Careers Guidance

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Ofsted February 2024

The school provides pupils with a comprehensive careers guidance programme. This includes a variety of work experience opportunities or participation in supported internships. Pupils have opportunities to work in horticulture and with animals, for example. Many pupils leave with accreditations in functional skills. These include in English, mathematics and information and communication technology (ICT). All go on to suitable placements when they leave the school.

Long Term Careers Overview

Please click on the link below to discover our careers guidance and preparation for further education offer.

Post 16 Pathways / Transition at John Chilton School

Careers Guidance

Careers education, information, advice and guidance must be taught to all pupils from Year 8. The aim of careers education is to:

  • Prepare young people for the opportunities and responsibilities they will encounter through their lives
  • Help young people make decisions about themselves and their choices
  • Enable young people to manage change and transition
 
John Chilton School

Careers Leader: Ms Lynn Johnston
Tel No: 020 8289 4790
Email: ljohnston@john-chilton.ealing.sch.uk

The curriculum at John Chilton School aims to enable our young people from Year 7 to gain the confidence, self-belief and skills, knowledge and experience required to manage their own career progress. Pupils are supported through the different pathways to access a range of information and guidance, as well as bespoke work experience opportunities. We endeavour to ensure that all pupils leave John Chilton School able to manage their own time in work, supported employment or  chosen leisure activities.

Skills Builder

JCS Class Café

The sixth form students undertake functional life and work skills by running the JCS café. It is a delight to see how our young people grow in confidence and ability as they undertake different roles within the café. This is an excellent step into supported work and the progress of the students is easily observed over time. Watch the video and listen to members of the community as they explain the benefits of the café and how we would really like to have community input.

Watch our Class Café video below.

JCS, Scale Space & Blenheim Chalcot

Pupils from John Chilton School participated in a pilot scheme to develop a supported work experience programme with Blenheim Chalcot and Scale Space at White City. Pupils took part in a 6 week programme which included a tour and presentation, followed by a series of weekly supported work experience sessions.

Watch our video below.

The links below will give more information about the wide variety of activities that happen at JCS to support Careers Education and Guidance.

Essex Travel Training (travel-training.co.uk)