Careers Education

Careers guidance is an important part of what we provide at Sir Thomas Fremantle School. We aim to prepare our students to be ready for further or higher education, or skilled employment, and enable them to make great contributions to society. Students will require more than just a great set of exam results to create secure job opportunities, so we use our careers provision to develop key skills and attributes to enable this to happen. 

This includes ensuring that students know about the range of different educational pathways that they can follow; including college, universities and apprenticeships. We aim to prepare our students for the world, so they can make a valuable contribution to society.

It also recognised that it is important to open our students’ eyes to the range of options for careers that are open to them. To do this we need to expose the students to a wide range of different occupations and work places which aims to increase motivation, aspiration and achievement amongst all students

We do this through the following:

  • Our subject specialists embed careers within their curriculum to spark enthusiasm for their subject and demonstrate relatable contexts

  • Our ever-growing list of external contacts means we are able to make use of external speakers from various workplaces and higher or further educational establishments

  • Tailored trips, such as local and national career fairs or workplace visits.

  • Access to the UNIFROG platform 

  • Independent careers advisors - Adviza. They are an independent organisation that provide independent advice and guidance. They contribute to our PSHE programme and provide individual guidance in school for year 11. They are also available to offer advice at year 9 and year 11 parents evenings.

Careers Lead: Mr Lorne Murray
Email: lorne.murray@sirthomasfremantle.org
Phone: 01296 711853

Skillsometer

Skillsometer can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future.

  • You will be presented with a series of statements.

  • Select the emoji that shows how you feel about each statement.

  • You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.

Careerometer

Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers.

It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.

  • Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you.

  • You can then look up another two occupations and compare.

  • You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected.

Labour Market

Labour market information is another large aspect within the careers programme here at Sir Thomas Fremantle. Labour Market Information for both national and local data can help inform career decisions for students. Please click here to view the local market information for Buckinghamshire to support understanding on which elements of the employment market are expanding.

Other Resources

Please use the external links below to support careers exploration for students and their parents/carers.

We welcome the involvement of other providers and employers in the enhancement of our careers programme and below is our provider access statement. Please click below to view a statement that sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to students at the school for the purposes of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.