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At Avanti Park School, we are always seeking to improve our careers provision. As such we are looking for feedback from students, parents/carers, employers/training providers and teachers. If you are a student, parent/carer or an employer/training provider who has worked with Avanti Park then we would be very grateful if you could give us some feedback using the links below: Student Feedback Form Parent/Carer Feedback Form Staff Feedback Form Employer/Training Provider Feedback Form

The Career's Leader is Brendan Bayew.  He can be contacted via [email protected] or by telephoning the school office on 01373 832 804 We work in partnership with the Somerset Careers Hub and Avanti Park School are implementing and evaluated on the Gatsby Foundation’s eight Career Benchmarks of good practice: The 8 Gatsby Benchmarks are:  A stable careers programme ​ Learning from careers and labour market information  ​ Addressing the needs of each student Linking curriculum learning to careers Encounters with employers and employees Experiences of workplaces Encounters with further and higher education Personal guidance We also have a business Enterprise Adviser, Karen de Groot, from Wessex Water who is linked to our school and offers support [...]

At Avanti Park School we are busy growing your employees of the future. We welcome the help of local businesses to raise their career aspirations, develop their employability skills and learn more about the exciting industries in Somerset. We welcome Training Providers and employers to come into school and talk to our students. Please see our Provider Access Legislation Policy. Avanti Park School has the benefit of a key business volunteer who works with us on a strategic level, encouraging the development of our careers programme and connecting us to the business community across the county. This role is recognised nationally as an Enterprise Adviser (EA) and they are part of the Somerset Careers Hub community [...]

Here at Avanti Park our PSHE / Careers and Citizenship Curriculum, ensures that the key skills and essential knowledge we have identified permeate our curriculum from reception to year 8, allowing our pupils to make links in their learning as well as develop the ability to think more deeply. In this respect, pupils’ learning is meaningful and purposeful, and designed in a range of contexts, which offer breadth and variety to their education. Find out more about our PSHE curriculum here: Jigsaw All teachers include links to careers in their curriculum, and are encouraged to implement the following: have a prominent display that links subject learning and skill development to different careers develop links with businesses [...]

Welcome to the Avanti Park Student Careers Page! Here you will find lots of resources to help you think about your GCSE options, post-16 routes and career paths. It's all free and super useful, so take a look! Choosing options at GCSE Post-16 Routes Post-18 Routes General Student + Parents/carers Careers Padlet - Up to date careers info for students Current Careers Opportunities Padlet - Information and resources Career Pilot –Choosing your Y9 options. GCSES, Vocational subjects. Also jobs by subject. icould.com – lots of career resources and videos. Here you can see careers each option subject could lead to. National Careers Service – skills assessment. Explore careers Success at School – Explore career zones [...]