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Notre Dame High School

Notre Dame
High School

Post-18 & Pathways

Whether your future is to study at university, embark on an apprenticeship, or to take a Gap Year, you are certain to be offered the information, advice and guidance you need in order to make informed choices.

Any student, and/or parents/carers now has the opportunity to arrange a meeting with Siobhan Whiddett  our Level 6 Qualified Careers Advisor, to discuss future options and progression routes during and after their time at Notre Dame. To book and appointment with Siobhan or if you have a question about CEIAG provision at NDHS please click here.

Pathways Programme 

Pathways Programme Spring 2024

Week A Thursday 11th January  Study Skills Mr Harper
Week B Thursday 18th January Careers in Renewable Energy Gabby Waterman, Orsted and Will Sealey, Vattenfell
Week A Thursday 25th January Knife and Weapon Awareness St Giles Trust
Week B Thursday 1st February Studying at University Julia Konstantynowicz, UEA Psychology Student
Week A Thursday 8th February tbc tbc
Week B Thursday 15th February Higher Education Megan Broadley, City College Norwich
Week A Thursday 29th February Fatal 4 Driving Awareness

Andrew Nattrass, Norfolk Police Road Safety Communities Team

Week B Thursday 7th March Careers in Education Mrs Bird and Ms Waters
Week A Thursday 14th March Mock Exam Preparation Mr Harper
Week B Thursday 21st March Careers in the Police Amy Stanton, Norfolk Constabulary
Week A Thursday 28th March tbc tbc

Pathways Programme Summer 2024

Week B Thursday 18th April Apprenticeships, Group 1 Sophie Allen, Norfolk County Council
Week A Thursday 25th April Jigsaw Session 1 Jigsaw
Week B Thursday 2nd May Careers in Medicine and Bioscience Gabriel Astorga, Quadram Institute and Zuzanna Halicka, UEA
Week A Thursday 9th May Jigsaw Session 2 Jigsaw
Week B Thursday 16th May Careers in the Civil Service Ian Sears, Cabinet Office
Week A Thursday 23rd May Jigsaw Session 3 Jigsaw
Week B Thursday 20th June Careers in Sport Billy Dutton, Peterborough Sports FC
Week A Thursday 27th June Breast & Cervical Cancer Awareness Mr McKay
Week B Thursday 4th July Apprenticeships, Group 2 Sophie Allen, Norfolk County Council

We have pages on specific areas of Post-18 CEIAG

For those students who do not want to go onto University, there are a number of good websites to take a look at such as Not Going to Uni which gives you a range of information on alternative options after you've left sixth form. Also, check out the Alternative Professional Pathways noticeboard outside the 6th Form office for opportunities.

Want to explore some more?

Find out what a variety of former students did after they left Notre Dame by watching these videos.

We have special pages for career sectors that are particularly popular for our students and are in high demand in our region.

UNIFROG 

Unifrog is an online platform that we use to help you search for qualifications and career pathways.

We set up an account for you and help explain how to use it in your 6th Form Studies lessons.

For more info visit our  unifrog page.

Useful External Links 

  • Useful External Links

  • Icanbea: lets you explore potential career opportunities across Norfolk & Suffolk, showing you how the organisations and job roles fit into the wider career. Also a CV builder wizard.
  • iCould: Inspirational website offering encouragement and careers discovery though film.
  • National Careers Service: Online careers advice offering guidance via web chat/phone/text/e mail at any time. Useful tools on improving skills e.g. choices at 16, job profiles, skills checker, CVs, cover letters, interview techniques and much more.
  • University Search: Lots of webinars and choosing a university, student finance, writing a personal statement etc.
  • UniFrog: Check out the Careers Library to explore a huge range of jobs.
  • KuDoS - A careers matching and information program which helps young people plan their future.
  • CV Creator - Helps you to create a comprehensive CV for job and course applications
  • Open Doors - Job and training opportunities in the Eastern Region
  • www.jobseekers.direct.gov.uk - Search online for the latest jobs and volunteering opportunities
  • http://www.bestcourse4me.com/ - site that links A levels and degrees to possible career pathways including staring salaries.
  • https://www.plotr.co.uk/Plotr - the Government's one stop shop for careers advice
  • Careersbox - If you select browse you can choose professions by sector and then watch videos of specific careers
  • Teaching assistants - Advice from TDA on Support Staff posts
  • www.ukvocation.org  - Advice on vocations within the Catholic Church.  Another useful site is www.ukpriest.org