CAREERS SUPPORT

Our careers support program supports young people to make positive, informed and aspirational choices about their futures with high-quality, expert careers advice

Aasiya Hassan
Aasiya Hassan

Head of Careers, Higher Education and Work Experience

Careers Support

Building a bright future for your students

Our team of Level 6 qualified careers advisors:

  • Bring deep expertise in the local education environment, employment opportunities and higher education options, equipping students with the knowledge to make informed decisions about their futures.
  • Provide support for students at critical points in their progression through years 8 to 13.
  • Conduct one-to-one interviews, assemblies, group sessions, parents’ evenings, and team days to meet whole- cohort and individual students’ needs. 

Careers advice for secondary schools

Supporting young people to make positive, informed and aspirational choices about their futures with high-quality, expert careers advice.

Work Experience

Providing students with critical employability skills and relevant career experience through a uniquely tailored, high-quality work experience package.

Aimhigher: Higher Education and Employment

Encouraging and enabling more young people to access higher education and to take up professional work opportunities. This innovative programme inspires young people and helps raise aspirations, by exposing students to senior industry professionals, relatable recent graduates, and university lecturers across a range of careers and industries.

Year 13 employability day

Guiding students through the application process and recruitment process for apprenticeship and employment routes.

Grown Up Me: primary careers programme

Encouraging children to explore and expand their ideas of who they could become. There is increasing evidence that career-related learning in primary schools has many benefits, including broadening horizons, boosting engagement, raising aspirations, challenging stereotypes and improving transition skills in young pupils.

The careers support team

Beatrice Joseph
Beatrice Joseph

Position: Careers Adviser

As a post-graduate qualified practitioner – Beatrice is responsible for providing impartial advice, information and guidance to young ... Read more

Esther Thompson
Esther Thompson

Position: Careers Adviser

As a Careers Adviser, Esther co-ordinates the careers delivery in two schools, and negotiates the programmes of work to be delivered ... Read more

Andre Abbey
Andre Abbey

Position: Employer Engagement Manager

Andre is a work experience manager who is responsible for sourcing and securing work experience placements for LBBD students and ... Read more

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