Transcript Careers Information for Parents

Aim
To give an overview of the key issues impacting
upon student in yr. 10-13
Who makes the
decision about your
child’s future?
School
Parents
Student
Employers
Academic institutions
Other
How do they make
that decision?
KS4
Y10
6th Form
Y11
GCSEs
Y12
Y13
A levels
Employment
Vocational
Further
Education
Colleges
Apprenticeships
GCSEs
Day release
college
GCSEs
Day release
college
A levels
Key decision points
University
course
University
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Key Themes
Context of Yr. 10-11
U-Explore
College, 6th Form and ApprenticeshipsRaising the Participation Age
University
Outline Business Week
Introduce Work Experience
Outline careers fair
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Careers interviews
Parents
Grandparents
Teachers
How have you got to where you are?
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In time at Ashcombe taught
Premier League footballer
BBC actor
An ex head boy who supported Barrack Obama
The youngest chocolatier in the country
Musicians, Artists, Millionaires, Entrepreneurs, Dr’s,
Lawyers…
Exceptional examples but there are many more
Key ethos- ambitions can be achieved through hard
work, self belief, reflection and accurate information
Mantra for business week-”It is an exciting world and
there is a place for you”
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1) I keep saying that you will never make
anything of yourself without qualifications
2) I’m so concerned that they have no idea
what to do
3) It’s all very well be interested in …. But
there aren’t any jobs.
4) We don’t need to think about careers as we
know that … will do A-Levels and then Uni.
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Key Issues for parents
1) Encouraging children yet risking accusations
of interfering
2) Complexity of range of qualifications
3) Quality Information about career pathways
4) The fear of the cost of University
5) Rapidly changing job market- expansion of
creative jobs is of particular importance
6) Vocational V academic- apprenticeships and
school leavers programmes are altering the face
of apprenticeships
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Youth unemployment and number of NEETS
Uncertain employment patterns particularly
compared to when we were growing up
University tuition fees
Constant pressure and belittling of student
achievements
Rising Participation Age
Qualification changes
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High level of parent anxiety
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Children will remember comments particularly regarding
expectations and careers
Mr Ketley described the solution focussed approach- all students
want to do well and some find it more difficult to succeed
Students need to discover their own identity and be affirmed
in it, they are unique and valued whatever their grade point
average
Key- everyone has strengths and talents and it is our role to try
and find them and affirm them
Students have to have ownership
The more we make the decisions for them and protect them
from the consequences, the more we stop them from growing
up.
Parents need to help in supporting the conversation, information
gathering and practical organisation
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Get an Uncle, Auntie, or family friend to discuss
careers
Talk about your own experiences at this time- are
you happy with the choices you made
Find out when open days and events are
Offer to help with application process
You know your child better than anyone – help with
writing a personal statement that describes them not
someone else that they think is perfect
Listen to ideas even if they don’t fit in with your
career path or perception
Recognise that a lack of motivation is often a result of
panic and fear and an inability to get started
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U-Explore
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
Children will have log in details
Can use to search careers and courses
Can save findings
Good exercise to see what jobs are available
Get in touch if you have problems with this
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https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/P
ages/Home.aspx
Lots of services including phone lineCall 0800 100 900
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Sarah Comerford is here tonight
All students hopefully get an interview
We will send invite in post- gives ideas of
preparation that will help the interview
[email protected]
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Students currently doing a PSE programme on
careers
Colleges will visit school
Students will have the opportunity to visit
colleges
6th form summer programme: UCAS,
Strengthscope, Stamford Test,
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2013- over 150 exhibitors including Universities,
Colleges and parent volunteers
This year- Universities include Oxford,
Cambridge, Glasgow, Nottingham, Exeter, and
London
All local colleges
School Leavers Programme including, Civil
Service, BDO, Hendersons,
100 or so parent volunteers
Preparation sheets will come out before the
summer
No other school I know of is doing something on
this scale
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http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/04info/06-careers.shtml
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September – October- application for post 16
Ashcombe offers A levels and a Cambridge
Technical in Business
Open Evening
Mr Robinson and 6th form team interview
students
Application by December 2014- put
application in as you can apply to multiple
places
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East Surrey College- close relationshipimpressive site with growing art and creative
facilities
Guildford College
Nescot
All colleges are visited regularly by the school
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Information has been complex
Now have a good working relationship with
ALPS
http://www.alpsurrey.co.uk/
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
Positions are advertised
Will have talk post summer
Talk at careers fair on apprenticeships
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◦ Changing perception amongst some due
to tuition fees
◦ Cost
◦ No tuition fees upfront
The main types of finance are tuition fee
and maintenance loans (which have to be
paid back), and grants and bursaries (which
don’t).
