Research shows that parents are potentially the biggest influence on a child’s career decision making. To help you help them, here are some basic resources to get you started…

• A library of useful Careers websites and resources are available on Ansford intranet using your child’s student login
• Some of these they will be using as part of their Careers education and learning in school – please ask them to share their learning with you as this will support their exploration and decision making. Please see details of our Careers Programme on the link from the main page
• The links to the sites below are specifically designed to inform and support parents/carers to
  support their child with Career decisions and options at each stage of their journey:

 

For up-to-date information on local and regional news, see the Somerset Careers Hub Padlet.

General Careers information:

https://careerpilot.org.uk/parent-zone

Information on all the options at 14 years and onwards

Apprenticeships:

https://amazingapprenticeships.com/parents-resources/

Watch out for their monthly, downloadable parent packs with current news and opportunities….

T Levels:

https://www.tlevels.gov.uk/students/parents

All you need to know about the new, technical qualification

University:

https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/advice/advice-for-parents/the-parent-guide-to-university

Covers info on researching Unis, how to pay for it, how to apply…

Family Bulletins:

Careers news is also featured in our Family Bulletins here.

 

Careers information and resources for Parents and Carers

Supporting Careers events in school – we value your help!

If you would like to support any activities in school as an employer or employee and share
your expertise and experiences, we would love to hear from you.

For more information and to discuss how you could help please contact our Careers Lead, Mr Rob Mitchell.