Careers
Guildford County School Future Destination, Careers Education and Guidance team:
Mrs H Gay – Futures Destination and Careers Lead, email: hgay@guildfordcounty.co.uk, phone contact 01483 504089 Ext 279
Miss J Phillips – Careers Advisor email: futures@guildfordcounty.co.uk
Mrs S Rasbrook – Careers Co-ordinator email futures@guildfordcounty.co.uk
At County we are committed to providing a Careers Education programme that is suitable for all students from years 7-13 that is integrated and aspirational and prepares them for life after secondary education. We provide advice and guidance to all students through specially organised activities and both our curriculums.
Careers guidance focuses on the specific needs of the individual student to promote self-awareness and personal development. We also aim to provide current and relevant information to enable each student to make informed decisions about their future. This advice is impartial and covers all the options students will face as they move beyond our walls.
We aim to help our students:
- Develop a confidence in their future.
- Gain key skills for careers.
- Obtain knowledge of the range of opportunities open to them.
- Shatter stereotypes of the different careers and paths open to them.
- Enhance aspiration for their future.
Our current careers programme includes the following opportunities and learning
Lower School:
- Library induction including careers area
- Buzz Quiz
- Student Survey
- Options evening
- Careers fair
- Business game
- Personal Education sessions
Upper School:
- Feature lectures
- Careers fair
- Work experience in a day
- Careers interviews with external careers advisor and internal staff
- Sixth form taster day
- Personal Education sessions
Sixth Form:
- Feature lectures
- UK university and Apprenticeship search fair
- Oxbridge conference
- Apprenticeship evening
- Apprenticeship workshop
- UCAS Evening
- Careers fair
- Work experience
Learning
- Curriculum at County
- SEND
- The wider curriculum
- Increasing breadth of study
- Literacy across the curriculum
- Learning and teaching at GCS
- Careers
- Music College
- Exams and Assessments
Upcoming Events
- Thursday07NovSixth Form Open EveningView Event
- Friday08NovFriends of GCS coffee morningView Event
- Thursday14NovYr 7 Tutor EveningView Event
- Thursday14NovHouse Drama CompetitionView Event
- Thursday21NovFriends Open Meeting (A25/zoom)View Event
- Thursday28NovYr13 Parents EveningView Event
- Monday02DecInset DayView Event