George Dixon Academy

Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9GD

contact@georgedixonacademy.com

0121 566 6565

Parents and Carers

Useful Links

There is a Careers Hub which is well stocked with resource materials for students to access careers information, and all information is shared to give the best possible Impartial Advice and Guidance for every student. This is supplemented with materials available to students via the Academy computer network and carefully chosen website guidance.
 
The Academy has built partnerships with a range of employers, for example Deloitte, KPMG, Binding Site, NHS, West Midlands Police, and with the Department of Work and Pensions to provide employer engagement and work related experiences to set our students’ learning in context, to foster ambition and to support forward planning.
 
The Academy works with a range of universities from across the country to ensure that our students have the best access to guidance towards higher education. We have a partnership with the University of Exeter which has enabled many students to attend residentials, experience university life and to have personal mentoring to support their ambitions to study at Russell Group universities.
Careers Information is reviewed termly

CEIAG timeline 

Year

Key CEIAG activities

Year 13

Year 13 UCAS application support including tutoring, mentoring, references and progress chasing;  UCAS Academy Event; networking careers support at parents evening; targeted UCAS tutoring by subject specialists and postgraduates; information and support on university schemes eg A2B

Year 12

Deloitte Business Exercise; Exeter Residential; work experience; IAG sessions; UCAS Fair NEC; UCAS Academy Event; Careers Fair NEC; university outreach input to IAG; networking careers support at parents evening; personal careers interviews  and guidance; Social Mobility Foundation; summer schools

Year 11

Year 11 guidance and personal interview; year 11 Next Steps and tracking applications; careers drop in sessions; assemblies; careers support at parents evening; UCAS Academy Event; targeted post 16 transition support; family liaison; results day interviews for year 11 leavers; September follow up for year 11 leavers; form time Careers Development Programme

Year 10

Exeter residential (including Careers Advisor residential support);  parental application support for Exeter;  Next Steps programme introduced in year 10; careers support at parents evening; UCAS Academy event; Skills Show visit; CV development; START profile development; form time Careers Development Programme

Year 9

Careers Event – employer engagement workshop and personal impact workshop with Barclays Lifeskills; workshop with Work Pays on apprenticeships and different routes post 16; planning for year 10 work experience; careers support at parents evening; START profile development; form time Careers Development Programme

Year 8

Careers awareness; assemblies about careers; employer engagement; form time Careers Development Programme; parents evening Careers Advisor support ; START profile development; Aspire to Aston programme

Year 7

Careers awareness; assemblies about careers; employer engagement; form time Careers Development Programme; parents evening Careers Advisor support ; START registration and introduction; Aspire to Aston programme

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