1. Food for thought?

2. Employability and Careers

3. Future jobs? Wind Turbine Repair Techs
Elevated Tube Transport Engineers
Smart Contact Developer
Social Education Specialists
Plant psychologists
Nano-medics
Introduce the concept that jobs are rapidly changing and as a result, the jobs our children may have, may not exist yet.
Organ Agents
Avatar Relationship Managers
Data Hostage Specialists

4. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Our vision is to ensure all our students achieve a good career through university or equivalent training. Our high aspirations combine the key strands of strong achievement, employability skills and consideration towards others which are summed up in our motto 'work hard be kind. These principles, which guide our school community, enable our students to reach this goal and be well rounded citizens who are highly desired by higher education and employers.

5. Employability skills
1. Self motivation – taking responsibility for developing work readiness
2. Self-assurance – having the tools and skills to present themselves to employers
3. Aspiration – having high personal goals
4. Informed – understanding the opportunities available and making realistic choices
5. Experience – having experience of work that is rewarding and fulfilling
6. Achieving – qualifications valued by employers
7. Accountability – understanding how to take responsibility
8. Resilience – understanding employers need for people who can listen and learn
9. Entrepreneurial – working creatively to achieve personal and business potential
10. Co-operation – developing effective communication and co working skills

6. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 7
PSHE – Skillful me
Reflection activity based on the employability skills. Students understand what they are and what they can do in order to demonstrate the skills.
University aspiration
NTU assembly
Sutton Scholars group (5 year scheme) launched for key vulnerable (WP) students

7. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 8
PSHE – What a choice?
3 x options lessons
Continuation of skills passport
University Aspiration
NTU workshops on university life
Sutton Scholars group continues (5 year scheme)

8. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 9
PSHE – Looking forward
3 careers lessons focused on:
Local and national employment trends
Personal aims/goals/ambitions/career options
Pathways to careers (college, university, apprenticeships)
University Aspiration
Year 9 NTU workshops and campus visit for 60 students

9. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 10
PSHE – Employable me
4 careers lessons focused on:
Creating a cv Planning for interviews
Preparation for work experience
Reflection on work experience
‘Employable me’ day
Mock interviews from outside business providers )

10. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 10
Work Experience
1 week of work experience for all students
Careers advice
Careers service used for key students including all possible NEETs
University Aspiration
Raising the grade conferences - Subject based revision sessions at NTU (English and MfL))

11. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 11
PSHE – What next?
4 lessons focused on next stage preparation.
Applications for:
College
Other P16 providers
Apprenticeship/training

12. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Year 11
Careers advice
Careers service used for key students including any possible NEETs
University Aspiration
Raising the grade conferences - Subject based revision sessions at NTU (Science, maths)
NTU revision conference, parents session (including a campus visit) and a next steps assembly

13. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Sixth form
Next stage preparation
Applications for:
UCAS
Apprenticeships
Jobs
Volunteering and/or work experience
All students to participate in voluntary work/work experience as part of their extra-curricular programme
Careers advice
Careers service used for key students including all possible NEETs

14. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
External events
Big Bang – Year 8 and Year 9
Apprenticeship fair
Monthly careers slot from a visiting speaker

15. What are we doing at NFS to help support this?
Enrichment
Employability skills have become a big focus of the enrichment programme. Students will now complete a log of the employability skills that have been covered within their enrichment sessions.

16. Apprenticeships
There have been big changes to the way in which Apprenticeships are due to be run nationally
If an employer has a pay bill over £3 million each year they will be required to offer apprenticeships.
Companies are expected to take on a higher proportion of apprentices from May 2017 when the new laws are introduced

17. As an apprentice students will: work alongside experienced staff
gain job-specific skills
earn a wage and get holiday pay
study towards a related qualification (usually one day a week)
Apprenticeships take 1 to 4 years to complete depending on their level.
Levels of apprenticeship
Apprenticeships have equivalent educational levels.
Name
Level
Equivalent educational level
Intermediate 2
5 GCSE passes at grades A* to C
Advanced 3
2 A level passes
Higher
4,5,6 and 7
Foundation degree and above
Degree
6 and 7
Bachelor’s or master’s degree

18. Any questions?