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28/03/24

Are you curious what we have been up to recently?Our latest Newsletter is available now on our website so check it out, to find out what has been happening at HASU this term.https://t.co/BZXFtiisec#HASUlife pic.twitter.com/8cqyLpueaT

25/03/24

After qualifying for the finals of Oxford University Computing Challenge, HASU student finished at 15th place from over 400,000 students that participated in the challenge this year from the United Kingdom and abroad. We are extremely proud! pic.twitter.com/p6B7Nyo2ZK

25/03/24

Last Friday we had a visit from Lloyd Alter, a leading sustainable design author & lecturer at . He gave a talk to our Y12 Product design students & some Eco Reps, along with Christian Dimbleby from who designed our building.#passivehaus pic.twitter.com/D0NGuKRT8G

25/03/24

HASU SE Regional pic.twitter.com/UgFvZc8lEU

25/03/24

HASU SE Regional pic.twitter.com/27d8KYN8pQ

25/03/24

Our Eco Committee were treated to an inspiring talk by leading sustainable design author & lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University & Christian Dimbleby from about sustainable living, upfront carbon & Passive House architecture. pic.twitter.com/AfHeFKm7fb

19/03/24

Our talented students are getting ready for our Bugsy Malone Musical 🎭 It's going to be an amazing show! pic.twitter.com/PxiwSoOq03

19/03/24

Thank you to our student concierge for his positive attitude and valuable help this morning. Ladies in the HASU's office are very impressed today! 👌Brilliant work! 👏 👌 ✨️ pic.twitter.com/v4Fighwziz

15/03/24

What a week! Congratulations to our regional WINNING team!! We're all buzzing to be going to the Grand Final held in London in June. With thanks to pic.twitter.com/teiGMoBysU

15/03/24

And off they went.. Good luck girls! pic.twitter.com/XQLFomkN8a

15/03/24

Practical Chemistry lesson for Y7 students!They learnt about pH scales, used enquiry process to predict the colour of universal indicator paper with different solutions. They went on to experiment to see for themselves and discussed the results as they "spoke like a scientist". pic.twitter.com/SkwBg6ExZq

15/03/24

Good luck to our HASU team who takes part in Reading Champions Quiz today!#readingchampionsquiz pic.twitter.com/vhwPX0yeGX

14/03/24

Book signing with our visitor Jennifer Bell. pic.twitter.com/g9kKNai5Jx

14/03/24

We are incredibly lucky to have Jennifer Bell - author of bestsellling "Wonderscape", visiting HASU today. She is delivering an assembly to our Year 7 students and is going to meet them afterwards for book signing and a writing workshop.📚#lovereading pic.twitter.com/A0DgFcn9bz

12/03/24

Our Y10/11 students took part in a Post-18 Options assembly today. They learned how different careers link to course and qualification choices​ and what skills they need to succeed in certain jobs.Thank you for visiting us today.#post18options pic.twitter.com/a9O2SRzb7d

11/03/24

We're very excited! Book orders are being placed and library copies are eagerly being borrowed https://t.co/uhzCxNw0or

11/03/24

To see what our HASU6 students are up to follow them on:https://t.co/gtjoeyuiMv pic.twitter.com/JSxt7O2q4v

11/03/24

To check what our HASU6 students are up to Followhttps://t.co/10QaO4zdDL

07/03/24

World Book Day at HASU! Such an imaginative display of costumes.📚 pic.twitter.com/g8WegkwdUs

07/03/24

Here we go... pic.twitter.com/DFNGIqqbfj

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Careers Education

Central to planning for Student Futures is our fantastic Careers Education programme.

 

The HASU Careers Programme is designed around the Gatsby Good Careers Guidance Benchmarks to provide outstanding personalised provision and guidance for every student.

Our Careers Motto is: Aspire. Acquire. Achieve.Careers logo 2

Should there be a relevant link to careers in the curriculum, the HASU Careers logo will be visible in lessons. During the academic year, students will also have dedicated time to Careers in their Citizenship lessons which will feature this logo.

