Careers

Careers Contact Information

Careers Lead: Miss N Winnard
Email: careers@southlands.lancs.sch.uk
Phone: 01257 414 455 

Independent Careers Advisor  

Email: prestonju@southlands.lancs.sch.uk  

Careers Programme 

At Southlands High School, we believe that every student deserves the opportunity to discover their strengths, raise their aspirations and make informed decisions about their future. Through our Future You Careers Programme, we provide a progressive and inclusive careers education that helps students understand themselves, explore opportunities and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to succeed in an ever-changing world. Careers education is an integral part of school life and plays a key role in preparing students for successful adult lives.

Our careers programme is built around five key stages: Discover, Aspire, Choose, Experience and Succeed. From Year 7 to Year 11, students engage in a wide range of carefully planned experiences designed to support their personal development and future ambitions. Through assemblies, PSHE lessons, curriculum learning, employer encounters, careers events, educational visits and personalised guidance, students gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities available to them and the pathways that can help them achieve their goals.

We are committed to ensuring that every student has access to high-quality careers education, information, advice and guidance. Our programme is fully aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance and provides meaningful encounters with employers, employees, apprenticeship providers, colleges, universities and training organisations. Students develop an understanding of local, national and global labour market opportunities whilst building the employability skills that employers value, including communication, teamwork, resilience, leadership, enterprise and problem-solving.

A key feature of our careers provision is Unifrog, which is available to every student throughout their time at Southlands High School. Unifrog allows students to explore careers, compare post-16 and post-18 pathways, research colleges, sixth forms, apprenticeships and university courses, build CVs, record achievements and access virtual work experience and careers learning opportunities. Students can use the platform both in school and at home, helping them to take ownership of their career journey and make informed decisions about their future.

Our vision is that students leave Southlands High School with high aspirations, confidence in their future, an understanding of the opportunities available to them and the skills required for further education, apprenticeships and employment. Above all, we want every student to be inspired, informed and empowered to achieve their full potential and successfully navigate their own unique career journey.

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Useful Resources

Unifrog

As a school we invest in Unifrog, an online platform that provides a plethora of resources for pupils to tap into, from looking up career pathways to taking personality quizzes to help make informed choices about their future. An Introduction to Unifrog presentation can be found here. All students will be introduced / re-introduced to the platform by the end of the Autumn term.

More information about Unifrog can be found on the parent and pupil information sheets and a link to the website can be found here.

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