The College offers a broad range of opportunities as part of our careers education, information, advice and guidance programme.
Louise Henry | Careers Lead
Robert Crookes | C+K Careers Adviser | 01484 426466 | robert.crookes@ckcareers.org.uk
| Governor link for careers
To deliver outstanding practice in careers education, information, advice and guidance at All Saints Catholic College.
To provide a programme that builds on learning from year 7 to year 11 and is mapped to Gatsby Benchmarks and The CDI Framework.
Ready for work, ready for life, ready for anything.
The careers programme aims to:
- Support every student to achieve positive destinations.
- Enable students to make informed and aspirational decisions.
- Challenge stereotypes and broaden career aspirations.
- Develop employability and career management skills.
- Increase understanding of labour market information.
- Provide meaningful encounters with employers, employees and workplaces.
- Raise awareness of technical, vocational, apprenticeship and academic pathways.
- Ensure access to impartial careers guidance.
- Promote equality of opportunity for all learners.
At All Saints Catholic College, our mission is to put Christ at the centre of our community. In loving and serving God and one another, we encourage everyone to flourish through learning and being the best version of themselves to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Young people are faced with a complex set of demands when preparing for their future careers. All Saints Catholic College aims to raise expectations, aspirations and broaden horizons and provide opportunities for our students to learn, demonstrate and evidence their employability character, enabling them to evolve successfully to take their next steps into employment or further study. All Saints aims to prepare all students for their next phase of education.
All Saints Catholic College has a statutory duty to provide independent careers guidance from Years 8 to 11 (DfE Statutory Guidance January 2023) and ensure that it is presented in an impartial manner, includes information on the range of education or training options, including apprenticeships and other vocational pathways, and is considered to promote the best interests of each individual student.
Careers Guidance is based on a partnership with students and their parents or carers. The programme raises aspirations, challenges stereotyping and actively promotes equality and diversity.
Year 10 will go on work experience Monday 12th July – Thursday 15th July 2027.
Students must procure their own placement and add the placement details onto Unifrog. Please watch video below for guidance on how to do this.
Parents/carers will also be required to fill in a form on Unifrog, once the student and employer form is complete.
We use Unifrog as a platform to support our careers programme. Students and parents/carers can access Unifrog.
What are the options after year 11?
- Sixth form
A year 12 and 13 attached to a school. Students can apply to a sixth form even if they haven’t attended the school previously. In Huddersfield the schools with sixth forms are Creative and Media Studio School and Shelley College. - Further education College
An establishment of post 16 education aimed at all ages, in Huddersfield there is Kirklees College. - Part time study
Studying part time whilst working or volunteering for 20 hours or more a week - Sixth form College
A college aimed at young people between the ages of 16 – 19. In Huddersfield there is Greenhead Collegeand Huddersfield New College. - Apprenticeships
An employed job with training which leads to nationally recognised training. Local vacancies can be found on gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and www.ckcareersonline.org.uk. - Traineeship
A programme of work experience of up to 6 months which includes working towards nationally recognised qualifications. gov.uk/government/collections/traineeships-programme
There are lots of websites to help with careers researching – try https://ck.mydirections.co.uk/ for free careers information and links to many other sites. All students have a login, please ask the Careers Adviser if you don’t know yours. There are also tips and templates for making a CV and cover letter and an apprenticeship vacancy search.
For Job Profiles, Labour Market Information and ideas of careers in different industries, try https://icould.com, www.prospects.ac.uk and www.nationalcareers.service.gov.uk
C+K Careers offers a vacancy matching service for Year 11 students looking for apprenticeships or jobs with training. See the Careers Adviser in school to get registered for this. Apprenticeship vacancies can be found at https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and https://ck.mydirections.co.uk/vacancies
The C+K Careers will support Year 11 job seekers in the Kirklees area finding and sustaining apprenticeships and employment. The Careers Adviser will make referrals to the programme as appropriate.
You can see detailed course information for local schools and colleges at:
http://www.studio-school.org.uk/
https://home.shelleycollege.org/sixth-form
https://www.mirfieldcollege.co.uk/
https://www.brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk
These local training providers have apprenticeship vacancies for school leavers: –
http://nationalbusinesscollege.co.uk/
https://kirkleescollege.ac.uk/apprenticeships/
What are the options after year 11?
What are the new post 16 pathways?
If you are a young person living in Calderdale or Kirklees and need careers information, advice and guidance but are unable to get in touch with your C+K careers adviser in school, you can also talk to a C+K adviser via the C+K Chat service. Advisers can help with your next steps including:
- choosing subjects in Year 8 or Year 9
- exploring post-16 or post-18 options
- applications to sixth form or college
- applications for jobs and apprenticeships
- writing a CV
- information about different courses, careers and qualifications.
You can contact a C+K careers adviser via the Chat service, Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm. There are lots of ways to contact the Chat service:
- call: 01484 426466
- email: chat@ckcareers.org.uk
- or use our Facebook messenger service: facebook.com/CKCareers
Helping with careers advice and navigating the different opportunities post 16 can be confusing for parents, so the Careers Adviser attends Year 9 Options Evening and Year 10 and 11 Parents’ Evenings to help answer any questions.
NCW parent guide to careers: NCW Guide
General advice and support is available at: My Directions
Apprenticeship Info for Parents: A parent’s guide to apprenticeships
Help support your child with future decisions: Futuregoals
Career Ideas: Kirklees top 1oo companies
Labour Market and Careers News: C+K Labour Market and Careers News
If parents and carers have any careers or progression related enquiries they are welcome to contact Robert at any time on 01484 426466 or robert.crookes@ckcareers.org.uk
What are the options after year 11?
What are the new post 16 pathways?
We are keen to involve employers in our careers education programme. We regularly have employers in school for mock interviews, assemblies or workshops to small groups of targeted students. If you are an employer and would like to be involved in our programme, please contact Robert Crookes on 01484 426466 or robert.crookes@ckcareers.org.uk to discuss how we can work together.