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Careers Programme

Denbigh High School strives to raise students’ aspirations through its comprehensive careers programme, so they may ignite passions, discover talents and feel empowered to explore infinite opportunities.

As a consequence, students’ confidence towards life beyond school increases and they feel equipped to pursue appropriate ambitions. Through careers learning and exposure to meaningful encounters with employers and training providers, students gain real-life experiences that enhance employability and increase awareness of life beyond the sphere of secondary education.

We have a dedicated Careers Leader/Post 16 Student Advisor who supports students throughout their school journey with tasks such as applications for college and apprenticeships, CV writing, interview skills, career planning and signposting where needed. Support is particularly important during key transition stages; in the course of selecting options in Year 8 where students may need help with decision making, and whilst in Year 11, the transition to further education or apprenticeships after leaving school.

A break down of the programme offered for each year group is as follows:

To maintain quality and ensure compliance with the latest statutory advice, the careers programme will be reviewed annually and impact will be measured by conducting termly student surveys.

Work Experience

Work experience 2026 will be on the following dates Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th July 2026.

Parents/Carers

We understand how difficult it can be to navigate through the large amount of information concerning careers.  

Choices available to your child are likely to be very different from those you had at school. However, parental guidance significantly influences decisions made by our students, so it is imperative you have access to current information. Our programme sets out the kind of support we offer to help widen students’ horizons and assist them in making informed decisions. For more advice and careers information, please visit:

Unifrog - By using your parent login, you can research modern industry requirements alongside your child, helping them to draft standout applications and make informed, ambitious decisions about their next steps. 

https://www.unifrog.org/

What is Unifrog? A guide for parents and caregivers : Unifrog Blog 

National Careers Service - offers a wealth of resources tailored for parents and carers. You can explore over 800 job profiles, use their skills assessment tools with your child, or speak directly to a professional careers adviser via webchat or phone. 

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/  

Talking Futures - A valuable resource designed to help parents and carers navigate the various pathways available at Post-16 and Post-18. Their Parental Toolkit offers practical strategies and conversation starters to encourage meaningful discussions with your child about their future goals and aspirations. 

https://www.talkingfutures.org.uk/ 

We would be grateful for involvement in activities such as:

• Workplace visits
• Career talks
• Work experience placements
• Mentoring
• Enterprise competitions
• CV writing advice
• Interview preparation/mock interviews

If you are able to support the school with any of these activities or have ideas which will further promote employability, please contact Ms Choglay (Careers Leader) on 01582 341205 or email schoglay@denbighhigh.co.uk

Provider Access Policy

Introduction

High quality careers education and guidance in school or college is critical to young people’s futures. It helps to prepare them for the workplace by providing a clear understanding of the world of work including the routes to jobs and careers that they might find engaging and rewarding. It supports them to acquire the self-development and career management skills they need to achieve positive employment destinations. This helps students to choose their pathways, improve their life opportunities and contribute to a productive and successful economy.

As the number of apprenticeships rises every year, it becomes increasingly important that all young people have a full understanding of all the options available to them post-16 and post-18 including wider technical education options such as T-Levels and Higher Technical Qualifications.

Commitment

Denbigh High School  is committed to ensuring there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access students, for the purpose of informing them about approved technical education qualifications and apprenticeships.  Denbigh High School is fully aware of the responsibility to set students on the path that will secure the best outcome which will enable them to progress in education and work and give employers the highly skilled people they need. That means acting impartially, in line with the statutory duty, and not showing bias towards any route, be that academic or technical. 

Denbigh High School  endeavours to ensure that all students are aware of all routes to higher skills and are able to access information on technical options and apprenticeships (The Department of Education, July 2021: “Baker Clause”: supporting students to understand the full range of education and training options, and the Provider Access Legislation, January 2023).

Aims

Denbigh High School’s policy for Access to other education and training providers has the following aims: 

• To develop the knowledge and awareness of our students of all career pathways available to them, including technical qualifications and apprenticeships. 
• To support young people to be able to learn more about opportunities for education and training outside of school before making crucial choices about their future options. 
• To reduce drop out from courses and avoid the risk of students becoming NEET (Young people not in education, employment or training).

Student Entitlement

Denbigh High School fully supports the statutory requirement for students to have direct access to other providers of further education training, technical training and apprenticeships.  The school will comply with the new legal requirement to put on at least six encounters with providers of approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. This will be done in assemblies in National Apprenticeship Week and National Careers Week, in addition to providers attending careers events at school or at each Trust school.

Development

This policy has been developed and is reviewed annually by the Careers Leader and Line Manager based on current good practice guidelines by the Department for Education. 

Links with other policies

It supports and is underpinned by key school policies including those for Careers, Child Protection, Equality and Diversity, and SEND.

Equality and Diversity

Access to other providers is available and promoted to allow all students to access information about other providers of further education and apprenticeships. Denbigh High School  is committed to encouraging all students to make decisions about their future based on impartial information.

Request for Access

Requests for access should be directed to Ms Choglay, Careers Leader.

Safiyya Choglay may be contacted by telephone or email, schoglay@denbighhigh.co.uk , Tel 01582 341205.