Careers Overview
“Pupils experience a high-quality programme of careers education. This raises their aspirations and ensures that they are well prepared for the next stages of their lives” OFSTED 2024
At The Heights Burnley, we are committed to providing high-quality, personalised Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) that supports every learner in making positive and informed choices about their future. Our careers programme is designed to raise aspirations, develop employability skills, and equip students with the knowledge and confidence they need to progress into further education, training, or employment.
We understand that our students may face a range of challenges, so our careers support is built around individual strengths, interests, and ambitions. Each learner receives tailored guidance, practical opportunities, and personal support to explore realistic and rewarding career pathways.
Our offer includes:
One-to-one careers guidance interviews
Drop-in sessions
Visits to local colleges, training providers, and employers
In-school workshops and guest speakers
Work experience placements and vocational tasters
Extended work placements
CV writing, interview skills, and job search support
Careers Fair
Careers drop down days
Parent Consultation careers support days
Careers in the curriculum industry visits
Careers Education delivered through the PSHE curriculum
We work in partnership with local employers, post-16 providers, and careers services to ensure our learners have access to meaningful encounters and clear next steps. Our provision follows the Gatsby Benchmarks and aligns with the CDI Careers Development Framework, ensuring quality, consistency, and a positive impact on outcomes.
If you would like to find out more about our careers programme, please contact:
Mrs Sneddon
Careers Lead, Level 6 CEIAG Advisor at The Heights Burnley
📧 nsneddon@heightsburnley-ept.com
📞 01282 882150
We welcome enquiries from students, parents/carers, employers, and partner organisations.
Unifrog
At the Heights Burnley, we are using an online platform called Unifrog that helps students in Key stage 3 and also key stage 4 to explore their future pathways and make well-informed decisions about their careers and education.
Unifrog brings a comprehensive range of careers information that students make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. It empowers teachers and careers advisors to manage progression effectively and has a partnership with a diverse range of employers and universities to further support students to be successful.
Every student has their own individual log in a profile which they personalise with links relating to their own individual interests. Students can log into their Unifrog profile and resources using any digital device both in school and at home in order to increase their awareness of potential future pathways.
What Can Students Do on Unifrog?
- Explore Careers: Discover a wide range of career profiles based on interests and skills.
- Compare Opportunities: Search and compare apprenticeships, college courses and university courses in the UK and abroad
- Build Applications: Get step-by-step support for writing CVs, personal statements, and job applications.
- Track Progress: Log experiences, set goals, and build a digital portfolio of achievements.
For Parents and Carers
Unifrog isn’t just for students! Parents and carers can also access Unifrog. This flexible approach allows parents and guardians to get involved in their child’s careers journey.
Please contact the school for your child’s login details.
The Eight Gatsby Benchmarks
We follow the Gatsby Benchmarks to help us achieve this and more information on these can be found here Gatsby Good Career Guidance.
Our Trust careers policy can be seen here. For any further specific information, visit our students, parents, teachers or employers pages. – Amended page needs linking instead
Measuring the impact
We use the Compass+ tool to measure the impact of our work and keep a track of which students have accessed each opportunity. This tool also keeps all the data needed to track our students in their journey beyond school, as required by the Gatsby Benchmarks. This information is available for our students to access should they need it.
Our careers team is accountable to our Governors, Senior Leadership Team and we follow the CDI Code of Ethics to ensure our practice is diverse and inclusive.
Visiting the school
For any visits to the school, please use the contact details above and take a look at our Provider Access Policy. Visits may be virtual or in person and arrangements will be made as appropriate to ensure that the correct facilities and support will be provided.
If you have a copy of a prospectus or any other literature, please forward this to Mrs Sneddon so that is may be used in school.
Skillsometer
Skillsometer can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future. You will be presented with a series of statements. Select the emoji that shows how you feel about each statement. You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.
Skillsometer
Skillsometer can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future. You will be presented with a series of statements. Select the emoji that shows how you feel about each statement. You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.
