th January 2021 – 10am -12pm - https://www.rotherham.ac.uk/openevents/


National Horseracing College:

Saturday 16th January, 10AM-12PM and Friday 29th January, 10AM-12PM - https://www.thenhc.co.uk/nhc-courses/open-mornings/


Dearne Valley College:

Saturday 23rd January 2021 -10am – 12pm - https://www.dearne-coll.ac.uk/openevents/


North Notts College:

Saturday 30th January 2021 – 10am – 12pm - https://www.nnc.ac.uk/openevents/


Askham Bryan College:

Saturday 30th January 2021 - Book a place on Zoom to fid out more - www.askham-bryan.ac.uk/whats-on

Hepp FEST 2020

Although Hepp FEST was live in December, there are recordings of the sessions found here...

Don't miss the Hepp HUB event for parents and carers on routes to university and how to support your child on Wednesday 9th December from 4:30!

Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate

Wednesday 9th December at 6pm - view the event here

The National School & College Leavers Show 2020

Tuesday 1st December 2020 - view the information from this event here.

New College Pontefract

New College Pontefract open event is on Wednesday 18th November 3.30pm – 6.30pm – Register here: https://ncpontefract.ac.uk/open-events-and-tours/

Rotherham College

Rotherham College open event is on Wednesday 18th November 3.30pm – 6.30pm – Register here: https://www.rotherham.ac.uk/openevents/

Watch their intro video here...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E9ImbuDojHZJTpzgtqGGhXdgF57Q_TG3/view?usp=sharing