For parents and teachers
- We are always grateful for feedback from parents on our Careers Plan. We would be grateful if parents could complete the attached form to provide feedback: https://forms.office.com/e/W4aGvZ2ZNs
- We are always grateful for feedback from teacher on our Careers Plan and CPD. We would be grateful if teachers could complete the attached form to provide feedback: https://forms.office.com/e/zbc36EuCJk
Progression into the workplace and work experience and mentoring are not a privilege for the few. They should be a right for the many – so that students, regardless of background, can see how what they learn at school is used within our workplaces and can help them to progress.
Executive Principal Nick Soar is a passionate advocate of a careers rich school experience. He said: “Careers education has become the heart of what we do. We’ve brought in speakers from aerospace engineering, banking, medicine, drama, computing. The students love it. They ask endless questions and you can see it really brings home to them what they need to do to succeed in the workplace. The pupils value the time given to explore in a deeper way professionals who are using the knowledge they are learning within the classroom”
As an academy, we have made great strides in raising our attainment levels and once again this year we have seen record numbers of students excel in their examinations.
The corporate partnerships we have and the Harris Experience will help provide our students with greater levels of aspiration and, just as importantly, give them the confidence and tools to take the first steps in their chosen careers and so achieve even greater success.
Fourteen is the crucial age at which career talks delivered at school – even short, hour-long sessions – will have the biggest impact on a pupil’s future earnings, analysis has shown.
A study by the charity 'Education and Employers' argues that young people could be earning an additional £2,000 by their mid-20s simply by being exposed to more careers talks.
It concludes that the earnings boost is greatest where pupils had talks at the age of 14 and found them “very helpful”. A pupil who experienced six such talks could expect to earn £2,000 more in today’s money by the age of 26.
In fact, overall earnings at age 26 were higher for every effective career talk experienced at ages 14 and 15.
Progression into the workplace and work experience and mentoring are not a privilege for the few. They should be a right for the many – so that students, regardless of background, can see how what they learn at school is used within our workplaces and can help them to progress.
Executive Principal Nick Soar is a passionate advocate of a careers rich school experience. He said: “Careers education has become the heart of what we do. We’ve brought in speakers from aerospace engineering, banking, medicine, drama, computing. The students love it. They ask endless questions and you can see it really brings home to them what they need to do to succeed in the workplace. The pupils value the time given to explore in a deeper way professionals who are using the knowledge they are learning within the classroom”
As an academy, we have made great strides in raising our attainment levels and once again this year we have seen record numbers of students excel in their examinations.
The corporate partnerships we have and the Harris Experience will help provide our students with greater levels of aspiration and, just as importantly, give them the confidence and tools to take the first steps in their chosen careers and so achieve even greater success.
Fourteen is the crucial age at which career talks delivered at school – even short, hour-long sessions – will have the biggest impact on a pupil’s future earnings, analysis has shown.
A study by the charity 'Education and Employers' argues that young people could be earning an additional £2,000 by their mid-20s simply by being exposed to more careers talks.
It concludes that the earnings boost is greatest where pupils had talks at the age of 14 and found them “very helpful”. A pupil who experienced six such talks could expect to earn £2,000 more in today’s money by the age of 26.
In fact, overall earnings at age 26 were higher for every effective career talk experienced at ages 14 and 15.
Teenagers and Careers Education - research
Our role as an academy is to advise and to provide information on the wide possible range of careers and higher education.
At Harris Academy St John’s Wood, we know, however, that “teenagers have a weak grasp of the availability of jobs - and that large numbers naturally aim for jobs that are in short supply.” We agree with researcher, Emma Norris, that:
There are 10 times as many people aiming for jobs in the culture, media and sports sector than there are jobs likely to be available.
And even though almost a quarter of jobs are in the distribution, hotels and restaurant category, only about one in 40 youngsters are considering careers in these industries.
Fewer than one in 30 young people are considering jobs in banking and finance, even though one in five jobs are expected to be in this sector.
The BBC have reported on the latest research into careers aspirations of young people. They reported the findings that “there is a "massive mismatch" between young people's career expectations and the reality of the jobs available, a major survey of teenagers suggests.
"It highlights the need for better careers advice", says Nick Chambers, director of the Education and Employers Taskforce, which published the survey.
The study also indicates teenagers have a very weak understanding of potential earnings for different types of jobs.
There is a serious "information gap" for teenagers, says Mr Chambers.
Harris Academy St John’s Wood believes like many in industry that we have to do more to show young people the "requirements and opportunities" of the world of work.
Teacher/lecturer
Lawyer
Accountant
Actor/actress
Police
IT consultant
Doctor
Sportsman/woman
Armed services/firefighter
Psychologist
Tab 5 Industrial sector preferences of Year 7 pupils
mapped against UK labour force by sector
(Atherton et al 2009, 18).
Earn an additional £2000 by their mid-20s
Young people aged 14-15 from all backgrounds, could be earning an additional £2,000 by their mid-20s simply by more exposure to the world of work through career talks at school, new research has found.
The research was undertaken by Elnaz Kashefpakdel and Christian Percy and was published in the internationally peer reviewed Journal of Education and Work. Kashefpakdel presented her findings to our academy’s senior leadership team and subject leaders in 2016.
Her research reveals that, between ages 14-15, for each career talk experienced with somebody from outside of the school, individuals’ wages at age 26 were higher by up to 1.6% per talk. Other factors that influence earnings, including economic status, academic ability, and demographics were taken into account.
The earnings boost is greatest where pupils had career talks at age 14 and found them ‘very helpful’ at the time. As an example, a pupil who experienced six such very helpful talks could expect an average boost in their salary of £2,000 (in today’s money) at age 26, if in full-time employment.
Therefore, all children at Harris Academy St John’s Wood are given a rich variety of engagements with outside speakers and careers’ talks each year of their life with us. Kate Kopelman (Assistant Principal) and Laura Lewis (Vice Principal) lead on this area of academy life and it is central to our curriculum offer.
If you are a parent or employer and have any questions about careers education at HASJW or about supporting our children to get access to employment experiences please email us at kate.kopelman@harrisstjohnswood.org.uk and laura.lewis@harrisstjohnswood.org.uk.
