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The Gatsby Benchmarks are a set of guidelines for providing good career guidance in schools. They help schools identify what makes for effective career guidance and how to provide it.

The Gatsby Benchmarks

Stable careers programme: Schools should have a well-established careers programme

Learning from labour market information: Schools should use information about careers and the labour market to inform their guidance

Addressing the needs of each pupil: Schools should tailor their guidance to the needs of each student

Linking curriculum learning to careers: Schools should connect what students learn in the classroom to the world of work

Encounters with employers and employees: Schools should provide opportunities for students to meet with employers and employees

Experiences of workplaces: Schools should provide opportunities for students to experience workplaces

Encounters with further and higher education: Schools should provide opportunities for students to learn about further and higher education

Personal guidance: Schools should provide individual guidance for students

According to the Careers and Enterprise Council, 90% of English schools and colleges measure their careers provision using the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. Evidence from independent evaluations has indicated that a school's adoption of the Benchmarks have a positive impact on students destinations beyond school with lower NEET (not in education, employment or training) rates.

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Good career guidance has never been more important. Changes in technology, the technical education system and in the labour market mean that the jobs available and the skills and qualifications needed to reach them are changing all the time. The COVID-19 pandemic has added further disruption, with a disproportionate impact on young people as they enter the labour market.

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Holy Family RC and CE College CEIAG Policy

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Holy Family RC and CE College CEIAG Policy

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Holy Family RC and CE College believes that good CEIAG connects learning to the future. It motivates students by giving them a clearer idea of the routes to jobs and careers that they will find engaging and rewarding. Good CEIAG widens pupils’ horizons, challenges stereotypes and raises aspirations. It provides pupils with the knowledge and skills necessary to make successful transitions to the next stage of their life. This supports social mobility by improving opportunities for all young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with special educational needs and disabilities. The School's CEIAG Policy outlines how CEIAG will be delivered across the School and outlines the careers programme which adheres to The Gatsby Benchmarks.

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Holy Family RC and CE College CEIAG Policy 

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CDI (Career Development Institute) Framework

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CDI (Career Development Institute) Framework

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The CDI have developed a series of 'I can do' statements for pupils in KS3, KS4 and post 16 referencing six learning areas that underpin pupils developing good career management skills: 1. Grow throughout life 2. Explore possibilities 3. Manage career 4. Create opportunities 5. Balance life and work 6. See the big picture.

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Source Gatsby Good Career Guidance: The Next 10 Years. As part of the school's programme of careers education, all teachers should link curriculum learning with careers. Subject teachers should highlight the progression routes for their subject and the relevance of the knowledge and skills developed in their subject for a wide range of career pathways.

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The Skills Builder Universal Framework defines eight essentials skills that are needed in any job: 1 Listening 2. Speaking 3. Problem-solving 4. Creativity 5. Staying Positive 6. Aiming High 7. Leadership 8. Teamwork. The Framework provides an understanding of what are commonly referred to as 'employability skills'. It provides a way for pupils to track progress from beginning to practice skills to gaining mastery. Evidence of where and how skills have been developed in school subjects can help pupils to link curriculum relevance to the future.

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The Skills Builder Universal Framework is the world's leading tool for measuring and building essential skills. It breaks the 8 essential skills down into a sequence of steps, starting with absolute beginner through to mastery.

It's completely open source, and backed by years of research. Developed with leading businesses, academics and educators, it consolidates the array of different frameworks into something comprehensive and practical.

It's truly universal. That's why it's used by over 850 employers, schools and social impact organisations across the globe.

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The Skills Builder Universal Framework is the world's leading tool for measuring and building essential skills. It breaks the 8 essential skills down into a sequence of steps, starting with absolute beginner through to mastery.It is completely open source, and backed by years of research.

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Lesson materials for subjects showcasing careers

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Lesson materials for subjects showcasing careers

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My Learning My Future is a suite of materials that supports subject teaching at KS3 and KS4. Follow link to view resources for your subject.

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My Learning My Future | CEC Resource Directory

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My Learning, My Future is a suite of Benchmark 4 resources to support subject teaching staff, from 27 subjects at KS3, KS4 & Post 16, to engage students in curriculum learning by highlighting the relevance of their subjects to future careers, opportunities and pathways.

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The Careers Enterprise Council have a resource directory that includes lesson materials and videos. A filtering system enables teachers to locate relevant subject material.

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This course is designed to support subject teachers in understanding the role they play in careers education and how they can, through their subject, support young people to make informed choices about their best next step and potential career pathway.

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Welcome to the CEC Resource Directory | CEC Resource Directory

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This course is designed to support subject teachers in understanding the role they play in careers education and how they can, through their subject, support young people to make informed choices about their best next step and potential career pathway.

