Careers
Vision
At Waverley School we aim to develop confident, well-prepared individuals who know what they want from their future and how to achieve it.
Strategic Objectives
1. Develop students knowledge of career pathways.
2. Develop student’s employability skills.
Information
Waverley School provides a comprehensive careers programme to support our students to make informed options and career choices and to achieve their potential.
Students also take part in work experience for one week when they are in Year 10 and Year 12.
The Careers Lead is Mr L. Webster, for across the trust. A whole Trust approach is undertaken across all Key Stages to meet statutory requirements.
Student Work Experience is commissioned externally and Kathy Higgott works on Tuesdays and Wednesdays providing careers ‘first point of contact and diagnosis’; plus, support with application forms, interviews and CVs. She also arranges careers interview appointments for students.
Kathy is available at break and lunchtimes (on specified work days).
Email contact details are:
- Mr. L Webster:
Careers@waverley.bham.sch.uk
WSC-Careers@waverleystudiocollege.co.uk - Kathy Higgott: kathy@learntowork.org.uk
Careers Links
These web pages aim to support students to make informed decisions about their future choices and to help parents/carers to assist their child with their options. They can also be used by school staff to support students.
The following 9 sections for students focus on key careers matters. Clicking on a section will take you key topics related to that section.
Additionally, the following sections provide details of student destinations, the school’s careers policy/programme and the school’s provider access policy.
3 further sections are aimed at parents/carers, employers and there is also a section to support teachers to make links between subjects they teach and careers.
| Careers Policy | Provider Access Policy |