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Autumn 2020 Welcome to First Edition of the 2020/21 Futures Briefing Autumn 2020 Welcome to first edition of the 2020/21 Futures Briefing. We hope that many of our parents are now familiar with these briefings and have benefitted from the insights they provide. These briefings are dedicated to all our provision around careers information, education, advice and guidance (CIEAG). Through these ‘Futures Briefings’ we celebrate recent events and draw attention to appropriate opportunities for students throughout our school. Mr Peet (Deputy Headteacher) is the Careers Leader at Cheadle Hulme High School and should be your first point of contact regards our Futures programme. You can find all relevant information, contact information and feedback forms on our website. Alternatively, please address emails (FAO Mr Peet) to [email protected] Futures @ CHHS Term 1 Futures @ CHHS As part of our new timetable we have introduced Increasingly the internet is the ‘Cornerstone Friday’ where we explore a range main place to find up to date of topics that allow our students to explore the information, advice and guidance Laurus Trust qualities, attitudes and habits as relating to careers and the world of well as our cornerstones. Students have already work. Throughout lockdown the used some of this time to cover our Futures pro- number of online resources gramme core content. This content will also be increased enormously. Many enhanced during PSHE at various points education establishments and throughout the year. Listed below are the places of work are using social themes already explored through September. media, such as Twitter, to advertise their opportunities. At Year Session 1 Session 2 CHHS we too use our website as a portal to our Futures 7 Introduction to Futures Networks: who can help programme. We invite all programme me? stakeholders to view our website to find targeted information and 8 Mindset: working towards Professional sectors of work opportunities, and to provide us a dream with feedback on our Futures 9 Post-16 plans Professional networks programme. 10 Learning from failure Post-16 options www.chhs.org.uk/careers 11 College application pro- Progress with applications cess and timescales and plans In this section we highlight resources and opportunities that we have recently been made aware of. We often find that Twitter is a good source of current careers-related opportuni- ties. Try searching #Gatsby #CEIAG #careers #Gatsbybenchmarks #apprenticeships Step into the NHS There is an excellent online re- source freely available to anyone that is interested in exploring the careers available within the NHS. The website has details on over 350 different careers across the organisation. There are real-life stories that explore what it is like to work in different parts of the NHS. Throughout the website you can find out about different training and access routes, as well as NHS stu- dent bursaries for qualifying train- ing courses. #VAMGM Give an Hour Give an Hour Youtube Video As you may be aware, between 12th-21st August, 16 online events took place as part of Virtual Apprentice- ship Week GM, delivered in partnership with Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Greater Man- We continue to be on the look out chester Learning Provider Network. The week was for volunteers to support our delivered to reassure school and college leavers that an apprenticeship is still an exciting and accessible Futures programme. If you think pathway despite Covid-19, as well as those older indi- you may be able to volunteer to viduals looking to retrain and make a career change. If talk to our students then please you missed any of #VAWGM, don't worry because register via our website form: links to replay the events are now available on #GMACS! WATCH HERE: https://gmacs.co.uk/news/ https://forms.office.com/Pages/ virtual-apprenticeship-week-12th-21st-august ResponsePage.aspx? In this section we highlight resources and opportunities that we have recently been made aware of. We often find that Twitter is a good source of current careers related opportuni- ties. Try searching #Gatsby #CEIAG #careers #Gatsbybenchmarks #apprenticeships Young people need careers support more than ever. In a recent survey from the Prince’s Trust more than a quarter of young people (29%) feel their future career prospects have already been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic and 46% say that finding a job now feels “impossible”. The options and choices that young people may have had before may be different due to the changing labour market. Meet Your Future will give students the opportunity to explore different careers, industries, work on ‘real-life’ projects and virtually meet and hear from different Greater Manchester based organisations and employees. Meet Your Future Work shadowing campaign was launched by the Mayor of Greater Manches- ter, Andy Burnham, in April 2019. Meet Your Future delivered over 700 work shadowing opportu- nities to young people across Greater Manchester, in a variety of different business environ- ments, to help