Careers Education

6th March 2025Leanne Johnston

We were delighted, after a rigorous assessment process, to have our Quality in Careers Standard reaffirmed in January. The award recognises our committment to developing students beyond their examined curricula and supporting progression after school; whether at 16 or 18.

Throughout the process we undertook a lengthy self evaluation that was interrogated thoroughly by the assessors. Our assessment day involved a range of students, staff and governors from across the school to ‘test’ and triangualte our self evaluation evidence.

We are extremely proud to continue developing our Careers Education offer and will continue to work with tenacity to support our students’ ambitions.

KEVI Student MYP

6th December 2024Leanne Johnston

Year 9 student, Emily has the privilege and responsibility of being elected to the UK Youth Parliament. 

In October, Emily attended Warwick University to participate in the annual conference where there were lots of debates. The MYPs were updating their manifesto as part of the conference. As part of the conference, Emily got to meet MYPs from all over the country, sharing their experiences and ideas. 

Emily, and her peer peer James, MYP at RGS Sixth Form, have been supported by Ben, the participation lead at Northumberland County Council.  Emily will be able to visit the Houses of Commons in February 2025 to debate and discuss the motions they passed in the manifesto that they created at the annual conference in October. 

 

Tomorrow’s Engineers

26th November 2024Leanne Johnston

KEVI students get an awful lot of opportunities which they can take advantage of and aspiring Engineer, James, did just that. Students were invited to apply to become part of Northern Powergrid’s Youth Insight panel. Successful appliant James, who is a current Sixth Form student, is enjoying his time learning about different careers and sharing his ideas.

Read more about James’ experience ⇓

https://www.northernpowergrid.com/news/inspiring-an-engineering-generation 

Careers in the Curriculum

22nd November 2024Leanne Johnston
Students from A Level Product Design visited FaulknerBrown Architects in Killingworth as part of their course; understanding Design Technology in Commercial Industry.
All students had a studio tour and a workshop tour so they can see what it is like working in a professional environment. There presentations from various staff within FaulknerBrown so they could discover the variety of roles available and they also took part in a design challenge to create a concept for a community pavilion with thought around how to make it inclusive and sustainable. The visit really brought the curriculum to life.
The staff at FaulknerBrown commented on studnets’ excellent behaviour and also their positive and engaged attitude towards the team challenge that they created.