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Adaptable resource for years 7 to 11 introducing pupils to work roles across the music industry. Session plan of at least 60 minutes.

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Lesson plan: Focus on music - Creative Careers

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This lesson is designed for secondary school students in years 7 - 13, tasks can be adapted to suit different year groups. It’s designed to be 60 minutes although it can be adapted.

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Pupils often think that progressing from school to a career is a direct journey from A to Z. Along with many others, this is probably not your personal experience.

This tool helps students understand the components that form a career journey and that journeys aren’t aways straight!

If you are happy to present the tool it might stimulate discussion and hopefully inspire career thinking and realistic planning. How to use the tool:

•Choose a background colour or picture of your choice

•Move around the boxes and choose relevant steps and stages of your career to demonstrate your journey – a career is more than paid work and is influenced by our experiences through life – in family/ community, education and work.  A sense of direction is often influenced by our learning and personality style/ preferences, our values, skills and strengths, things we like and don’t like/ good at and not good at, role models and influences etc etc

•Complete the questions at the bottom

•Save as a PDF to stop the formatting changing when send to print and display.

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Role of teachers supporting pupils to be 'work ready' 

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Role of teachers supporting pupils to be 'work ready' 

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Teach First is committed to breaking the link between educational outcomes and family income. This new research has implications for teacher training and has relevance for all young people and their teachers. This report reflects on how we can make pupils ready for their futures.

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Quick fire career role videos linked to subjects 

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Quick fire career role videos linked to subjects 

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This resource links to https://icould.com/stories/ - a suite of career videos. You can search by career sector or subject to find some 3 minute videos - great for a starter or finisher to a lesson.

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Subject linked to World of Work short videos

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Poster outlining main subjects linking to career sectors and career roles

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Check out four simple methods to bring skills and careers into a subject lesson.

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The free online platform for computer science for GCSE and A level students and teachers. Features career roles for pupils interested in digital roles.

How we can help:

Access tailored content for your exam board to boost learning and revision

Save time when planning lessons and homework

Track progress on questions to pinpoint areas to work on

Work towards better exam results with quality materials written by experienced teachers

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The free online learning platform for GCSE and A level Computer Science students and teachers. Discover our computer science revision and homework questions today.

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Channel Talent is a live and interactive video conferencing / webinar service which links universities and businesses to schools. Channel Talent beams university lecturers, admissions personnel, university students and apprentices into the school classroom in addition to including individual students. Formats are entirely flexible to enable students to take part, whether they are in school or not. We also enable teachers and school staff to take part with their students and use the events as extended reading, enrichment and group discussion opportunities.

Channel Talent aims to inform and inspire young people’s choices about their education and careers by making important conversations possible that, for time, cost and logistical reasons, are often prevented from happening face to face. Events are free to schools and sponsored by individual universities or businesses.

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Channel Talent - Interactive school webinars

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Channel Talent - Interactive school webinars

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Linking universities and businesses to schools with interactive video conferencing & webinar services

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What Is LMI? Why is it important?

LMI stands for Labour Market Information. In short, it refers to any

relevant information about the current state of the jobs market along with the key facets of a job role. Pupils can start to focus on a career sector or role without effectively researching factors like skills involved, required length of training, minimum requirements etc. LMI can include information like:

 What industries/businesses are in a certain location.

 The types of jobs that exist and what they involve.

 How many of those jobs there are.

 The skills that are currently or will be in high demand.

 Commute and travel to work patterns.

 Typical rates of pay.

 Career progression opportunities

It is important that young people learn to assess opportunities, the factors involved in career roles and what impacts on opportunities so that they can effectively career plan.

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Greater Manchester Careers and Apprenticeship Hub 

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Greater Manchester Careers and Apprenticeship Hub 

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This hub has been developed for young people developing plans and seeking experiences. It has good information sources about local employment opportunity and trends..

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Learn More About Education and Careers in Rochdale | GMACS

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Learn about studying or working in Rochdale, with info on employers, training providers, top jobs and skills, local events and opportunities.

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Links to recent assessment of the main employment sectors in Greater Manchester

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Sectors & Jobs | Get Inspired About Careers In GM | GMACS

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Get inspired about careers in Greater Manchester with the GMACS sector pages, featuring info on growth sectors in the local economy.

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External speakers, webinars, virtual work experiences

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External speakers, webinars, virtual work experiences

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Speakers for Schools supports you to access external contributors.

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We're a UK-wide youth charity on a mission to help you find your feet and get the best possible start in life.

Our Career Personality Quiz is a quick, fun way to find out which types of careers are most likely to suit you and to get tailored updates about our latest work experience and inspirational talks.

Helping students like you!

