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Employer and Provider Access

Opportunities for Access

The school offers the six provider encounters required by law (marked in bold), and a number of additional events, integrated into the schools careers programme. These are opportunities for providers to speak to students and offer insights about work, training, and further and higher education courses. 

Please contact our Careers Lead, Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk) to identify the most suitable opportunity for you. 

 

 

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Year 8

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • HE encounter: Visit to university

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Weekly Careers Talks (Jan-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Y8 Careers PSHE: Sessions on apprenticeships

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/ Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required. 

  • Biennial FE and Apprenticeship Event (2027): College and apprenticeship providers to give presentations to students

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

Year 9

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Weekly Careers Talks (Jan-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Y9 Careers PSHE:  FE providers to give presentations linking GCSEs to their course requirements

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required. 

  • Biennial FE and Apprenticeship Event (2027): College and apprenticeship providers to give presentations to students

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

Year 10

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • HE encounter: Visit to university

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Weekly Careers Talks (Jan-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required. 

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Y10 Careers Focus Day: College and T Level presentations and apprenticeship presentations to students

  • World of Work Workshops: Employer encounters where students work on real life, industry related, tasks with an employer for a whole day. 

Year 11

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Y11 SIRIUS Focus Day: Apprenticeship providers give presentations to students covering opportunities offered, and careers linked to these. 

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required. 

  • No encounters- legislation requires encounters to take place by 28th February if in year 11

Year 12

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • Assembly on Higher and Degree Apprenticeships

  • Higher Education fair: Information about a variety of HE providers

  • University open days

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required

  • University Summer Schools assembly

  • Futures Focus Day: Small group sessions on interview preparation, apprenticeship workshops, personal statements

Year 13

  • University open days

  • Careers and education in individual subjects

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required

  • No encounters- legislation requires encounters to take place by 28th February if in year 13

Previous providers

 

We are always keen to hear from local and national employers regarding their opportunities for technical qualifications, Further and Higher Education, and apprenticeships. In previous terms/years we have invited/hosted providers from the following list to speak to our students. 

  • Ashford College

  • ASK Apprenticeships

  • Azets

  • Canterbury Christ Church University

  • Civil Service

  • Conde Nast College

  • Kent Police

  • Lancaster University

  • Shell

  • St Hugh’s College (University of Oxford)

  • The Education People

  • University of Kent

  • University of Sheffield

  • University of Portsmouth

 

Provide Access Policy

The full Provider Access policy can be found in the policies section of our website.