Careers and Raising Aspirations

At Thomas Knyvett College, we believe that Great Learning Changes Lives, and our Careers and Raising Aspirations programme is designed to help every student unlock their potential and confidently plan for their future.

Our aim is to raise aspirations, broaden horizons, and equip students with the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to make informed decisions about their next steps. From Year 7 through to Year 11, students take part in a wide range of engaging activities that connect classroom learning to real-world opportunities.

Listed below are our yearly activities, which we plan closely with teachers and the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that there is a strong link within the curriculum. We regularly review the activities to maximise learning potential for each student – enhancing their ambition and preparing them for the world of work. These activities are delivered within tutor time, assemblies, and carefully selected lesson times, download timetable below.

These workshops provide a variety of compelling interactive activities, full of facts and information for our students to take forward, beyond their time at Thomas Knyvett College – encouraging them to develop skills that they’ll one day transfer into their working lives.

Careers advice 1 to 1

Careers information is provided through our curriculum; class teachers will often refer to employment opportunities during lessons and tutor times as well as the above opportunities.

Students also get 1 to 1 careers advice via Innervate, who we work closely alongside to provide confidential impartial advice to all year groups over the students’ time with us.  Please click to get more information for young people and parents/carers.

Please take time to read Innervate’s latest newsletter.

As well as providing our students with careers advice we encourage all our students to partake in additional reading and would encourage them to read careermag . Please find below the latest  issue.

Click here to view Issue 4 for Parents

Click to view Issue 14

These activities are designed to be interactive, inspiring, and practical, helping students to explore different career paths and develop essential life skills.

Useful Website links

• https://www.gov.uk/careers-helpline-for-teenagers – Careers helpline for teenagers
• https://careermap.co.uk/ – Apprenticeship Jobs
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/careers  – BBC Bitesize careers advice, and informative videos
• https://amazingapprenticeships.com/ – Amazing Apprenticeships

We’re proud to support our students in becoming confident, ambitious, and future-ready individuals. For more information or to get involved, please contact Mr McPherson (Judah.mcpherson@tkc.thpt.org.uk), our Raising Aspirations Coordinator.