them learn about different roles and careers and to gain first-hand experience of the world of work. The first event will take place between November 9th and 13th and will involve the opportunity for students to experience virtual encounters with Great Manchester employers and experiences of the workplace. We will alert students and parents to each opportunity when we have further details. Higher Education Careers in engineering https://gmhigher.ac.uk/parents-and-carers/ https://werengineering.com/about/ Throughout this section we signpost some resources and guidance that is most appropri- ate to Year 11 students. This is the time of year that they start to make their applications to post 16 providers. Many of these resources will be of interest to Year 10 parents too. What’s next? As well as keeping up to date with the latest labour market information it is also important that parents have an up to date knowledge of the opportunities available to students at each school transition point. You should find attached to this briefing a really useful guide that we have been made aware of. It is a very thorough guide for parents about post 16/18 options, pathways, LMI, work-based learning oppor- tunities, employability and volunteering. Apprenticeship news Parents’ pack Anna Morrison, Director of Amazing Apprenticeships, has recorded a short video to bring you the latest news from the apprenticeship world. https://amazingapprenticeships.com/ whats-new-7-top-tips/? Alongside this briefing you should also utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium= blog&utm_campaign=aaa%20oct receive a copy of the Apprenticeship Service’s September and October Par- ents’ Packs. These have the latest ap- prenticeship information & advice for par- ents and is supported by the National Apprenticeship Service. The September Parents’ and Carers’ Pack looks at pre- paring for a new school year, T Levels, Careers in Coding, supporting disabled individuals to access apprenticeships, Life as a Healthcare apprentice, Appren- ticeships with Travis Perkins and much more. https://amazingapprenticeships.com/ resource/parents-pack-september/ https://amazingapprenticeships.com/ resource/parents-pack-october/? utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=pp &utm_campaign=aaa%20oct The options at 16 can often be daunting to students. Beyond the local area there is a wide range of opportunities available. Here we offer a list of common destinations to research. Post 16 options Year 11: tips and guidance Colleges and Sixth Forms in Stockport • Visit the websites of the colleges that Aquinas College www.aquinas.ac.uk you might be interested in to see what The Cheadle College www.cheadle.cmcnet.ac.uk courses they offer. Marple Sixth Form www.marple.cmcnet.ac.uk • Read all of the information, regarding Stockport College www.stockport.ac.uk admissions, for each college. They are all different. Cheadle Hulme High School www.chhs.org.uk • Pay particular attention to deadlines as Hazel Grove High School www.hazelgrovehigh.co.uk these are different across all colleges and sixth forms. • In the absence of face to face open Colleges within Travelling Distance evenings take time to view and attend The Manchester College www.tmc.ac.uk the virtual events of offer. Loreto College Sixth Form www.loreto.ac.uk • Read the course descriptions carefully as the content covered can often be Macclesfield College www.macclesfield.ac.uk different even though the subject ap- pears the same. Wilmslow HS Sixth Form www.wilmslowhigh.com • Apply to a number of different colleges Ashton Sixth Form College www.asfc.ac.uk and sixth forms as there is no limit to how many you can apply to. Poynton HS Sixth Form www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk • Although there may be a preferred pro- Salford City College www.salfordcc.ac.uk vider it is really important to have a number of applications submitted so FutureSkills @MediaCityUK www.salfordcc.ac.uk that students can make a final choice Trafford College www.trafford.ac.uk later in the year. • Use this process as an opportunity to Tameside College www.tameside.ac.uk keep doors open rather than definitely Clarendon Sixth Form www.clarendonsixth.com closing some options. • If you are interested in apprenticeships Xaverian College www.xaverian.ac.uk then you must sign up to the National Reaseheath College www.reaseheath.ac.uk Apprenticeship Service website. • Take account of relevant deadlines but Buxton & Leek College www.blc.ac.uk get your applications in early so that Kirklees College www.kirklees.college.ac.uk you can turn your attention back to your studies. Parrs Wood Sixth Form www.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk • If you have any further questions or are UTC @ Media City (Salford) www.utcmediacityuk.org.uk a little unsure then simply ask your Form Tutor, Head of Year, Head of Access Creative College www.accesscreative.ac.uk House or Mr Peet for help. We like to help you! Myerscough College www.myerscough.ac.uk In this section we explore an aspect of our ongoing partnership with Bridge GM.
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