Students

Students

What to expect as a student?

At Shrewsbury Academy, our ethos “achievement through caring”, embodies the holistic approach we take to supporting students, so that they may achieve in all aspects of their development. We aim to enhance their life chances for the future by providing tailored support throughout your time in school.

We endeavour to ensure that students and parents have access to independent advice and guidance (IAG), whenever required, to assist with making important academic or career decisions.  Mr Rogers is our dedicated teacher in charge of careers.  A referral for an appointment can be made either through the students form tutor or by emailing [email protected]

Guidance meetings

A careers guidance interview is an impartial, one-to-one meeting between yourself and a professionally qualified Careers Adviser (Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance & Development). A guidance interview can last up to 45 minutes. A careers guidance interview is not like a job interview – there are no right or wrong answers. These appointments usually happen in year 11, but you can request one earlier.

Curriculum

Through PHSE, lessons and dedicated careers events, you will gain lots of information. We are committed to delivering high quality content, which will inform decisions and allow you to have experience of workplaces and further education. Unifrog, Higher Horizons, school curriculum, enterprise, work experience and mock interviews will all play a part in your careers experience.

Support in booking your work experience can be found here > www.groundwork.org.uk/improving-your-employability/arranging-your-own-work-experience-placement/

More useful career videos to inspire can be found on:  www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYwOsyeCuWJDb8ak7HVGCg/videos

Tips

For interview tips and guidance, please click here.

For tips regarding the workplace, please click here.

For CV writing tips, please click here.

Find information on university courses, entry requirements and general details on HE > www.ucas.com

Barclays Life Skills

LifeSkills | Developing work and life skills (barclayslifeskills.com)

This is an excellent resource which can be used to:

• Build a job-hunting toolbox
• Find out how social media can supercharge a CV, get tips for creating strong covering letters and LinkedIn profiles, and practice interview techniques.
• Identify skills
• Interactive challenges help identify and develop personal skills, with useful advice on selling these skills to employers.
• Gain experience
• Offered by businesses, organised by teachers and driven by young people – by working through LifeSkills online, they will unlock valuable work experience.

Careerometer

Careerometer is an online data portal which connects and standardises existing sources of high quality, reliable LMI to support the process of identifying potential careers. It allows students to compare national average wages, working hours and future employment prospects.