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The Assistant Head Teacher for Vocational Education is Ms Y. Sadique. The Careers Leader is Ms Sadique. If any student or parent would like to discuss career choices then please do not hesitate to contact Ms Sadique who can be contacted by telephone 0121 566 4370 or by email: y.sadique@holte.bham.sch.uk.

 

All Year 11 pupils receive a 30-minute careers interview with Mrs. Angela Fawke who is a qualified careers adviser and a registered professional with the Career Development Institute (CDI). Mrs. Fawke provides impartial (unbiased) information, advice and guidance (IAG) to help students make an informed decision about their future options and career choices. Parents are welcome to meet with the careers adviser if they make a request to the school. Referrals can be made to the Birmingham Careers Service for those students who need further support.

Year 11 students must be in some form of learning until they are 18 years old. This does not mean they have to stay on their school or go to a college; they can choose from the following:

  • Full-time study in a school, college or with a training provider.
  • Full-time work (including working in a family business) or volunteering, combined with part-time education/training.
  • An apprenticeship.

For more information go to the government website.

Supporting your daughter/son with their choices:

Young people have a wide range of choices available to them and you can use these careers web pages to support your daughter/son to make an informed decision.

The Careers Writers Association has developed a website aimed at parents and carers that you may find helpful.

Additionally, support is available from the National Careers Service. Their careers advisers can talk to you about your choices online or over the phone on 0800 100 900. Advisers are available from 8 am to 10 pm.

  • You have left school.
  • Are aged 16 to 19 (up to 25 if you have a learning difficulty or disability).
  • Are unemployed and looking for a college course, job, training or apprenticeship.

This service is available at their Birmingham Careers Service outreach venues.

The job market is constantly changing. You can use labour market information (LMI) to research job trends in different career areas.

Use the following websites to research LMI and to check what future trends are predicted for your child’s chosen career:

  • LMI for all: Provides easy access to labour market information, including an indication if a particular job is increasing or declining in numbers.
  • Career Companion: Independent and impartial gateway to careers information on the internet.
  • Prospects: Graduate job sector information.
  • National Guidance Research Forum: Has job trend information for 25 different job sectors.
  • Nomis: Provides a labour market profile of an area (e.g. search for Birmingham). Includes data on population, employment, unemployment, qualifications, earnings, benefit claimants and businesses.