Career Support
The Careers Team
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Careers Guidance Leader
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Ms Gail Mackle Tel: 01947 601901 |
Overview of careers at Whitby School
Our careers programme ensures our pupils have the chance to explore their career options in a supportive environment through workshops, assemblies, visits from and to employers, universities and colleges, using our career’s platform Unifrog, PSE lessons and work experience.
We also explore employability skills in Year 7 leading onto how to write and speak about these skills through the later years, in preparation for job and apprenticeship applications.
Pupils in Years 11, 12 and 13 also have one-to-one career meetings with our level 7 qualified careers adviser, Ms Mackle, as well as UCAS help and support in the Sixth Form.
You can access our whole school careers programme here. This is reviewed at the beginning of each year, taking into account the impact of the programme on our pupil’s progression. This is assessed through pupil, parent and visitor feedback.
If you have a career related question or would like your child to have an early careers appointment, please contact Ms Mackle.
Gatsby Benchmarks
Our careers programme is based on the eight Gatsby Benchmarks:
- a stable careers programme
- learning from career and labour market information – please click HERE to access a guide to labour market information. You can check labour market information for most jobs HERE
- addressing the needs of each pupil/student
- linking curriculum learning to careers – our subjects in careers document can be found HERE
- encounters with employers and employees
- experience of workplaces
- encounters with further and higher education
- personal guidance – Ms Gail Mackle – Level 7 certificated in Careers and Guidance – independent advice offered.
- we evaluate our performance against the Gatsby Benchmarks each term and even though we are hitting 100% in every benchmark, we continue to improve our provision and add new activities on an ongoing basis.
Post 16 Options
Local provider information HERE
T-level Information
T-levels are a post GCSE qualification, they are equivalent to three A-levels but are more positioned as a technical qualification which will lead to a job. However, you can still go on to university if you have them. More information about them can be found HERE
Apprenticeship Information
Pupils can go into apprenticeships from the age of 16. There are various levels of apprenticeships and you can find out information about them HERE. Information about applying for apprenticeships can be found HERE and some hints and tips for applications HERE.
You can search for apprenticeships HERE and find out more about the higher and degree apprenticeship listings HERE.
Parent support
What Are the Options Post 16?
We want to involve parents in all aspects of careers. The National Careers Week Parents Guide 2025 can be found here. This guide includes information about:
- The main options and qualifications
- Apprenticeships and Traineeship
- The importance of skills and qualifications
- Jobs and how they are changing
General Advice
Another handy guide for parents can be found here – the Parents guide to what’s next.
We realise that young people face choices at different stages of their education. This guide offers support for some of these choices – Choices-Booklet
Apprenticeships
Below are a series of articles and guides about apprenticeships – whether post 16 or post 18 – to help you decide if that might be the right route for your child, as well as the process of applying for an apprenticeship:
- Parents Guide to Apprenticeships
- Parents guide to helping apply for an apprenticeship
- Parents Guide to National Apprenticeship week 2024
- Apprenticeship Guide 2024
- https://www.talkingfutures.org.uk/
- National Apprenticeships Service – parents pack and guide can be found here – Apprenticeships parents and carers pack
- The website Amazing Apprenticeships has lots of useful information for parents. You can access the website here and read the latest edition of the
- Choices magazine, which is a guide to apprenticeships and technical education here.
- Labour Market Information (LMI) can be found here: https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/careerometer/
Useful Links
UCAS Adviser Widget
LMI Widget - Learning about the labour market is an important part of choosing your career. It can help you to find out how much your salary might be, where the best parts of the country are for employment in your chosen career and also how competitive it might be to get into your career. You can find out this information and more in the careers library in Unifrog or you can use this quick and easy Careerometer!