We’re determined to help young people prepare for their future, not just with qualifications, but with the confidence, knowledge and real-world experience to take their next steps with purpose.
We start the journey early, with forward planning and students receive tailored careers guidance, practical experience and one-to-one support to help them build a clear and achievable pathway to post-16 education, training or employment.
At Roehampton Gate School, careers education is delivered through a spiralled curriculum underpinned by the ‘DOTS’ framework and encompasses the following themes. In Key Stage 3 careers is delivered within the PSHE programme. In Key Stage 4 careers lessons are timetabled explicitly within the curriculum.
Grow throughout life
Learning and reflecting on yourself, your background, and your strengths.
Explore Possibilities
Explore the full range of possibilities open to you and learn about recruitment processes and the culture of different workplaces.
Manage Career
Manage your career actively, make the most of opportunities and learn from setbacks.
Create opportunities
Create opportunities by being proactive and building positive relationships with others.
Balance life and work
Balance your life as a worker and/or entrepreneur with your wellbeing, other interests and your involvement with your family and community.
See the big picture
See the big picture by paying attention to how the economy, politics and society connect with your own life and career.
To compliment careers lessons, we provide a range of experiences and opportunities for pupils to gain understanding of the working world and assist them to make positive choices for adulthood. These include
Meaningful employer encounters
All students have the opportunity for meaningful employer encounters through assemblies and the enrichment programme. Guest speakers are sought in conjunction with the local careers’ hub.
Access to high-quality resources
Students explore career pathways linked to subjects they study and the industries they’re interested in.
Careers events
Students in Key Stage 4 & 5 have the opportunity to attend careers fairs to learn about technical courses, apprenticeships and meet with employers.