The careers Lead at Turing House School is Miss Helen Brennan.Miss Brennan can be reached via email: info@turinghouseschool.org.uk or on 0208 0696100. Click here for further information on the careers Programme 2020/21 parental employer careers welcome pack . See Mrs Brennan's new cool website here
Our strategy has been developed in line with the DfE document: Careers strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents (4th December 2017)
We want to create a stronger, fairer society in which people from all backgrounds can realise their potential. A thriving careers system, that is accessible to everyone, is at the heart of our focus on social mobility. We must break down the barriers to progress that too many people in our country face today, and give young people the skills to get on in life. Our careers strategy will support everyone, whatever their age, to go as far as their talents will take them and have a rewarding career. - The Rt Hon Anne Milton MP Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills and Minister for Women
CEIAG has a focus on six attributes, skills or actions needed to achieve career goals and aspirations. The six areas can be nicely organised into the word ‘Career’:
Further Reading:
We are aware that the job market is forever evolving so if you ever see a gap in our provision please contact us.
The aim of our CEIAG programme is to provide all students with a range of opportunities to develop in this area, within and beyond the curriculum, and to ensure that staff, governors, families and the wider community are involved in securing high aspirations for each and every student. Our THS Careers program web version.pdf is becoming an integral element of the Turing House curriculum, providing all students with the careers education, information, advice and guidance that they need to realise the most ambitious of aspirations. We develop this at all key stages as follows:
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 5
We run a careers cafe after school, in which we invite members of our community to talk about their career and the journey that led them there. We also choose a soft, transferable skill as a focus of the evening. So far we have covered Team Work and Communication. To date we have had speakers from the following fields;
Session 1 |
Session 2* |
Fire service Carpentry Midwifery English Cricket Board |
Please click on the links to access the resources if you were not able to make our careers talks *(further presentation links to follow shortly). If you would like to volunteer to give a talk please complete the attached form: Engagement Form
Other Providers
Turing House welcomes the involvement of other education providers to enable our students to access the widest range of appropriate courses. Involvement of these other institutions is covered by our Provider Access Policy
Gatsby Benchmarks
In order to meet our statutory requirements with CEIAG we use the Gatsby benchmarks to guide our policy and practice. The eight benchmarks are;
For further information about the Turing House School Careers Programme please access our website link below: