Careers Hub
Welcome to Cliff Park Ormiston Academy’s Careers Hub
At Cliff Park Ormiston Academy, we are passionate about ensuring we provide our students with as much careers guidance as possible to enable them to make excellent decisions for bright futures.
Throughout their time at Cliff Park Ormiston Academy, students will have the opportunity to visit post-16 training providers, colleges and universities. They will also have experiences of different industry sectors through drop-down days, trips and Insight into Industry talks.
Due to the current situation, some of these activities have not been able to take place. Year 8 Work Shadowing and Year 10 Work Experience, for example, were both unfortunately cancelled.
Below you will find some activities that have been tailored for specific year groups. These activities are designed to get students thinking about their career pathway as they reflect upon their own skills.
Please click for our Provider Access Policy Statement (January 2021)
Please click for our Careers Strategy (2021-22) for this academic year.
Please click for our Careers Policy (September 2021)
Our current destinations data can be found here.
Careers Advice
Our Careers Leader within the academy is: Mrs Carroll (lcarroll@clifparkoa.co.uk) who can be contacted on 01493 661504. Mrs Carroll is also Level 6 qualified in Careers Guidance and Development and will be making sure all Year 11 students receive impartial careers advice and guidance before they leave the academy. Other students can also speak with Mrs Carroll if they would like any help and advice in regards to careers, or post-16 options.
Take a look at the latest Edition of the Careers Hub Newsletter (May 2021)
Parent Guide from Success at School – Helping your child begin the career journeyIn Form Time and through ‘Character and Culture’ lessons, students complete a range of careers-focused learning activities throughout Years 7-11 to help them to make excellent choices.
Careers Fairs, Parents’ Information Evenings and student visits to our local colleges and universities ensure students are fully informed about their future pathways. It is this support that has helped us achieve excellent NEET figures for the last three years, with every year 11 student who left Cliff Park Ormiston Academy last year finding employment, training opportunities or a college placement.
Year 8 Work Shadowing and Year 10 Work Experience give students the opportunity to sample life within a professional, working environment, whilst our work with outside providers, such as ‘Human Utopia’, develops students’ learning skills and sharpens their team work. Our Africa Alive! trip explores many jobs involved in a successful zoo setting and is an introduction into the world of work.
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy is also working in partnership with the county Enterprise Coordinator (North Norfolk, South Norfolk & Gt Yarmouth) to lead on additional CEIAG opportunities throughout the year, as well as careers workshops for Years 9-11.
In addition to this, Cliff Park Ormiston Academy has access to START, a program that enables students to explore their career pathways, develop their own CV and research local post-16 courses and jobs.
Employability Skills and the Wider Curriculum
Within ‘Character and Culture’ lessons and throughout our curriculum, we are encouraging students to develop their employability skills by highlighting when the following are required to complete a task:
For more information, download our Character and Culture Mapping document (2020-21)
To see how each of our subjects explore employability skills and make links with future careers, see our Gatsby Benchmark 4 (Curriculum Careers Links) document.
Careerometer
For Year 11
We are pleased to say that the vast majority of our students have successfully found post-16 placements. Their college or training provider has been in contact with students, introducing them to their online systems and setting transition work for them.
Year 10 – Work Experience
Year 10 students will have the opportunity to experience the world of work during their Work Experience Week. This will take place from Monday 20th – Friday 24th June 2022.
As with previous years, work experience placements are organised directly by students and their families. Health and safety checks are carried out by a company called ‘WEX Norfolk’.
We strongly advise students to find their work experience placement as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment. The form below (‘WEX Norfolk Student Placement Form’) should be returned to Mrs Carroll by Friday 7th January 2022.
WEX Norfolk Student Placement Form, 2021-2022
Work Experience Letter, Year 10, 2021-2022
How To Write a Good Letter
Year 9 – Option Choices
Selecting options is an important part of students’ educational journey. The PowerPoint presentation and Options Booklet below outline the options process and subjects available for students to study in Years 10 and 11.
Key Dates:
- Thursday 3rd March 2022: Options Evening – A chance for your parents to find out about the options process
- Friday 18th March 2022: Pupil Assembly – students will receive their Option Booklets
- Tuesday 22nd March 2022: Parents’ Evening – A chance to talk to your teachers about option choices
- Friday 25th March 2022: Deadline to have option choices back
- WB 25th April 2022: Individual meetings with students if needed
- WB 9th May 2022: Confirmation of Option Choices
Please click on the links below for key documents:
- Options PowerPoint – This is a version of the PowerPoint shared with parents and students during the information evening and assembly.
- Options Booklet – This booklet contains information on all of the subjects students are able to pick.
- Electronic Options Form – Students can submit their option choices electronically if they would like using this online form.
Year 8 – Work Shadowing Day
This year, the Year 8 ‘Work Shadowing’ day will be taking place on Wednesday, 18th May 2022. This day is an opportunity for students to gain an experience of the workplace by shadowing an employee.
Students can shadow family members in their workplace or can look to organise a one-day placement with an employer of their choice. Students will be completing a number of activities after this experience as part of their Form Time programme in order to reflect upon their placement and to think about their future pathways.
In order for students to take part, they must return completed copies of the Parental Consent Form and Placement Agreement Form by Friday 22nd April 2022 to Mrs Carroll.
- Year 8 Work Shadowing Letter 2022
- Y8 Work Shadowing – Placement Agreement Form 2022
- Y8 Work Shadowing – Parental Consent Form 2022
We always like to hear how our past students are getting on and would love to see them back at Cliff Park, delivering talks and sharing their experiences with our current students.
Students, please can you complete this online survey regarding your post-16 options, and the possibility of coming in and talking to our current students about your experiences at school and the choices you have made since leaving the academy.
Students should email Mrs Carroll (lcarroll@cliffparkoa.co.uk) if they have any concerns or questions about their next steps.
Further Education and Local College Information
LifeSkills Lowestoft Lowestoft Sixth Form College
Lowestoft Sixth Form College
East Norfolk Sixth Form College
East Coast College
Introduction to Apprenticeships
www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/
www.apprenticeshipsnorfolk.org/
www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship
https://amazingapprenticeships.com/
www.tracweb.co.uk
Useful websites to explore
The following webpages provide information and activities on a huge range of career-related topics.
