Year 7 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about careers and next step guidance.

Year 8 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about careers and next step guidance.

Year 13 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about careers and next step guidance, including Post 18 pathways and options.

Year 12 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about careers and next step guidance including Post 18 pathways and options.

Year 10 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about careers and next step guidance for Post 16 and Post 18.

Year 11 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about careers and next step guidance for Post 16 and Post 18.

Year 9 students can use BBC Bitesize Careers to find free guides, videos, and quizzes about choosing options, careers and next step guidance.

Year 7: Building Self-Awareness

• How to use the NCS: Students should focus on self-development. Although you cannot use the live chat yet, you can use the site alongside a parent or teacher to explore what terms like "transferable skills" mean.

• Discover Your Strengths. Talk with family or teachers about your hobbies. Use the basic descriptors on the NCS website to figure out your natural skills (e.g., teamwork, creativity).

  
  

Year 12: Broadening Horizons & Employability

• How to use the NCS: Students can research Labour Market Information (LMI) via job profiles to see if their preferred industry is growing, what the average salary is, and what qualifications are mandatory. Search your target career on the platform. Check the "Progression" and "Salary" metrics so you can make an informed choice before applying to university or higher apprenticeships next year.

Year 10: Planning Ahead and Skills Matching

• How to use the NCS: Take the Skills Assessment, a questionnaire that matches their likes, dislikes, and talents to potential industries. This will help gain key information for preparation for your Year 10 guidance appointment in school.

  
  

  
  

Year 9: GCSE Options & Independent Decision Making

• How to use the NCS: Before locking in your GCSE options, check out the How to Become and look at entry requirements of qualifications to see if your preferred career path requires specific subjects (like Triple Science or a modern foreign language).

Year 11: Post-16 Transitions (6th Forms, Colleges, & Apprenticeships)

• How to use the NCS: Students can use the Find a Course tool to explore local sixth forms, colleges, and technical training routes. Look at the difference between T-Levels, A-Levels, and BTECs.

Year 8: Be Inspired

• How to use the NCS: Look up unfamiliar jobs as well as those you know, using the Explore Careers tool, which features over 800 detailed job profiles. It helps break down what different workers do all day.

  
  

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Students can use Morrisby to independently explore:

• Careers and labour market information

• Subjects linked to future careers

• Qualification routes and progression pathways

Students receive a registration link and can create their account using their school email address.

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Students can use Morrisby to independently explore:

• Careers and labour market information

• Subjects linked to future careers

• Qualification routes and progression pathways

Students receive a registration link and can create their account using their school email address.

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Students can use Morrisby to independently explore:

• Careers and labour market information

• Subjects linked to future careers

• Qualification routes and progression pathways

Students receive a registration link and can create their account using their school email address.

Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)

In addition to self-exploration tools, students gain access to:

• The Morrisby Aspirations Assessment

• Personalised career suggestions

• Post-16 planning tools

• Next Steps action planning

Students are encouraged to record and review their plans for education, training, and employment after Year 11.

Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)

In addition to self-exploration tools, students gain access to:

• The Morrisby Aspirations Assessment

• Personalised career suggestions

• Post-16 planning tools

• Next Steps action planning

Students are encouraged to record and review their plans for education, training, and employment after Year 11.

Key Stage 5 (Years 12-13)

Students move on to Morrisby Higher, which provides additional support for:

• University applications

• Apprenticeships and higher technical pathways

• Personal statement guidance

• Application templates and resources

• Post-18 progression planning

Morrisby Higher helps students make informed decisions and prepare successfully for their next steps after sixth form.

Key Stage 5 (Years 12-13)

Students move on to Morrisby Higher, which provides additional support for:

• University applications

• Apprenticeships and higher technical pathways

• Personal statement guidance

• Application templates and resources

• Post-18 progression planning

Morrisby Higher helps students make informed decisions and prepare successfully for their next steps after sixth form.

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point KS3, KS4 & KS5.

• to hear from a range of local, regional and national providers and employers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through organised events.

• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic, vocational and technical courses.

Interactive Planning Tools

• The UCAS Hub: A free, personalised digital dashboard where young teens can explore future industries, shortlist subjects they might like, and save their ideas. Students can sign up early to build their profiles. 

• Careers Quiz: A personality-based diagnostic tool designed to match a student's strengths and character traits to potential real-world job sectors. 

• Subject Guides & Tasters: Online exploration modules allowing 13 to 16 year-olds to sample university-level topics or understand what A-levels/T-levels are needed for specific careers. 