Meet Josh and Joyce, two of the million-plus young people from across the UK who have felt their confidence skyrocket thanks to using our extraordinary programmes during their time at school and college!

Meet some of our employers

We offer free work experience opportunities with hundreds of leading employers from big-name businesses you'll already know to others you've yet to discover. With new employers coming on board all the time, here are a few of our top employers!

Celebrating Black History Month with Speakers for Schools

Celebrating Black History Month with Speakers for Schools Black History Month is almost over, and we wanted to take a moment to share with you how Speakers for Schools is celebrating black excellence this year and signpost you to some useful resources you may want to explore. Each year, a different theme is selected for [...]

Our Top Takeaways from the Conservative and Labour Party Conferences

Our Top Takeaways from the Conservative and Labour Party Conferences October was another busy month for Speakers for Schools on the policy front with our CEO Nick Brook heading to the North-West of England for two lively fringe panel events at the Conservative and Labour Party Conferences that each featured an impressive lineup of experts [...]

Skills shortage increase sends an important message to us all

Skills shortage increase sends an important message to us all New data from the Employer skills survey published September 2023 shows persistent skills challenges that businesses are facing. Over 72,000 employers in multiple sectors were surveyed to provide insight into the evolving labour market, focusing on skill-shortage vacancies, training and skill gaps across all regions [...]

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Speakers for Schools | Career Guidance and Work Experience for Students

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Discover Speakers for Schools, a UK-wide youth charity dedicated to helping students find their footing in life. Explore our career guidance resources, gain world-class work experience, and listen to inspirational talks from high-achieving professionals. Start your journey to success with us today.

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Connects teachers and volunteers to support careers in the classroom. Volunteers range from Archaeologists to Zoologists, Apprentices to CEOs, representing all sectors of

the UK economy. Volunteers pledge at least an hour a year to visit local state schools and colleges

to talk about their job, career path and education. Search facility available for teachers to look for local volunteers.

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Connects 11,000 teachers with over 36,000 volunteers to go into state schools and colleges and talk about their job, career and education route.

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Use this resource to look for local ambassadors willing to get involved in presentations, support STEM teachers, pupil mentoring and more.

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Creating opportunities to inspire young people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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What happens in a career planning meeting? 

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What happens in a career planning meeting? 

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Ever wondered what happens when a student meets a careers adviser? Take a look at the attached document which outlines the difference between career information, advice and guidance and highlights the career management skills that students should develop for a successful future beyond school.

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Barclays Lifeskills have a suite of resources including lesson plans across a wide range of career management areas. The resources also has quick fire activities that can be done in Registration time.

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Our free lesson plans are our most popular educator resource, with thousands of downloads every month. Each lesson consists of a simple plan with supporting presentation slides that can be adapted to suit most learning environments.

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Fantastic suite of resources including podcasts, videos, quizzes etc.

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Whether you're deciding what to study, taking your exams, planning a career, or just curious, we're here to explain the world of work, with advice from people who've found the right path for them.

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Applying Geographical Skills Lesson - resource by Army 

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Applying Geographical Skills Lesson - resource by Army 

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An earthquake has struck Adasi island – can students apply core geographic skills to identify the best location to base their relief efforts?

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Exploring technology - through Amazon Fulfillment Centre

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Exploring technology - through Amazon Fulfillment Centre

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A virtual school trip for every future engineer. Dives deep on computer science, robotics and machine learning. Amazon Future Engineer is a comprehensive childhood-to-career program aimed at increasing access to computer science education for students from underserved and underrepresented communities.  They have put together programmes, webinars, quizzes to support secondary students learn more about the digital world.

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Explore the technology of Amazon’s Fulfilment Centres

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From our online store to your doorstep, discover how computer science, state-of-the-art engineering, and incredible people deliver customer orders at Amazon.

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Analysis by Gallup - a resource that identifies the most advertised roles, surveys what young people aspire to and where up-to-date salary data can be sourced.

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Careers of the Future Index score, compared with popularity of the career among 15-year-olds in the UK, by occupational category. The average centile rank is shown. Where the CFI score is significantly higher than the students' ranking, it indicates that students lack interest in a rewarding potential career sector.

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What Are the Careers of the Future in the UK?

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See where each job ranks in the Careers of the Future Index UK

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STEM learning supports schools to source mentors for students

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STEM Learning’s national online mentoring scheme is designed to help 14-18 year olds explore their future career options by chatting to trained and experienced STEM professionals.

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Speakers for Schools - Upcoming Broadcasts 

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This page is where you can see which guest speakers for schools are coming up and register in advance* for any of the upcoming live broadcasts featured in the schedule below. Speakers for Schools update this information on a weekly basis. Before registering for any of these livestream events, please read the accompanying detailed description to ensure the talk and its topics are suitable and age-appropriate for your student audience.

