Careers

At Chertsey High School we are committed to ensuring all students have access to impartial careers advice, support in school and access to employers and the workplace.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any specific careers queries. Our named Careers Lead:

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Impartial careers advice in school is provided by Innervate, an independent career services company who provide personal guidance for students within schools in surrey. We also work closely with the local Enterprise Coordinator, Adam Watts, from Enterprise M3 LEP and our Enterprise Adviser, Mandeep Shokar.  This is a government funded service to support our growing Careers provision here at CHS. Our careers program is based on, and built around, the Gatsby Benchmarks as recommended in the DfE’s Careers Strategy (December 2017) and the Statutory Guidance for Careers (January 2018).

The 8 benchmarks are outlined below:

1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

Careers in the curriculum

Students at CHS can expect to encounter careers integration from the start of Year 7 through to their completion in Year 11. The main aims of this programme are to:

• Incorporate awareness of career prospects for students into the curriculum of all subjects, through the use of career champions.
• Provide a planned programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance for students of all ages
• Give access to independent and impartial information on opportunities in learning and work
• Give individualised careers guidance and support.
• Provide experience of the workplace to develop key employability skills.
• Identify and reduce the likelihood, through a variety of interventions, of students becoming NEET when they leave us.
• Ensure students have interactions with a variety of colleges, training providers, employers and universities in order to make informed decisions.

Local Market Information September 2020

The Office for National Statistics regularly produces the latest Local Market Information (LMI) for our area. This information covers West Surrey and Hampshire, and gives interesting detail about the jobs market that our students will be entering when they leave education with us in Year 11. 

What can I do?  Students and parents 

Exposure to workforce advice doesn’t need to just come from within the school walls, some of the biggest turning points in your child’s life will be made while sat around the table talking to them. There are some amazing websites and resources that are free to use and offer some invaluable advice and guidance beyond the confines of school. Throughout the year we will be advertising updates and new resources that come available, below are some useful tools to get you started.

What can I do? Employers 

We are always on the search for new and creative ways to engage our students in learning about the labour market, below are some of the ways in which you can get involved.

If you, or someone you know, would be able to volunteer your time to us, or are simply interested and would like some more information, please get in contact with Mr Corry.

Click Here To Download our Careers Policy

Click Here To Download New Local Market Information Banner

Career Interviews

Year 7 Career Information

Year 8 Career Information

Year 9 Career Information

Year 10 Career Information

How2Become

Skillsometer

Careerometer

Teach Tom

Apprenticeships