🎓 Post-16 Pathways Research

UCAS maps out all paths available after Year 11/ GCSE. You can research: 

• Academic Routes: Traditional pathways like A-levels,or the International Baccalaureate.

• Vocational & Technical Qualifications: Practical options such as T-levels, BTECs, NVQs, and Cambridge Technicals.

• Apprenticeships: Information on finding work-based training providers where students can earn a wage while learning.

Interactive Planning Tools

• The UCAS Hub: A free, personalised digital dashboard where young teens can explore future industries, shortlist subjects they might like, and save their ideas. Students can sign up early to build their profiles. 

• Careers Quiz: A personality-based diagnostic tool designed to match a student's strengths and character traits to potential real-world job sectors. 

• Subject Guides & Tasters: Online exploration modules allowing 13 to 16 year-olds to sample university-level topics or understand what A-levels/T-levels are needed for specific careers. 

🎓 Post-16 Pathways Research

UCAS maps out all paths available after Year 11/ GCSE. You can research: 

• Academic Routes: Traditional pathways like A-levels,or the International Baccalaureate.

• Vocational & Technical Qualifications: Practical options such as T-levels, BTECs, NVQs, and Cambridge Technicals.

• Apprenticeships: Information on finding work-based training providers where students can earn a wage while learning.

Interactive Planning Tools

• The UCAS Hub: A free, personalised digital dashboard where young teens can explore future industries, shortlist subjects they might like, and save their ideas. Students can sign up early to build their profiles. 

• Careers Quiz: A personality-based diagnostic tool designed to match a student's strengths and character traits to potential real-world job sectors. 

• Subject Guides & Tasters: Online exploration modules allowing 13 to 16 year-olds to sample university-level topics or understand what A-levels/T-levels are needed for specific careers. 

🎓 Post-16 Pathways Research

UCAS maps out all paths available after Year 11/ GCSE. You can research: 

• Academic Routes: Traditional pathways like A-levels,or the International Baccalaureate.

• Vocational & Technical Qualifications: Practical options such as T-levels, BTECs, NVQs, and Cambridge Technicals.

• Apprenticeships: Information on finding work-based training providers where students can earn a wage while learning.

• Year 12 (Age 16 to 17): Students start exploring future options, register for the UCAS Hub, attend university open days, and research course entry requirements using the UCAS Search tool.

Key Deadlines to Know - Year 12 Summer Term

Attend Open Days

UCAS Discovery Fair

Start Drafting Personal Statement

Register for Admission Tests

• The UCAS Hub: A free, personalised digital dashboard where young teens can explore future industries, shortlist subjects they might like, and save their ideas. Students can sign up early to build their profiles. 

• Careers Quiz: A personality-based diagnostic tool designed to match a student's strengths and character traits to potential real-world job sectors. 

• Subject Guides & Tasters: Online exploration modules allowing 13 to 16 year-olds to sample university-level topics or understand what A-levels/T-levels are needed for specific careers. 

🎓 Post-18 Pathways Research

UCAS maps out all paths available after 6th Form. You can research: 

• Further and Higher Education Routes: Vocational & Technical Qualifications:, Degree courses.

• Apprenticeships: Information on finding work-based training providers where students can earn a wage while learning.

• Year 13 (Age 17 to 18): Students complete and submit their official applications, which include a personal statement, education history, and a reference provided by their sixth form tutor. 

Key Deadlines to Know

• Early October: For most courses at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, as well as most courses in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science.

• Late November: School internal deadline for UCAS Applications. (This is in advance of the main equal consideration deadline set by UCAS of January for the majority of undergraduate courses).

• May to September: Offers are confirmed, results days occur, and UCAS Clearing opens for alternative placements
  

• The UCAS Hub: A free, personalised digital dashboard where young teens can explore future industries, shortlist subjects they might like, and save their ideas. Students can sign up early to build their profiles. 

• Careers Quiz: A personality-based diagnostic tool designed to match a student's strengths and character traits to potential real-world job sectors. 

• Subject Guides & Tasters: Online exploration modules allowing 13 to 16 year-olds to sample university-level topics or understand what A-levels/T-levels are needed for specific careers. 

🎓 Post-18 Pathways Research

UCAS maps out all paths available after 6th Form. You can research: 

• Further and Higher Education Routes: Vocational & Technical Qualifications:, Degree courses.

• Apprenticeships: Information on finding work-based training providers where students can earn a wage while learning.