Careers

Who can I speak to?

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Ms S Swanton

 Careers Manager sswanton@wealdgs.org

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Mrs D Williams

 Careers Guidance Adviser  


What is the Careers and HE Programme?

A comprehensive careers education programme for all year groups is delivered through PSHCE lessons. This includes self-development, career exploration, and career management and explores further and higher education options. Students are also engaged in work related learning including work experience. The school is supported in these lessons by an impartial independent Careers Guidance Adviser who is also available for careers advice and guidance interviews.   Appointments can be made through Ms S Swanton, Careers Co-ordinator. Her office is in the Careers Suite, next to the Learning Resource Centre. There is an extensive Careers Library open to students from 8.45 am until 4.30pm and also career exploration and self-awareness software available on all school computers.

Student Entitlement

Through your time at Weald of Kent Grammar, you should get:

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• Independent and impartial careers guidance for all students in years 8-13.
• Be inspired and motivated to fulfil your potential.
• Support and guidance to help you make your choices and create a career plan for the future.
• Help to decide what to do when you leave Weald, including further learning, training or employment.  Including apprenticeships, entrepreneurialism or other vocational routes alongside traditional A level and university routes.
• Face-to-face guidance by a careers professional.
• A programme of careers education helping you develop skills and knowledge to make choices and the transition to work and learning reflecting the School ethos and meeting the needs of all students.
• The opportunity to speak with employers who can inform you on the range of roles and opportunities in the workplace.
• An opportunity to learn about the world of work through work experience.
 

Booking a Careers Interview

You can arrange a Careers Interview by initially contacting Ms Swanton. Your careers interview is a confidential, impartial discussion with a qualified Careers Guidance Adviser. Don’t worry if you have no definite plans. We are here to encourage and support you while you are making decisions about your future. Depending on your needs, it may be helpful to have several discussions, so don’t think of your careers interview as a 'one-off’ event.