Careers Guidance

The Provider Access Policy can be downloaded here.
The Careers Guidance Policy can be downloaded here.

Careers education at the Academy is embedded within all aspects of Academy life. Primarily, careers education is provided through our Personal Development lessons through our employability units. These units run from Year 8-11. We also have career champions in department areas responsible for the facilitations of employer encounters and further and high education opportunities in their area particularly for National Careers Week and Futures Week.

We provide a range of internal opportunities; inviting visitors to the Academy to talk about work-related learning, apprenticeships and other related topics. We proudly work with speakers for schools and our Solent LEP to encourage these opportunities. We also receive visitors from the University of Southampton, Solent University, our further education providers locally and many more. We also invite employers locally as well as the Army, Navy and Police in the past.

We also provide a range of external opportunities taking our students to the local Universities; Winchester, Solent University and the University of Southampton and to our local colleges including Fareham College, City College and Itchen College. We also provide opportunities for workplace visits and placements including our partnership with the University Hospital and lifelab trips and Crest Nicholson.

Students are also able to access information about the range of opportunities via their Student Bulletin on Teams.

Introduction Presentation to Apprenticeships

Introduction Presentation to Traineeships

Introduction Presentation to T-Levels

Local Links:

• We regularly post on our Oasis Southampton Careers Facebook page with local and national updates including apprenticeship opportunities, college open evenings and information regarding the local labour market. Please like us to find out about things that are happening locally.
• http://online.fliphtml5.com/okfun/czdo/ - The Southern Universities Network booklets for parents about Post-16 and 18 information. Explains all the options from ages 14-25.
• http://access-southampton.co.uk/ - Access Southampton provides essential information to help young people make important decisions about their future.
• https://www.sunoutreach.org/flying-start/?flying-start-categories=flying-start-southampton - Flying start Southampton provides all the local information about colleges, apprenticeships and traineeships that students can access.
• http://www.youthnetsouthampton.org.uk/cv_creator/index.php – This is a local website with a really good CV creator and job information including a fortnightly jobs bulletin for young people.
   

How to talk about careers

• https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk – Main website for the National Careers Service, there are links to job profiles, CV writing and other careers information.
• www.careerpilot.org.uk – A free website with helpful quizzes for students and parents to discuss what careers they might like to do in the future. Provides information about salary, qualifications and skills required for each job.
• www.careersbox.co.uk – Parents’ Club, free work-related film content covering hundreds of different employment and training opportunities
   

Traineeship and Apprenticeship Information

• www.apprenticeships.org.uk – The main National Apprenticeship website - students can register and apply for apprenticeship vacancies in their chosen occupation.
• www.notgoingtouni.co.uk – Information for those who would prefer an apprenticeship, distance learning or employment with training, rather than university when they leave college.
• www.amazingapprenticeships.com – Information, advice and support around applying for apprenticeships. Monthly Parents Pack Apprenticeship available with up to date information and support
• https://www.sunoutreach.org/students/resources/apprenticeships/ - The Southern Universities Network support for parents helping their child access an apprenticeship in the future
   

University Information

• www.ucas.com – Universities and Colleges Admissions Service:  Information for those who would like to go to university, everything you need to know including how and when to apply.
• https://www.sunoutreach.org/parents/resources/not-too-late-parents/ - What is university? How does my child apply? What do they do about accommodation? How do they apply for student finance? All of these questions and more answered here
• https://www.sunoutreach.org/parents/resources/open-days-parents/ - The purpose of University Open Days and how can I support my child to access them?

The Parents' Guide to What's Next 2022-23 

Evaluation 2016/17:
https://compass.careersandenterprise.co.uk/shared/cYgljRflmWOTvzQaZBEJZcpiMUFmqpfS
Evaluation 2018/2019:
https://compass.careersandenterprise.co.uk/shared/dQ7DS6lSrNzftxTWRQDiD7n0usUV2sQZ
Evaluation 2019/2020:
https://compass.careersandenterprise.co.uk/shared/sfmXc7xoktQt53yxy5NdA1jwX4pq2cTU
Evaluation 2020/2021:
https://compass.careersandenterprise.co.uk/shared/iICxFblPvu6izqxt0jieRdU4wffLSl82
Evaluation 2021/22:
https://compass.careersandenterprise.co.uk/shared/X2e6JhhG1ENm4tXmh7gbTQ6FXqz5cJad

Impact on Students

As of the 1^st November 2020, Year 11 leavers from Oasis Academy Mayfield who continued in full-time education at establishment level. The data below is for the six most popular establishments. Year 11 leavers also attended Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, Sparsholt College, Bitterne Park, St Anne's and others.

Funding

We have a dedicated careers advisor working two days a week as provided by Oasis Academy Mayfield and OCL payroll.

This year we have been part of the SUN (Southern Universities Network) project which seeks to raise levels of engagement beyond KS4 into further and higher education. The SUN have conducted research identifying areas across the city with the least amount of engagement beyond KS4 and have provided money to schools whose students are within those postcodes for the sole use of being used towards careers and aspiration. SUN ask in return for students to give consent to an anonymised questionnaire which will track the students’ progress until the age of 25 to see if the funding provided has had impact on careers and future destinations.

See below the money that Oasis Mayfield received as part of the SUN project

2017/2018: £20,000
2018/19: £20,000
2019/20: £17,000
2020/21: £15,000
2021/22: £9,000

Date of next review:
October 2022

If you’d like to support us, we’d be very keen to hear how you can support. We are very keen for the following:

• Employer Encounters (Opportunities to speak to a group of students about your career, how you go there, skills required)
• Mentoring (Supporting a student to transition into an apprenticeship or college placement)
• Work Experience (Offering a placement to students to be able to access a place of work)
• Curriculum links (providing time during curriculum time to explain how your work links your area)

If you would like to get in touch, please contact Neil Pearce to find out more.