Careers & IAG

Careers information and guidance is available to all. At Loxford; we want all students to make good choices for the future – ‘informed decisions are good decisions’

Your School Careers Advisor is: Mrs Baki

You can contact her on Wednesdays through careers club or via Google Classroom

Telephone: 0208 514 4666

Email: LSST@loxford.net

Loxford school provider access statement 

Long term career's planning calender 2024/2025

November Careers Bulletin

Week 11 WC 18.11.24 Mayor

Week 10 WC 11.11.24 Circus performer

Week-9-WC-04.11.24 Intelligence officer

Week-8-WC-21.10.24 Wellbeing counsellor

Career Routes to Banking

What Is It? 

Careers/IAG is to help students think about and plan their future; Careers/IAG is to help students find out which pathway is best for them. To enable good understanding and positive attitudes, we aim to engage with parents and give them access to Careers: Bill Law’s ‘Community Interaction Theory’ states how our perceptions about careers are gained from within our communities. By working in partnership we hope to ensure positive outcomes for all our students. At Loxford we aim to provide timely, impartial advice and guidance.

How Is It Provided?

Careers information is provided to students in different formats –

In person through:

• 1:1 Careers interviews are available with a Careers Adviser.
• Careers Club is held a week in F31
• Careers sessions are provided to students through PSCHE lessons and presentation lessons given to each tutor group at each transition stage
• Careers trips to a range of places including Careers Events, Insight days and to visits to Further and Higher Education Colleges

In written form through:

• weekly IAG via school website
• a folder on the shared ‘O’ Drive
• career of the week via google classroom.
• a monthly bulletin on the plasma screens, in google classroom and in school website.
• a noticeboard outside the library
• an area in the library

Interactively through Internet links:

• Unifrog – an Online Career guidance platform
• Google Classroom, Please contact tutors or Mrs Baki for class codes.
• Useful websites

Pathways

Pathways is the term used to refer to the different paths students may take. At secondary school these will occur at KS4 & KS5. Pathways are the qualifications with their levels and the routes that students can take to acquire them.

Look at the ‘Levels and Qualifications’ table showing these pathways.

Choosing an appropriate pathway will involve selecting an appropriate course and where to do it.

1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_xAQNNi4pA&feature=youtu.be

2 https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels

FAQs:

KS4

What is the difference between GCSE and BTEC?

• GCSEs have more exam assessment. BTEC have different grades: Pass, Merit and Distinction

What is a pass at GCSE?

• Grade 4 is the lowest pass to be accepted. Grades 5 + are ‘Good’ grades; Grades 1-3 are needed for L2 qualifications

KS5

What is the difference between BTEC Subsidiary Diploma and BTEC Extended Diploma?

• BTEC Subsidiary Diplomas can be taken alongside A Levels. Extended Diplomas are the equivalent to 3 Levels.

The passes have points which can be used to qualify for university courses:

The Level 3 BTEC Nationals (QCF) will qualify for the following UCAS tariff points. : Click Here

Parent Prospective podcast

"The Parent Perspective” is an exciting new podcast series for parents and carers, helping them to support their children with careers advice and guidance.

Parent prospective

Monitoring and Review

The careers provision is evaluated annually, with the next review due on the Autumn term 2024.

Careers Planning Information: Useful Websites