Careers at Cranborne Middle School
At Cranborne Middle School, we are committed to equipping our pupils with the attitudes, values, skills and knowledge that they need in order to be successful and ambitious in their futures. As part of this aim, we focus on raising aspirations and providing pupils with a stable and structured careers programme. By using the Gatsby Benchmarks, we are committed to ensuring that our pupils have clear goals for their educational progress. We aim to ensure that pupils are well informed and equipped to make decisions regarding their future, by the time they leave for their upper school education.
A planned programme of activities supports them in beginning to consider pathways that suit their interests and abilities and help them to follow a career path.
We aim to provide pupils with meaningful encounters with employers and higher education providers during their time at the school; enrichment activities include visiting speakers, visits and trips to places of work and universities, and a social enterprise day (when 'Lockdown' allows).
Recommended tools for helping students and parents with career choices:
Year Group Activities
KS2: Year 5 and Year 6
PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons, cover long and short term goals, and the skills and qualities needed to achieve these and be successful both in education and employment.
PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons, cover long and short term goals, and the skills and qualities needed to achieve these and be successful both in education and employment.
KS3: Year 7 and Year 8
PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons, cover long and short term goals, and the skills and qualities needed to achieve these and be successful both in education and employment.
In the summer term there will be a careers fair where pupils will have the opportunity to explore different jobs through live presentations and question and answer sessions.
Designated lessons for pupils to recognise how different subjects link to certain careers.
PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons, cover long and short term goals, and the skills and qualities needed to achieve these and be successful both in education and employment.
In the summer term there will be a careers fair where pupils will have the opportunity to explore different jobs through live presentations and question and answer sessions.
Designated lessons for pupils to recognise how different subjects link to certain careers.
Parents and Carers
Parental involvement is actively encouraged at all stages. All parents are invited to share their career experience at an in-school session and sign-up to assist in activities across the key stages throughout the year.
Parents and Carers are also informed through newsletters, emails and letters of any upcoming events that link to careers and are often invited to attend any career-based trips as additional volunteers.
Our aim is that every pupil in year 7 and 8, and their parents/carers, will have access to good-quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. Also, pupils in Years 7 and 8 will have access to careers information and advice, preparing them for choosing their 'options' in Year 9.
Parental involvement is actively encouraged at all stages. All parents are invited to share their career experience at an in-school session and sign-up to assist in activities across the key stages throughout the year.
Parents and Carers are also informed through newsletters, emails and letters of any upcoming events that link to careers and are often invited to attend any career-based trips as additional volunteers.
Our aim is that every pupil in year 7 and 8, and their parents/carers, will have access to good-quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. Also, pupils in Years 7 and 8 will have access to careers information and advice, preparing them for choosing their 'options' in Year 9.
Are you an Employer or Educator?
If you are an education provider who would be interested in reaching out to our students to help inspire them to make excellent career and education choices (for example by delivering a talk, workshop or other workplace experience), please contact the careers lead, Rebecca Bedford, at rbedford@cranbornemid.dorset.sch.uk
If you are an education provider who would be interested in reaching out to our students to help inspire them to make excellent career and education choices (for example by delivering a talk, workshop or other workplace experience), please contact the careers lead, Rebecca Bedford, at rbedford@cranbornemid.dorset.sch.uk
Upper School Links
To see more information on how our local upper schools continue the careers education pathway started here at CMS, please click on the link/document below:
To see more information on how our local upper schools continue the careers education pathway started here at CMS, please click on the link/document below:
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