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Speakers for Schools is excited to present its weekly broadcast schedule! This schedule will be updated regularly and talks will be targeted to different age groups are accessible via signing up using the registration from links below. registration closes at 12pm the day before the broadcast date - links are then sent out by email that afternoon.

Tips on participating in the Broadcast
To access the talks, links should be opened in a browser that is not Internet Explorer and students should join the live event anonymously, there is no need to create a log in.
Students wishing to see subtitles for the broadcast can turn them on via the panel on the right-hand side of the screen.

Further guidance on how to access talks can be found here.

Questions for speakers can be submitted via Q+A Function during the talk which will be made live for students to submit questions. The questions submitted will be moderated by a member of the SFS team and approved if relevant.

We send out the join link to our broadcasts the day before. Should you require the join link earlier, please email broadcasts@speakersforschools.org

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Upcoming Broadcasts | Speakers for Schools Events

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Stay updated with Speakers for Schools' weekly broadcast schedule. Engage in enlightening talks targeted for different age groups. Register now and join the conversation!

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Futurum Careers is a free online resource hosting, stimulating and high-quality resources that enable teachers to stretch their students that little bit more, and take them beyond the classroom and into the innovative world of contemporary research.

The resources we provide for teachers foster engagement, curiosity and independent learning, while showcasing career options available to young people

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Teachers and Schools

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Career Accelerator offers students from diverse groups access 1-to-1 mentorship from professionals working with some of the biggest, most influential or fastest growing companies in the professional world.

Over the course of a programme, students will discuss areas such as career opportunities available within professional sectors, writing personal statements, creating a great CV and interview skills. As the mentorship is entirely personalised, students can decide the areas they would like to focus on. All mentors are trained in how to provide great mentorship, and are provided resources to support them.

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Offering students from underrepresented groups access 1-to-1 mentorship from professionals working with some of the biggest, most influential or fastest growing corporates in the professional world.

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Uni Connect offers activities, advice, and information on the benefits and realities of going to university.

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Uni Connect helps young people to explore routes into higher education as well as the benefits and realities. It does this through partnerships between local universities, colleges, schools, employers and charities.

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Advancing Access aims to increase underrepresented students' access to Russell Group universities by enhancing teachers' understanding of admission processes and university expectations, with all services provided free of charge.

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Advancing Access / From the Russell Group

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Advancing Access offers free CPD resources and events to help teachers guide students toward competitive university choices, focusing on Russell Group universities, especially in underrepresented and remote areas.

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Feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, or stuck with linking the curriculum to jobs your students might aim for? Simply login to Futures for Students and tell them what you need help with and they will connect you with people to talk to.

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"The event far surpassed any expectations"

" Sadly, many pupils don't feel passionate or enthused about their future. F4S seemed like an excellent way to change that mindset...The turnout was great, and the event ran well beyond the expected time-students didn't want it to end! The event far surpassed any expectations. Students were excited, motivated, and actively seeking opportunities beyond the classroom."

Read about Brentford School for Girls experience

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" Sadly, many pupils don't feel passionate or enthused about their future. F4S seemed like an excellent way to change that mindset...The turnout was great, and the event ran well beyond the expected time-students didn't want it to end! The event far surpassed any expectations.

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Diversity, belonging and inclusion - session from British Army resources 

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Diversity, belonging and inclusion - session from British Army resources 

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How can students champion diversity and inclusion to build stronger communities?

Engaging PDP / Health and Wellbeing resource empowers students to explore the importance of diversity, inclusion, and belonging in society. Across five short sessions, students will investigate real-world diversity and inclusion initiatives within the British Army and develop key skills in leadership, collaboration, and active citizenship.

Designed for ages 11–14 (KS3), but flexible to adapt to older students, the resource includes a warm-up activity and adaptable content to suit your classroom needs. This resource can be delivered as standalone form time activities, as part of a five-session series or delivered together in a longer session as part of a theme day. These resources have cross-curricular links with Oracy, History and the Gatsby Benchmarks.

Inspire your students to take the lead in creating inclusive communities, because with this resource, diversity isn’t just a discussion, it’s a mission!

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Posters title GCSE subject along with related job/apprenticeship roles

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Subject-led Poster Bundle: 22 Posters - Amazing Apprenticeships

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We’ve created a set of 22 school subject posters to accompany our Subject-led Resource Bundles!

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Rochdale Sixth Form and Holy Cross Sixth Form offer masterclasses in subjects that your students may choose. Tutors have been in to Holy Family to outline what study might involve. To arrange - contact zmcnally@altusep.ac.uk