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They can get a Tuition Fee Loan of up to £9,000
to cover tuition fees, while Maintenance Loans
and Maintenance Grants help towards their living
costs such as rent and bills. How much student
finance they can get depends on your household
income — that is, the income of you, your
partner and any dependants.
There’s also extra support for those with special
circumstances, for example, if they have children
or adult dependants, a disability, long-term
health condition, mental-health condition, or
specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia or
dyspraxia.
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Your child won’t have to repay their loan amount
until they’ve left university or college and their
income is over £404 per week, £1,750 per month
or £21,000 a year. They’ll then repay 9% of their
income over these amounts. If your child’s
income drops below these thresholds, all
repayments stop automatically.
Employers deduct repayments through PAYE just
like tax and National Insurance contributions. If
they’re self-employed, the amount your child
repays is calculated through self assessment and
is paid directly by
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Interest is charged on your child’s loan from
the day their first payment is made until their
loan is repaid in full or written off, whichever
is first.
The amount of interest charged is the rate of
inflation based on the Retail Price Index (RPI)
plus up to 3%, depending on their income.
Any loan remaining after 30 years is written
off.
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http://www.sfengland.slc.co.uk/media/4945
09/sfe_parents_quick_guide_1314_d.pdf
A calculator that suggests the level of the
loan students can get
https://www.gov.uk/student-financecalculator
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Likely to earn far more in long term
Vital for key professions
Fantastic experience
Opportunity to really stretch individual
academically
The debt is at a low level of interest
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What course is being studied- needs to be a
considered choice
Will some be more intimidated by debt?
What are you getting for your money?
How much do tuition fees cost in other countries- eg
In Netherlands 1835 Euros
Key- research
http://www.ucas.com/
University Guide
http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league
-tables/rankings
Guardian Table
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2013/ju
n/03/university-league-table-2014
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East Surrey College and Art Foundation
Music Colleges
Large number of students have gone down
this path to considerable success
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School Leavers programme
Rapidly expanding alternative
Number of companies involved including
major accountancy firms, engineering, IT…
http://www.studentladder.co.uk/SchoolLeaver-Programs/school-leaverprograms.html
Big feature of our careers fair
Learn and earn
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Increasing number of post 18 apprenticeships
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Phone University admissions in relation to
A_Level choices
Look through the websites
Go to Open Days now
Speak to the Universities at the Careers Fair
Look at which companies are doing the
School Leavers programme
What would you say if your child came back
and said they wanted to do something you
regarded as wrong?
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Business Week
July
Students take part in 3 business games
Interview by volunteers on Wednesday
Students will be applying for a post in one of
the business games
Have several guest speakers into outline
various aspects of business and finance
Key- please don’t spend large amounts of
money for the Wednesday interview
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Letters will be sent home outlining process in
two weeks
Large number of schools now don’t do this
Feedback from students is very positive
Works well when students get a position that
is linked to their strengths
Cost of work experience
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I am around after the talk along with Sarah
Comerford
E-mail
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Phone National Careers site
Look at U-Explore
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Hopefully people now have an idea of where
information is and what the school are doing
School is providing guidance
Careers Fair is fantastic opportunity to find
out more
Key- careers reflection is a long process and
needs to be on-going
Children can panic about the future and need
support
The best choices allow students to match
choices to their strengths and values.