Choosing which direction to take after leaving school is a big decision. We’re here to support our pupils and make sure they know about all the options open to them. Our curriculum focuses on careers, and we provide our pupils with meaningful career-related opportunities and activities throughout their time with us.
Our Careers Lead is Naomi Train. If you have any questions about careers, further education, higher education, work experience, or if you would like more information about our careers programme, please contact via 01572 720357 or email Naomi.train@theshires.org.uk
We are also supported by Emma Barton – Independent Careers Advisor for Outcomes First Group. If you would like any more information about the work she does to provide independent careers advice to our pupils please contact via email emma.barton@longdonparkschool.co.uk
At Oakham Shires School we aim to develop children and young people’s understanding, awareness and skills linked to careers, employability, and economic understanding. Our aim is for all pupils to have meaningful experiences linked to their aspirations, interests, and developmental stage. We aim for pupils to have careers and employability learning opportunities and experiences as part of their core topics or as part of whole school collapse curriculum days, off-site educational visits, and work experience.
We provide pupils with the knowledge, information, and skills to make informed choices about suitable “next steps” such as key life skills linked to employment, work experience, routes to voluntary or paid employment, qualifications, and accreditation to support further study. Oakham Shires School enables pupils to receive accurate information, advice and guidance about all options and opportunities open to them and the progression routes to which those options lead.
We aim to ensure the following are explored appropriately in line with each pupils’ developmental stage, aspirations, and interests:
At Oakham Shires School we ensure the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks are at the forefront of our Careers and Employability offer;
We have a… 1) Have a stable careers programme
We ensure we… 2) Learn from career and labour market information
We are committed to… 3) Addressing the needs of each pupil
We ensure there is clear… 4) Linking of curriculum learning to careers
We provide high quality… 5) Encounters with employers and employees
We provide high quality… 6) Experience of workplaces
We have links to ensure… 7) Encounters with further and higher education
We provide in-school & independent… 8) Personal guidance
For more information please see our Careers & Employability Skills Policy on the policies section of the website.