 

 


Our Careers Team

Careers Leader

Ms A Haughton-Nicholls, Assistant Principal

a.haughton-nicholls@harrissutton.org.uk

020 3962 4500

Careers Adviser

Ms K Baldwin, Careers Adviser

Keally.Baldwin@harrisfederation.org.uk


Our Vision & Programme

Careers vision

Every year group has a careers focus which is embedded through a variety of strategies and in collaboration with  a wide range of external stakeholders. We are motivated to ensure students are able to make informed decisions at key transition points; to foster their passion for their favourite subjects and increase their awareness of the career pathways it can lead to as well as educating students on the variety of further learning pathways and supporting them to select the most appropriate to their needs.

 

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Careers education, information, advice and guidance at HASU 

We teach careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) through a variety of methods at the Academy for example: 

  1. Delivering drop down days solely focusing on careers through the IID Day Programme 

  1. Delivering careers focused assemblies  

  1. Explicitly teaching about careers in the Citizenship strand of our Personal Development Curriculum 

  1. Linking careers to our Enrichment Programme for example, the Medical society explore a wide range of careers within the NHS 

  1. By making explicit links, which includes Labour Market Information, between the content being taught in the different subject areas of the curriculum to careers 

  1. Including links to careers in our Educational Visits for example all of Year 7 go to the theatre to watch a Pantomime and study stage craft in the summer term, exploring different careers in the theatre 

  1. Ensuring students have encounters with employers 

  1. Organising encounters for students with other educational institutions  

  1. Ensuring Year 10 students explore the world of work through Work Experience in the summer term 

  1. Ensuring students have focused and meaningful meetings with the Careers Adviser 

  1. Setting students assignments to engage with Unifrog to ensure they remain engaged with careers information  

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Unifrog

Unifrog is a careers platform that is used at the academy. All pupils have their own account to record a host of careers related activities for example:

  • Encounters with employers
  • Meetings with the Careers AdviserUnifrog logo
  • Recording their skills
  • Visits to other education providers
  • Recording work experience placement

Unifrog can be found here.


Assessing Impact

Once the Citizenship lessons on Careers have been completed in the spring term, students are set a quiz via Satchel One to test their knowledge and understanding. This allows us to have confidence in students' understanding. We also use data from Unifrog and Compass Plus to review our Careers Programme to ensure we provide our students with brilliant CEIAG.


Working towards the Quality in Careers Standard

We are proud to be working towards the Quality in Careers Standard which is a national accreditation awarded for the quality of:

  1. Careers education960dequalityincareers
  2. Careers information
  3. Careers advice
  4. Careers guidance

These components are aligned with a set of eight criteria referred to as the Gatsby Benchmarks; that are a gold standard for CEIAG in secondary schools. We aim to have achieved this prestigious Award by the end of the 2022-23 academic year.  


Labour Market Information

We encourage all students to regularly access the most up to date information about careers and pathways. Below, students can find a brilliant tool from 'LMI For All' that helps them to investigate information about a wide range of careers.


The Skillsometer

The Skillsometer has been designed for those who are not sure what jobs they may be interested in. Thinking about skills, interests and the ways these can link to jobs can be a helpful first step in identifying possible future jobs. The widget below allows students to take this quiz whenever they might wish.

 


Working with visitors, external agencies and our community

As an academy at the heart of its community we endeavour to have everyone on board with this journey, from staff, students, parents/carers, enterprise coordinator, local employers to further and higher education providers.

In line with the latest update in September 2022, in the Careers guidance and access for education and training providers published by the Department of Education and the Gatsby Benchmarks we welcome external organisations, employers, employees, Further Education providers, Higher Education providers and training providers to contribute towards our Careers Programme. Please contact the Academy’s Careers Leader, Mrs Alysia Haughton-Nicholls, Associate Assistant Principal, via email (a.haughton-nicholls@harrissutton.org.uk) or phone (020 3962 4500).

Requests will be considered in line with our safeguarding policy.


Our Careers & Provider Access Policies

The most recent versions of our Careers Education Policy and our Provider Access policy can be found in the Teaching & Learning section of the Policies area of our website, here.


Further information & useful links

 

  • Careermap provide a free and very informative magazine called Careermag which is aimed at parents that provides a wealth of information about the labour market, prospective salaries and career pathways.

 

Harris careers

 

National careers

Apprenticeship Guide

 

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