Careers education

The Dixons Trinity careers programme aims to provide all students with regular access to employers, expert guidance and workplace experiences to support students in making informed and educated decisions about their next steps. The careers programme is an integral element of the Dixons Trinity curriculum and careers information is interleaved with subject specific content.

Our commitment to careers provision extends beyond the legal minimum entitlement for students and is underpinned by the Gatsby framework with a commitment to meeting all eight benchmarks.

The intended outcomes of the careers programme include, but are not limited to:

• students will undertake various work related experiences
• students will reflect upon and refine their aspirations
• students will increase their knowledge of education, training and career opportunities
• students will develop a career plan to help them achieve their sentence and realise their potential

Resources and information:

you can find resources for students here

you can find resources for parents here

information on resources for career and labour market information

useful links

information and stories from Dixons Trinity alumni

At Dixons Trinity Academy, we have an independent careers adviser, Natasha Lloyd.

Natasha Lloyd is an external Careers Practitioner. She has an informal discussion with students to find out more about their goals, both short-term and long-term. She will find out more about them as people and what makes them happy, and about their strengths and skills. This information is then coupled with their current predicted GCSE grades to give the student tailored options related directly to their goals and strengths. It is important to know that students do not need to have a career plan prior to their meeting, Natasha can help develop some ideas. At the end of each session, Natasha will write up a summary of the conversation which will also have some action points for the student to undertake to best help them make their post-16 and career decisions.

Resources and information for staff:

Chloe Harris is our careers pioneer in the academy and is responsible for supporting the planning and delivery of our careers programme across all year groups. Please contact Chloe via email if you would like to find out more about facilitating or delivering any aspect of our careers education programme at Dixons Trinity or have any questions.

Rosie Vessey is the senior leader of our careers education programme and is responsible for monitoring the planning and delivery of the programme at Dixons Trinity Academy. Please contact Rosie via email if you have any queries about our careers programme.

Track your advisories interactions on Unifrog and support them to explore career options using the tools on the platform.

Information for employers

We are always looking to invite employers from different sectors to come in and work with our young people. If you are interested in hearing more about the opportunities that you could get involved in, please get in touch with our careers leader at careerseducation@dixonsta.com.

Careers education review:

The careers education programme at Dixons Trinity Academy is constantly under review and refinement. A formal, annual review takes place each August when we publish the ‘What To Do - Careers’ which sets out the intended careers programme for the academic year ahead.

The next annual review is scheduled for August 2024.