Careers information and guidance
BBG Academy is committed to ensuring that students receive first class guidance, support and opportunities that will help their future decision making in all aspects of further education, training, employment and higher education. The Leadership Team, along with the pastoral team ensure a full careers program is delivered to prepare pupils for their next step and help guide them with their decisions.
As a school, we subscribe to a software package called Unifrog. This will prove beneficial for all students in helping with their career ideas and choices. Students get sessions delivered on Unifrog either weekly (Years 7 & 8) or fortnightly (Years 9-11), interacting with the online package and/or accessing the career and subject of the month.
We measure the impact of our careers programme on our young people by tracking students' destinations and their progression to their next stage, and by measuring our NEET figures regularly.
For anyone interested in technical qualifications, including apprenticeships, the IfATE Occupational maps are an interactive tool that can be used to explore possible careers and their entry routes. The information is kept up to date and has been developed by industry leading experts. This can be found here: Home / Skills England
Careers Education Learning Journey
Useful Links for Parents and Students
www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-parents-guide-to-apprenticeships
https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-careers
https://www.ucas.com/what-are-my-options
https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/advice/a-level-choices/a-levels-or-btecs-which-should-you-take
Support for parents and guardians (apprenticeships.gov.uk)
Home | The Parents' Guide to | Parenting teenagers (theparentsguideto.co.uk)
Meet the Team
C&K Careers Advisor
Associate Assistant Principal
To contact the careers team:
If you are an external provider and wish to contact the academy, please see our Access Provider Policy
If you are a parent and wish to discuss careers:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01274 871225
If you are a student and wish to discuss careers, please contact your Form Tutor or Head of Year.
Our C&K careers adviser supports students by:
- providing information, advice and guidance on careers, college, sixth form, apprenticeships and University;
- offering one-to-one appointments, group sessions and the opportunity to drop-in at the small meeting room during lunchtime to ask questions, pick up information and discuss your plans;
- attending parents’ evenings, options evening and exam prep evenings to meet with you, your parents and carers;
- providing the latest school, college and apprenticeship destinations information of students that left BBG Academy last year.
If you are a young person living in Calderdale or Kirklees and need careers information, advice and guidance but are unable to get in touch with your C+K careers adviser in school, you can also talk to a C+K adviser via the C+K Chat service. Advisers can help with your next steps including:
- Choosing subjects in Year 8 or Year 9
- Exploring post-16 or post-18 options
- Applications to sixth form or college
- Applications for jobs and apprenticeships
- Writing a CV
- Information about different courses, careers and qualifications.
You can contact a C+K careers adviser via the Chat service, Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm. There are lots of ways to contact the Chat service:
- Call: 01484 213856 · email: [email protected] · or use our Facebook messenger service: www.facebook.com/CKCareers
Information for Employers
Could you support the academy and our young people to have better informed choices?
New British evidence shows that the more employer engagements a young person has in school the less likely they are to become NEET (Not in education, employment or training). They have improved confidence in progression towards their ultimate career goals and over their lifetime their earnings are higher than those with fewer contact opportunities.
We are keen that our students can access opportunities first-hand to experience and learn about the world of work. Direct contact with you can ensure our young people, and their families, have realistic and relevant information available to them about the jobs of the future and the pathways to them.
There are a number of ways to engage with our young people i.e. attendance at a careers fair, a talk in the academy, mock interviews or even the setting of a business or enterprise challenge.
This is an opportunity to:
- highlight the job roles and career opportunities within your business or sector;
- help develop a talent pipeline for your business or sector;
- showcase your business to potential customers or influencers;
- achieve some of your CSR or Responsible Business objectives;
- offer a staff development activity, particularly for Apprentices around their communication and presentation skills;
- create PR opportunities highlighting your work supporting young people and the wider community.
If you would like an informal chat to discuss your ideas please contact Luke Elcock, Assistant Headteacher and Careers Leader [email protected]
