Careers Staff

  

The Senior Leadership Careers Lead is Andy Ellett, Assistant Headteacher. Dave Finlay, Deputy Head is responsible for oversight of careers within the curriculum. Jenni Howell is responsible for design and implementation of the careers curriculum PSHE.

Our Careers Link Trustee is Abi Lyons, who is the Deputy Director, Culture & Inclusion at Bath University.

We also have a business Enterprise Adviser  (EA) Dawn Denton who is linked to our school and offers support from a business perspective on our careers curriculum. Dawn has a wealth of experience, she is a published author, blogger and social media trainer. She has a background in tourism, teaching and event planning.

Please contact Andy Ellett if a student would benefit from a meeting with a qualified Careers Adviser, particularly around choosing options.

We work in partnership with the Somerset Careers Hub and Selwood Academy are implementing and evaluated on the Gatsby Foundation’s eight Career Benchmarks of good practice.

Here at Selwood Academy our PSHE / Careers and Citizenship Curriculum, ensures that the key skills and essential knowledge we have identified permeate our curriculum from reception to year 8, allowing our pupils to make links in their learning as well as develop the ability to think more deeply about what they are learning. In this respect, pupils’ learning is meaningful and purposeful, and designed in a range of contexts, which offer breadth and variety to their learning.

All teachers include links to careers in their curriculum, and are encouraged to implement the following:

  • have a prominent display that links subject learning and skill development to different careers
  • develop links with businesses and organisations
  • to invite alumni and other external speakers to come into school (virtually where an actual visit is not feasible)
  • to organise external visits by students to local businesses/organisations
  • record careers learning opportunities for students in schemes of learning
  • take part in whole school ‘Careers Days’ where all teachers start their lesson with a careers focus, such as talking about their career pathway or showing a short film where people in a range of job roles explain the relevance of skills developed in a particular subject area to their role.
  • explore the possibility of developing real projects/challenges for students with a local business or organisation
  • consider the needs and interests of all students and ensure that information challenges stereotyping including gender and disability

Teachers have access to the Career Ready website in order to support their teaching of careers in their subjects.

A - Z of Career information.  Click on the links below:

   

    Chef Administrator Academy Operations Manager
  Air Ambulance Dispatcher Assembly Technician Beauty Therapist
  Circus Performer Audiologist Accounts Assistant
  Customer Services Assistant Concerts Assistant Animation Director
  Animal Keeper Activity Instructor Community Musician
  Carpenter Customer Services Manager Civil Engineer
  Airline Pilot Audio Designer Cafe Supervisor
         
    Exhibition Co-Ordinator Flying Paramedic Entomologist
  Red Arrows Engineer Education Officer Fashion Buyer
  Fitness Instructor Front of House Manager Facilities Manager
  Environment Officer Event Administrator Estate Warden
  Food and Beverage Manager Dentist Dog Rehomer
  Drama Therapist Fundraising Development Officer Fitness Advisor
  Deputy Electrician Forecourt Supervisor Funeral Director
         
    Lighting Cameraman Interpretation Officer Games Tester
  Laboratory Technician Games Developer IT Specialist
  Journalist Head of Media Relations Mechanical Engineer
  Jewellery Designer Heritage Assistant Museum Curator
  Head Zookeeper Learning Officer Massage Therapist
  Helicopter Pilot Gardener Music Producer
  Hairdresser Lorry Driver Mountaineering Instructor
         
    Machine Operator Postal Worker Paramedic
  Optometrist Outdoor Instructor Psychotherapist
  Paint Mixing Operative Nail Technician Photographer
  Porter Minibus Driver Police Constable
  Personal Development Coach Nursery Assistant Prosthetist
  Pest Control Officer Park Ranger Passenger Check In Officer
  Physiotherapist Programmer PE Teacher
         
    Senior Staff Nurse Second Officer Stable Staff
  Stunt Co-Ordinator Stonemason Railway Conductor
  Special Needs Teacher Security Officer Quantity Surveyor
  Spacecraft Designer Silversmith Recruitment Adviser
  Sous Chef Space Scientist Sport Development Manager
  School Nurse Software Engineer Rope Access Trainee
  Stage Technician Sales Trainee Radio DJ
         
    Trainee Auditor Voluntary Services Manager Trainee Solicitor
  Trainee Pharmacist Violin Bow Maker Weaver
  Warehouse Operative Zookeeper Waitress
  Youth Work Co-Ordinator Upholsterer Web Developer
  Train Driver Wardrobe Manager Vocal Leader
  Web Designer Taxi Driver Trainee GP
  Windscreen Developer Trainee PE Teacher Tornado Pilot
         
         
CONTINUED      
    Beauty Manager Auctioneer  
  Countryside Manager Copywriter  
  Assistant Cook Assembly Manager  
  Cruise Director Choreographer  
  Computer Programmer Cinema Area Manager  
  Construction Apprentice Boom Operator  
  Camera Operator Chaplain  
         
    Drug Dog Handler Fish Farmer  
  Engineering Apprentice Detention Officer  
  Donor Development Officer Furniture Fitter  
  Employment Adviser Digital Producer  
  Floor Manager Food and Beverage Manager  
  Fundraising Manager Dispatch Manager  
  Entrepeneur Firefighter  
         
    Mechanic General Maintenance Assistant  
  Graphics Artist Graphic Designer  
  Makeup Artist Librarian  
  Maintenance Fitter Motor Vehicle Technician  
  Midwife Intelligence Analyst  
  Manual Mail Sorter Healthcare Assistant  
  Medical Secretary Microbiologist  
         
    Press Officer Para Legal  
  Personal Adviser Physiotherapist  
  Potter Marketing Executive  
  Prison Officer Project Engineer  
  Printer Pharmacy Technician  
  Personal Trainer Photographer  
  Personal Assistant Occupational Therapist  
         
    Reception Manager    
  Research Assistant    
  Station Staff    
  Speech and Language Therapist    
  Store Manager    
  Social Worker    
  Steeplejack    
         
    Valeter    
  Traffic Planner    
  Tactical Supply Wing Supplier    
  Teacher    
  Veterinary Nurse    
  Trainee Assistant Practitioner    
  Yacht Broker    

                                               

     

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