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Careers and Guidance

Welcome to Southgate School’s Careers Education page. Here you will find information about our school's Careers Policy and Careers Programme.

 

We will update this page regularly so please check for updates on what is happening within school for all things careers-related.

 

Policies:

 

Careers Education Policy

Baker Clause

Careers Plan 2020-2021

 

Labour Market Information:

 

This section of the page provides up-to-date labour market information for our local area. Labour Market Information is useful to help research future jobs in the local area, understand the skills needed for certain roles and the demand for future employment. LMI means finding out the following things about different job roles or career pathways:

 

What do people actually do in this job / industry?

 

How many people work in this job / industry?

 

How much do people get paid in this job / industry?

 

What qualifications do I need to do this job?

 

What skills or qualities do I need to do this job?

 

What are the typical working hours for this job?

 

What percentage of men / women work in this job / industry?

 

Where can this job / industry take me in the future?

 

Where are these jobs located around the country?

 

How many of these jobs will there be in the future?

 

LMI helps to break down the complex ‘world of work’ and crucially for young people, LMI also covers future demand – what kinds of jobs will be in demand after leaving school and what kinds of skills will be needed.

 

Useful LMI sources:

 

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157261/report.aspx?pc=n12

 

https://careerslondon.org/LMI-London

https://www.ucas.com/ucas/after-gcses/find-career-ideas/explore-jobs

 

https://careersmart.org.uk/occupations

 

Unifrog:

 

We are very excited to announce that all students of Southgate School now have access to Unifrog; the complete destinations platform. It is a one-stop-shop for students across and a place where students can compare every university course, apprenticeship and FE course in the UK as well as university in 30 other countries across the world. They can also access labour market information and advice on careers and subjects for all routes.

 

Unifrog will help students to record and evidence the key activities they participate in, the competencies they develop and assist them in preparing their CVs and personal statements.

 

 

Work experience

 

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, information and advice about careers is changing and many students are unable to have experiences with employers and employees (Gatsby Benchmark 5), gain experiences of the workplace (Gatsby Benchmark 6) and have Encounters with Further and Higher Education (Gatsby Benchmark 7). Advances in technology means that students can replicate some of the experience they are not able to gain so please see below for some useful links to organisations that are providing virtual experiences and encourage your son/daughter to access these over time.

 

Virtual platforms for Work Experience:

 

 

Other useful platforms:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Documents Date  
Baker Clause 28th Sep 2021 Download
Careers Education Information and Guidan... 28th Sep 2021 Download
Labour Market Information 28th Sep 2021 Download
Southgate School Careers Plan 28th Sep 2021 Download
What is Unifrog 28th Sep 2021 Download