Careers
Understanding the world of work and the many opportunities available to our young people is really important. It is key to engaging the youngsters in their learning day-by-day and seeing them apply what they learn at school to ‘out of school’ settings and ‘life-long learning’ as it applies to work and careers.
We seek to engage and enthuse our pupils with the many opportunities both locally and further afield. There are opportunities in each year group to find out about different careers and in Key Stage 3, they encounter people in the workplace when on trips and visits as well as hearing people talk about their work in assemblies and during curriculum time.
Years 7 and 8 have explicit teaching as part of their PSHE lessons and we are proud of our community links and engagement with our annual ‘Careers’ Day’
We work closely with our SEMLEP careers and enterprise coordinator and invite folk in from the University of Bedfordshire, the NHS, Lockheed and Martin, Center Parcs, Tui and many other local contacts.
Careers Leader is Mrs Lynn Minshull.
Contact Details:
email: lminshull@parkfieldsschool.co.uk
phone: 01525 872555
To view Careers Policy including our Provider Access Statement (38), please click here
Photo by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash
Careers Day 2023
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Pupil's attended workshops, talks and interactive sessions. Many different careers and job roles were represented including occupational health, garden landscaping, lecturing in criminology, engineering, animation, logistics, sustainable transport, sports clothing and merchandising, animal husbandry, the polic and event management to name a few!
In addition we had a local musician run workshops with groups of pupils and our very own Mr Winn -check out the videos on the linked page.
What a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to see the varied opportunities available in the working world and to see how career paths can develop. Thank you to all of our visitors for your contributions.
#ProudToBeAtParkfields
Flourish Radio
November 2021
We were delighted to welcome back Global Radio's Jon and Chris, nearly thee years to the day since they helped us set up Flourish radio. Thet were warmly greeted by our presenters who learned how to use the updated kit- thanks guys!
Wadham College Visit
November 2022
Miss Cooper took a group of Y8 pupils to Wadham College (Oxford) for a talk, tour, acadmic taster and question and answer session with their student ambassadors- they even got a delicious lunch!
Automotive 30% Club
November 2022
It was great to welcome the Automotive 30% Club to inspire young women into the industry!
Careers Day July 2022
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Pupil's attended workshops, talks and interactive sessions. Many different careers and job roles were represented including occupational health, construction, catering, sustainability, waste management, public health and safey, engineering, golf management, Leadership and coaching as well as becoming an orchestral musician or a police constable. What a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to see the varied opportunities available in the working world and to see how career paths can develop! #ProudToBeAtParkfields