Careers Help & Advice

What skills will be needed in 2030?

Choosing your options

Everything you need to know about choosing your GCSE subjects - BBC Bitesize.
What GCSEs should I take to become a... ? - BBC Bitesize - career subject guide.
What GCSE subjects should I choose? - Subject choice guidance.
What are A-levels like? Ups, downs and resits - BBC Bitesize - student experiences guide.

Finding Careers - information and help

Helpful Career Links & Resources

Success at School – Student career guidance
Apprenticeships – UK apprenticeship finder
icould – Career videos and advice
Prospects.ac.uk – Graduate jobs and courses
Start – Careers guidance platform
Go Construct – Construction career options
Unifrog – University and career platform
National Careers Service – Official UK career support
Informed Choices – A-level subject guide
Lincs2 – Lincolnshire education options
This is Engineering – Engineering career inspiration
WiME – Women in engineering careers
CATCH – Humber energy sector careers
Franklin College
Grimsby Institute
HETA – Engineering training provider
Find an Apprenticeship – Government apprenticeship portal
College of Policing Careers – Police recruitment guide
vInspired – Youth volunteering opportunities
British Army
Careersbox – Film-based career resource
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Russell Group – Top UK universities
UCAS – University admissions service
Whatuni – University search engine
National Careers Service – Official UK career support
NHS Health Careers – Healthcare roles guide
T Levels – Technical qualification guide

Finding a Job

Find a job - GOV.UK – UK official job search

Information for Students with SEND and those leaving care

NELC SEND Local Offer – Local SEND support services
National Careers Service – Official UK career support
RNID (Deaf) – Deafness support and advice
Epilepsy Action – Epilepsy advice and support
National Autistic Society – Autism guidance and support
Diabetes UK – Diabetes information and support
British Dyslexia Association – Dyslexia guidance and support
Local Offer for Care Leavers – Support for care leavers

Personality Testing For Careers

These quizzes can help students to this about their future careers in a in fun and engaging way. Students will consider their likes, dislikes and what they are good at. The idea of these tests is to make suggestions and not a tool to pigeonhole students.

iCould Personality Quiz

Holland Personality Quiz

Labour Market information

Labour market information helps us to know what sectors and careers are growing and which are in decline.

It allows us to gather information about salary, where the jobs are and what is in demand.

It can help us to know what skills are required and what we might target if we want to get a job we enjoy!

Home - LMI Humber – Regional labor market information
List of Industries
Employees in the UK by industry - Office for National Statistics – UK industry employment data
Employees in the UK - Office for National Statistics – Official UK workforce statistics

Industry Information

Careers Advice and Guidance

Students, teachers, parents and careers can ask to have a careers and aspirations meeting in any year group and we aim to provide an independent appointed for all students each year. We provide support for students applying for apprenticeships and colleges. Please email our dedicated careers email address careers@cleethorpesacademy.co.uk to make an appointment

Parents and Carers

To help parents understand the future of options for students the following website gives information to help guide our students.

Talking Futures – Parents career decision support
Careers Advice for Parents – Parent career guidance advice
Parental Guidance – Careers advice for parents

Careers information for Parents and Carers

Parents and carers have a big impact on students’ aspirations, and conversations about careers can have a positive impact on students’ grades, their motivation to study and their attitude to success.

How can parents and careers help students understand what opportunities are available after they leave Cleethorpes Academy?

As an academy we would like to encourage parents and carers to help support our careers activities and share your stories of further education and experiences of the world of work.

We would like to invite parents to take part and contribute to students understanding of what the world of work is like when they leave Cleethorpes Academy.

Cleethorpes Academy would like to invite parents and carers to take part in any of our career’s activities as part of your career’s curriculum. Below we have made some suggestions of how you could take part.

How can you take part?

We would encourage parents and careers to take part as much as possible. If you can offer 5 minutes or a fully day our students will really appreciate hearing about your job and experiences.

Visit the academy.
Assemblies.
Speak to a class.
Speak to a small group of students who are interested in working in that industry.
Have a stand in the hall at lunchtime.
Videos of your work place – On your phone make a video about your job.
Online meetings via Microsoft Teams.
Speed Networking Event – This is where employers see students about their job for a period of time and then move around in a circle.
Careers Fair – Students go around stalls asking questions about jobs.
Mentoring – Helping students with how to access opportunities in the world of work.

Careers Help & Advice