Careers

Careers Staff

Mr A Holland - Assistant Head Teacher and Careers Lead
Miss R Kimberley - Student Support

Contact email address: careers@balshaws.org.uk

We receive our Independent Careers Information, Advice and Guidance through CareerNorth and our regular Careers Advisor is Kelly Lyon. This is her contact email address CareerNorth@balshaws.org.uk.

The document below links to the Lancashire County Council KS4 to KS5 Transition Booklet which provides information about individual school sixth forms, colleges and apprenticeship providers based in Lancashire.  The information is shown by provider to help young people make informed decisions about their next steps, such as on how to apply for a place, where to find information on courses and how to prepare for Year 12.

KS4 to KS5 Transition Booklet

Careers Fair 2022

You can read more about our Careers Fair for 2022 here.

Careers Statement

Careers Mapping

Careers Policy

Please see our Careers Policy (CEIAG including Provider Access Statement and Gatsby Benchmarks) on our School Policies page here.

Gatsby Benchmarks

You can read more details about the Gatsby Benchmarks in the documents below:

Gatsby Benchmark

 

 

 

Careers Support

Please see the following document that outlines our Careers support inline with the Gatsby Benchmarks.

Careers Support Useful Links:

Apprenticeships

Employer Information

Measurement and Assessment of The Careers Programme

This data is for students who completed key stage 4 in 2020, which is the most recent data available published in October 2022.

 

Students staying in education or employment

School

Lancashire LEA

England state-funded schools

Students staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after KS4>

94%

93%

94%

Total number of students included in destination measures

176

12,639

562,393

Students staying in education for at least 2 terms after KS4

86%

86%

89%

Further education college or other further education provider

81%

49%

36%

Sixth form college

4%

22%

13%

Students staying in apprenticeships for at least 6 months after KS4

4%

4%

2%

Students staying in employment for at least 2 terms after KS4

4%

3%

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provider Access Statement

You can find our Provider Access Statement within the Careers Policy on our School Policies page

Local Colleges

Remember that College Open Events are one of the best ways to get up to date and accurate information on specific courses and entry requirements which can change year on year. The links below are useful for finding this information:

Colleges:

 

Curriculum

CEOPRHCOfsted