Careers & Raising Aspirations

The Raising Aspirations Programme aims to provide all students with a wide range of opportunities that will enable them to take their next steps to university, apprenticeships or into the world of work.

Opportunities such as external speakers, talks from alumni students, university visits, work experience, mini-enterprise and our wide range of extra-curricular activities ensure that our students develop the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to stand out from the crowd.

The Raising Aspirations Programme ensures opportunities are provided from Y7 all the way through to Y13 and that they are tailored to suit different needs.

During the national Careers Week, we run a range of sessions which enable students to find out about specific career pathways such as Oxbridge applications; Medicine; Dentistry; Veterinary Science and STEM careers. We have developed strong links with local employer and national employers in a range of fields and these have been instrumental in assisting our Y12 students to undertake valuable work experience placements.

Work experience for our students takes place at the end of Y12 and may of our students have secured places in very high profile companies with one in particular being offered a place in a London firm as a result of her placement.

Careers Education is additionally provided through PSHE lessons in Y8 and 11 and through online packages such as KUDOS, UCAS Progress and Unifrog.

Our well qualified and experienced Careers Advisor is able to provide individualised and bespoke information, advice and guidance.

The impact of this programme has been significant. Last year’s leavers saw students taking up places at a wide range of universities including Oxford, Warwick, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow. Other students decided to take up apprenticeships in fields such as Finance and Accounting, Digital Media and at the Bank of England.

The Raising Aspirations Programme is attached below with additional opportunities being added throughout the year.

For further information about our careers programme, please contact Sally Doran (Aspirations Lead) via email  sdoran@fortpitt.medway.sch.uk or Rebecca Sharpe (Careers Advisor) rsharpe@fortpitt.medway.sch.uk.

The Programme of Events

Click below to see the programme of events

Please click to see our full programme for Year 7 – Year 13