Careers

Shaping Futures, Learning with Passion, Respecting Difference, Nurturing Ambition, Creating opportunity

Career support and advice

Careers support, advice and guidance is provided throughout Years 12 and 13. All students will be supported in completing relevant work experience in Year 12. You will have chance to listen to guest speakers from local and national employers as part of our Life Choices programme while our careers team will make sure students keep up-to-date with the latest career and apprenticeship opportunities. You will also receive guidance on higher and degree apprenticeships and be supported in submitting applications. All students can have one-to-one guidance appointments with our careers adviser. Whatever your career aspiration might be, we will support you during each step towards achieving that goal.

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Careers events in the Sixth Form

Weekly apprenticeship spotlight
Life Choices Programme – 6 careers sessions in form time in the year for both Year 12 and 13.
Employment readiness programme
Future Skills Questionnaire
Mock assessment centre
Careers fair
Year group talks from several businesses throughout the year.
Apprenticeships talks
Oxnet programme
Careers and Apprenticeships Carousel in Life Choices
TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme)
Chamber of Commerce Business Fair
National apprenticeship week
National Careers week
Ucas Early Entries Day
Girls into Bentley (opportunity to apply)
UCAS Fair
Year group visit to a university
Getting ready for the workplace talk
Weeklong work experience
Presentation on Higher Level Technical Qualifications

Support for students from the Careers team

Personal Guidance meetings
Access to our Careers team

Visit our Careers Team, including specialised channels on:

  • Apprenticeships
  • Choosing Options (GCSE and A level)
  • Employability Skills
  • Uni and College Open Days and Info
  • Work Experience and Labour Market Information
Check out the Careers Team’s TOP TIPS!

  1. Try 'thinking outside the box'. This means not getting too hung up on your WEX being directly connected with what you think you want to do in the future. WEX is much more about developing employability skills than deep-diving into the requirements of a particular role.
  2. Parents/guardians, friends, friends’ parents, and relatives are your best resource. Many students successfully source WEX placements via mum or dad's work or via work or professional connections of family members. That said, employers always like a polite, proactive, passionate student who shows an interest in organising WEX off their own bat!
  3. Can you do some WEX related to an activity you already do? e.g. Ask the restaurant where you wait tables if you can work in the office? Ask your music teacher if you can attend and support all their babies’ rhythm sessions that week?
  4. Use Google maps: put in your postcode and then take a look at the businesses and shops around you. You might be surprised!
  5. Swap parents with friends! Your family member might love to take your friend who is interested to work. Ask older friends what they did and who the contact at their placement is.
  6. Notes to help Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College students to come up with ideas and know how to approach potential employers are in the Work Experience 2024 folder in the Careers Team channel labelled Work Experience, Job Opportunities and LMI.