We are keen to build our alumni network; this is extremely valuable for giving our students encounters with employers and employees (Benchmark 5).

If you can support the Academy’s careers provision by:

• coming in and giving a talk/run a workshop about your job role/business
• accommodating a visit (approx. 15 students) to your place of work
• giving a year 10 student a work experience placement
• giving an assembly about your job role/business
• sharing information about your job role/business 

Student Entitlements to Careers Education are set out in a newly updated Careers Policy.  to download our Careers Policy. There is a planned programme of Careers Education providing opportunities to develop and apply the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to make realistic career decisions.

Our aim at Oldbury Academy is to ensure we deliver the very best careers education to all of our students. If you’re looking for more information on what you can do in the future you have come to the right place!

FAST TOMATO

All students in the Academy are encouraged to use Fast Tomato which is one of the most popular online career guidance programmes for young people.

Don’t Know Your Code? Please ask your form tutor or see Ms Walker. When you log in you will need to complete the questionnaire, which takes around 10 minutes, and this will help you explore the many different careers options open to you.

CAREER INTERVIEWS are provided at the Academy in partnership with Connexions, which supplements the impartial in-house advice delivered by the careers team. Our Connexions Adviser is Level 6 accredited for impartial careers information, advice and guidance.

Connexions also offer a drop in service – so no need to make an appointment, or, contact them:Sandwell_connexions@sandwell.gov.uk or call 0121 569 2955

You can find them at One Stop Shop, Oldbury Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, B69 3DB
Here you can get information, advice, guidance and support on:

• Exploring career and job ideas
• Choosing the right further and higher education courses
• Finding and applying for training, traineeships and apprenticeships
• Searching for employment opportunities
• Interview skills
• CV’s and applications
• Work experience
• Voluntary work

https://www.connexionssandwell.co.uk/
http://www.careerpilot.org.uk – gives help with choices at 14, 16 and 18, routes to different qualifications and job sectors. Career tools to help you decide.
http://www.icould.com – gives general careers advice and short careers film clips.
https://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk – gives information and advertises a range of apprenticeships available.
http://www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk – gives information on everything to do with engineering careers.
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk – gives access to the national apprenticeships database and general information.
http://www.ucas.com – all university information and websites.
http://www.careersbox.co.uk – gives short careers film clips.
http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk – gives access to ’Informed Choices’ booklet which gives definitive information on GCSE and A-level subject choices.
https://amazingapprenticeships.com/live-broadcasts/  – Live Broadcasts about potential apprenticeship opportunities
https://findapprenticeshiptraining.sfa.bis.gov.uk/ – A brilliant search portal for all apprenticeships and you can search for all providers on here, as some national ones will deliver in Worcestershire
http://careersinspiration.co.uk/West-Midlands/West-Midlands-Job-Market/Black-Country Look at this information on careers in our local area.
www.amazingapprenticeships.com – Apprenticeships Explained.
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/ – They provide information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work.
https://practicereasoningtests.com/psychometric-tests/ – These are sample psychometric tests that employers and apprenticeship providers often use during the recruitment process.
https://practicereasoningtests.com/practice-aptitude-tests – These are sample psychometric tests that employers and apprenticeship providers often use during the recruitment process.

Labour Market Information (LMI) is information about what is happening nationally, regionally and locally in the job market. It will tell you about trends for different types of jobs, the skills employers are looking for, progression routes and career paths and job and apprenticeship vacancies. To find out up to date, accurate and unbiased information to help you make choices please click here https://www.blackcountryskillsfactory.co.uk/school-resources/local-labour-market-intelligence/

As an Academy we use Compass – the careers benchmark tool as outlined in the Gatsby benchmark to assess and improve our current CEIAG provision. Our progress against the Gatsby benchmarks will be reviewed regularly throughout the academic year to help us meet all of the 8 benchmarks by the end of 2020.

We will monitor the impact of our action plan and the CEIAG we deliver mainly through feedback from students and staff. All activities and policies will be reviewed in September 2019.

You can also view our Providers Access Statement here

Students in Year 10 will undertake one week of a work experience placement. Follow this link for more information on what support is available for Work Experience