THE CAREERS SERVICE
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CHGS CAREERS DEPARTMENT (with Young Enterprise)
Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) is central to the school curriculum. The aim of our careers programme is to ensure that students:
- understand themselves ie their qualities and skills
- have a knowledge of the opportunities available to them
- become effective career decisions makers.
CEIAG is delivered by both discrete and integrated methods. Students in Key Stages 3 and 4 study Employability as part of Learning for Life and Work. The focus on Personal Career Planning (PCP) begins in Year 10 in preparation for GCSE Subject Choices.
At Key Stage 5 students have timetabled Careers classes where they have opportunity to prepare university applications, have practice interviews/presentations and consider issues relating to student finance.
All Year 13 students undertake five days compulsory work placement, in a career area which interests them.
Post A Level study the majority of our students enter higher education. The Queen’s University of Belfast and the University of Ulster are the most popular destinations. A number choose to attend universities in England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
Overview of career activities undertaken:
- Work Experience/Shadowing
- Career Planning Seminars
- University Open Days/Visits
- Interview Skills training
- Careers Fair
- Careers Advice and Guidance Interviews
- Northern Ireland Careers Service Interviews
- Industry Ambassadors
- Young Enterprise Programmes
- Sentinus Programmes
Young Enterprise in Cambridge House Grammar School
One of the aims of the Business Studies and Careers Departments in school is that all pupils will have the opportunity to take part in at least one Young Enterprise Programme during their academic career. Typically, pupils will take part in a programme at each Key Stage. The programmes we use are as follows:
Programme | Year Group |
Company Programme Enterprise in Action Learn to Earn Personal Economics Presenting Yourself Project Business Young Enterprise Nine Your School Your Business | Year 13 Year 11 Business Studies Year 11 Year 12 Year 14 Year 10 Year 9 Year 8 |
Company Programme
Ø Run, on an extra curricular basis, over 1 academic year
Ø Students gain practical experience of business and enterprise through setting up and running their own real company
Ø Students elect a board of directors from amongst their peers, raise share capital, market and finance a real product or service of their own choice and sell it to the public
Ø The company designs and makes a product or service to sell to the public
Ø They learn by doing, coping with a changing and evolving business, developing essential skills such as teamwork, communication, problem solving, managing risk, creativity, innovation and leadership
Ø OCR Certificate in Enterprise
The Competition
Ø Young Enterprise companies take part in a series of high profile local and regional Competitions, involving:
o The production of a business report
o Compilation of a set of final accounts
o Presentation } to a team of judges made
o Interview } up of leading business people
A Proctor
Head of Department