At Millais we value the importance of having a comprehensive careers programme. Our aim is to support every student so that they develop employability skills and knowledge of the next steps after GCSE.
Alongside careers education incorporated into the Personal Development curriculum, the students have the chance to meet with a our in-house Careers Advisor, to discuss their individual needs and develop a tailored programme that will allow them to make informed, confident choices about their post 16 future.
The Careers provision at Millais is based around the Gatsby Benchmarks, which are seen as the gold standard in careers education. The 8 Benchmarks are:
- A stable career programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each student
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experience of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal Guidance
If you would like to find out more about our careers programme, please email [email protected].
Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Programme (CEIAG)
YEARS 7-11
Interviews are available to targeted pupils and upon request. This offer is communicated to all students and parents in Year 11.
CAREERS DROP-IN
Available during break time and lunchtime on scheduled days when the Careers Advisor is in school.
Support for Employers
As part of our careers provision at Millais School, we are keen to work with employers to support our students in preparation for future careers and employment. Our aim is to help all our students reach their maximum potential and to ensure that they move on to their destination of choice. With the help of employers, we can ensure our students are fully informed about their next steps and what is available to them beyond Millais.
There are many ways employers can support us. Below are just a few of the ways you could help:
- offering talks to students interested in a particular sector or area of industry
- delivering an assembly to students on a particular sector or area of industry to inform students about the world of work
- offering interview experience
- linking with a relevant Director of Learning in school curriculum areas and enabling visits to the workplace for a class , where it links with a topic being studied, or coming in to speak to a class to bring real world context to a particular topic
- helping to build our students' knowledge of employability skills and the workplace
- hosting a stall at our Industry Meet and Greet Event
- Hosting a stall at our STEM fair
If you are an employer and would like to support us in any of the above or in other ways, please email Caroline Jones – [email protected].
For further reading on the benefits of employer engagement please review the links below:
- Education and Employers - Employer engagement in education: insights from international evidence for effective practice and future research
- Education and Employers - Improving the life chances of children and young people by connecting volunteers from the world of work with schools
- The Careers and Enterprise Company - Careers in Context 2020: Can Do Guide for Employers | CEC Resource Directory (careersandenterprise.co.uk)
Provider Access
Our Provider Access Policy provides all the required information to enable providers wishing to visit the school for the purposes of sharing information directly with students. This may include providers of technical education qualifications and apprenticeships, FE & Sixth Form Colleges, HE institutions and employers.
Policy Statement on Provider Access - scroll to 'Policy Statement on Provider Access'
Local colleges are invited into assemblies in addition to an information evening in school, which parents can also attend.
An apprenticeship, vocational route and T-level workshop is available to all pupils in Year 11 in the Autumn Term. Also see post 16 options tab.
Pupils in year groups 8-11 partake in STEM career events including the Millais & Gatwick STEM Challenge supported by Gatwick Airport and a Millais School STEM Careers Fair in the Spring term supported by a wide range of companies. There are also opportunities for students from years 8-11 to attend careers talks from a number of different professionals and to visit STEM related businesses.
Year 11 students have the opportunity to take part in a curriculum linked learning experience based around the dissection of real anatomical specimens in an operating theatre, which is constructed in the school hall. Each year many students attend the Science live trip, an all-day event where pupils get to hear from scientists who are at the top of their field delivering talks on their latest and most exciting work. We also take a number of students to the Big Bang fair, which is a collaboration of many companies who have science at their core; each company will have a stall that shows student just where science can take them in their careers.
Every year group attend an author talk with a focus on writing as a career and author experiences of the world of work – these also feature aspects of working is physics, with the police, as a model, for example.
All Year 10 and 11 pupils are issued with a login to access Unifrog careers website at home and in school. Year 10 Careers Days and Year 11 PD lessons are used to show pupils around the system so that they can make use of this at home. Details are also emailed home to parents so they can work on this with their child
Please find information below:
This section is being updated. Please come back in due course for information. Oct '24
Please see below for the information about your choices and options, open evenings and applications:
School Presentation - the future
Millais Post 16 Transition Checklist
College Provider Application Information 2024 / 2025
List of Post 16 Provider Open Events
Year 11 students are supported through the process of Post 16 decision making through:
PD lessons / assemblies / tutor time - In Year 11 students will continue with their Post 16 choices and careers unit of work during September/ October. Lesson material will focus on Post 16 providers and available courses. In addition, time will be given over to support students with personal statement writing for their college/ apprenticeship application forms.
‘Aspiration Interviews’ - There will be one-to-one interviews for every member of Year 11 October - December to ensure students feel fully supported as they embark on the application process.
External careers advice appointments – This forms part of the package of support on offer. Students will need to sign up for these once advertised.
Post 16 ‘Life Beyond Millais’ event – Post-16 providers are invited in to host stalls and give presentations to better assist students in their Post 16 choices.
Additional Support:
Year 11 TEAMs page - ‘Post 16 and Careers’ channel. Information regarding virtual work experience / online conferences / in person work experience opportunities, apprenticeships, as well as Post 16 provider information is regularly loaded here. Please ensure that your child looks at this to discover what is going on, and what they wish to engage with.
Unifrog - Each Year 11 student has access to Unifrog. Unifrog will be utilised during Year 11 Post 16 PD lessons and preparation for post 16 transition (it is also very helpful for Post 18 thinking too). Your child is obviously at liberty to explore this site at home.
If you have any queries relating to the above, please do not hesitate to contact the school on the Contact Us page.
