The role of the Careers department is to provide impartial information, advice, and guidance to support you to feel confident to make your next step after Year 11.
At Bristol Metropolitan Academy, we have several opportunities to broaden your wider development and support you on your chosen career path.
Careers throughout Bristol Metropolitan Academy:
Key Stage 3
Your careers programme will help you to:
- Explain how the world of work is changing and recognise the skills needed to be successful in the future.
- Name your likes, dislikes and what you are good at.
- Support you to recognise and develop your achievements, qualities, skills, and abilities.
- Start to plan your future, setting targets and goals.
- Decide what you want to study at KS4 based on accurate information.
- Name the people/organisations who can help when you want information and advice on life and career matters.
- Look at what can influence your future plans, both positive and negative and identify ways in which you can overcome any negative barriers.
Key Stage 4
Your careers programme will help you to:
- Use available resources to investigate careers and the range of options after Year 11.
- Name and describe the options available after Year 11.
- Investigate pathways into jobs, including apprenticeships and university routes.
- Speak to a range of people including employers, educational establishments, and Professional organisations to help inform your career planning and decision making.
- Research various jobs and recognise how the world of work is changing.
- Develop employability skills.
- Use what you know about yourself to help plan what you want to do in the future.
- Identify possible barriers to you achieving your plans and look at ways to overcome them.
- Make decisions about your future, discuss your plans at a careers interview and set goals and targets.
- Successfully move into a planned progression route, such as sixth form, college, or apprenticeship.
Bristol Metropolitan Academy believes in a strong aspirational focus of support for our young people to reach and fulfil their potential. We are committed to offering a comprehensive and dynamic careers provision for all students across KS3 and KS4.
Supporting your child with their Post 16 options
Find out more:
Visit the Parent and carer section of the Career Pilot website to find out more: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/parent-zone
Support our Careers Programme:
Please do not hesitate to contact Mr Price (SLT strategic lead) or Miss Oatway (CEE Lead) if you would like to participate in our careers provision.
Bristol Metropolitan Academy welcomes requests from Businesses, Employers, Higher Education, Further Education, and Training Providers to meet with our students for the purposes of inspiring students to believe in themselves, to support students to achieve outstanding results and to advise students on how to become successful members of the local, national and international community.
Examples of meaningful opportunities for students might include, but are not restricted to:
- Assemblies
- Guest speakers who are industry specialists.
- Careers and Employability lessons
- Attendance of local post 16 providers at key parents/support evenings.
- “Pop up shops” (informal lunchtime information and advice stands)
- Mentoring/Coaching
- House Team / Extra Curricular activities
- Staff professional development
- All staff INSET/Conference Day workshops.
Bristol Metropolitan Academy is a large, successful and modern Academy with a curriculum to ensure that students achieve well in all subjects; opening doors to their future. The highest expectations and standards create a professional and purposeful atmosphere that supports and inspires all students to achieve. Outstanding pastoral care removes barriers to learning and supports students to develop personally into individuals that make significant contributions to their community and beyond.
Management of provider access requests
A provider wishing to request access to Bristol Metropolitan Academy will need to make contact as far in advance as possible and at least a minimum of two calendar months ahead of any dates that an academy is being asked to consider.
Provider Access Policy
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