Careers Information and Guidance
Our careers programme provides a wide variety of information, experiences and opportunities to support each students as they make decisions about their future. It aims to ensure that every student can make a successful move into their next destination.
We provide a personalised approach. We work with each student to understand their aspirations and interests, so that we can best support them as they make decisions about their career path. Our broad curriculum and personal development offer builds each student's confidence and skills, so that they can be ambitious in their choices.
Heath School Careers team
Heath School has a dedicated careers team who work closely together to plan, implement and review the impact of the careers offer. If you require any information about the careers offer at Heath or would like other information, advice or guidance please contact the careers team below.
• Kirsti Byrne - Director of Personal Development Kirsti.byrne@heath.h3federation.org.uk
• Evon Antwi - Careers Lead Evon.antwi@heath.h3federation.org.uk 07961154020
• Tina Mahon - Qualified Career’s Advisor Tina.mahon@camden.gov.uk
The Core Offer
The core offer for all students includes:
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1-1 meetings with a qualified careers advisor in school and a progression plan
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1-1 meetings with Heath’s careers lead.
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Access to careers and labour market information through tutor time
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Meeting employers and education providers at our annual career’s fair
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PSHE lessons - Dreams & Goals which support students to explore their future pathways
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Offsite and onsite experiences of the workplace
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Half termly student review day - opportunity for parents/carers to meet with Careers Lead
Key Stage 4 Students
For Key Stage 4 students we also offer:
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Work experience
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Mock interviews
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Supported visits to colleges, training providers and further education establishments
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Support with applications and interviews.
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Transition support to post-16 provision
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Employability sessions - CV, job applications, job interviews etc
In Partnership With Parents
Working in partnership with parents is key to successful transitions for our students. We make sure all parents and carers are fully informed about the careers activities available for their child at Heath. This includes:
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Written feedback from the Careers Advisor after each 1 to 1 session, including sharing the progression plan with parents
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Coffee mornings where you can meet the careers team and find out about what's on offer
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Transition meetings in Year 11 to plan the support for student’s transitions
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And an invitation to our Heath School Careers Fair
“The school really listens, and it's giving me chances to do the things I’m interested in when I leave school.”
– Shiya, Heath School student
Please click on the tabs below, for lots more Careers information. Thank you.
Useful websites for students and parents
You can also find useful information on the website links here.
National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities, supported by a qualified careers advisor
Careers Start is a website created to help 11- to 24-year olds discover and explore careers they will love.
Start Profile - a website designed to support young people to match their skills, interests and personality to careers - presented as a game
iCould has a range of video clips showing real people talking about their jobs and careers.
Careerpilot highlights your choices at 14, 16 and 18, explores different job sectors and how you can study and work at the same time – even to university level.
Success At School is a national careers website which helps students make informed decisions about their future, and connects them with employers and universities
How to become shares information about pathways into a variety of careers
Not Going To Uni - careers and apprenticeship advice
Youth Employment UK – Get In Go Far. Work based routes into employment
Talking Futures - A parent’s Toolkit for Careers conversations
Our Careers Offer 2023-24
Careers Curriculum: Intent, Implementation & Impact
Monitoring & Evaluation
We strive to continually improve our careers offer to our students.
The Careers lead submits a termly Compass report to the Central London Careers Hub. This Compass Report evaluates the school’s compliance against each of the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks. The Report provides information about the strengths and areas for development of the Careers offer at Heath School, and this analysis is used to develop our offer to students.
Bi-annual feedback from parents, guardians, students and staff provides valuable information about the quality of the offer and how it is experienced. This feedback is analysed to inform future planning for the careers offer.
A designated Heath Governor has responsibility for oversight of the quality of the careers offer and the Careers Team reports to Governors on student destination data and compliance with the Gatsby benchmarks.
Students' destinations are monitored for a 3-year period, and a sustained post-16 placement is a key indicator of the success of the careers programme. Destination data is also analysed to better understand the pathways that students take when they leave Heath so that we can continuously develop our offer.
Course Directory 2024
View Our Gatsby Benchmarks
Gatsby Benchmark |
Description |
How Heath School Alternative Provision supports this Benchmark |
| A STABLE CAREERS PROGRAMME | Every school and college should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by students, parents, teachers, governors and employers. |
See curriculum audit (on Compass platform) |
| LEARNING FROM CAREER AND LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION | Every student, and their parents, should have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. They will need the support of an informed adviser to make best use of available information. |
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| ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF EACH STUDENT | Students have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each student. A school’s careers programme should embed equality and diversity considerations throughout. |
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| LINKING CURRICULUM LEARNING TO CAREERS | All teachers should link curriculum learning with careers. STEM subject teachers should highlight the relevance of STEM subjects for a wide range of future career paths. |
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| ENCOUNTERS WITH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES | Every student should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace. This can be through a range of enrichment activities including visiting speakers, mentoring and enterprise schemes. |
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| EXPERIENCES OF WORKPLACES | Every student should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities, and expand their networks. |
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| ENCOUNTERS WITH FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION | All students should understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace. |
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| PERSONAL GUIDANCE | Every student should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a career adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level. These should be available whenever significant study or career choices are being made. They should be expected for all students but should be timed to meet their individual needs. |
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