We strongly believe that our students should all have access to high quality and relevant careers education, advice and guidance through all years, particularly at key transition times, to explore the full range of opportunities available to them.
View or Download our Careers Policy <HERE>
At Abbey Hill Academy, students across all year groups participate in a structured and comprehensive careers education through their PSHE and KS4 careers lessons as well as in their different subjects. The school uses the Gatsby Benchmark to help us focus on the areas of careers guidance and practice that will be most beneficial to our students. For more information on the Gatsby benchmarks please use this link:
Careers Information, Guidance Education at Abbey Hill
Abbey Hill Academy students are provided with a wide range of activities throughout their time at school to enable them to make the right decisions for their Post 16 and future career choices. Below shows the key areas covered each year.
Year Group |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
If you are a provider who wishes to support us with this then please click here for further details of our provider access policy <HERE>
1-1 and small group careers interview
Students from Key Stage 4 groups are provided with a guidance interview from, our independent and impartial IAG Adviser from Stockton Local Authority. They explore ideas and support with researching options for when they leave. All students are offered at least one individual guidance interview in Year 11 to support with post 16 choices, with many taking up the option to access further support, including family and carer support.
Further Education provision visits
Held locally in the Teesside area students in Year 10 and above have the opportunity to meet a range of colleges, training providers and employers to talk through their ideas and options, to develop their career and training plans. These are now more accessible to students through virtual tours that are now available online.
Should you wish to find out more information around specific Post-16 educational providers, please click here. (Link to new page below)
Employers and Post 16 Information Fair
To help improve the knowledge of our students around the world of work, a Post-16 and employer’s fair takes place on an annual basis where students, parents and carers will have the chance to meet with different employers and speak with them about skills and qualifications that specific jobs require. Please click here for a list of Post 16 providers (link to new page as highlighted below)
Employer and workplace encounters
Abbey Hill Academy is wanting to provide all students with relevant and engaging employer and workplace encounters to help broaden the knowledge and aspirations of our students around career choices. We are working hard to build up a list of partners who we work with but please contact the school if you feel that you could help support us with this.
We also take advantage of the Tees Valley Shout Out Portal. This service allows employers to join together with education providers to provide opportunities to up-skill students and provide links to future employment opportunities.
If you would like to discuss any Post-16 option further or if you would like to offer services or support, please contact email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.org and we will be more than happy to help. Please click here to view our provider access policy
Post-16 Educational Providers
Below are some useful links to Post-16 providers in our local areas, these will provide more detailed information around courses and college life and you will also find sections on how to apply. If you are aware of any other providers who you think might interest our students, please let us know
Stockton Local Authority Career support - Career support - Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Post-16 Educational Links
Abbey Hill 6th Form College - Welcome | Abbey Hill Academy Sixth Form (horizonstrust.org.uk)
Stockton Riverside College - https://www.stockton.ac.uk/
Stockton 6th Form College - https://www.stocktonsfc.ac.uk/
Middlesbrough College - https://www.mbro.ac.uk/
Darlington College - https://darlington.ac.uk/
Hartlepool College - https://www.hartlepoolfe.ac.uk/
Redcar and Cleveland College - https://www.cleveland.ac.uk/
Skills Academy - https://www.stockton.ac.uk/courses/the-skills-academy/
Askham Bryan College - https://www.askham-bryan.ac.uk/
Learning Curve - https://www.learningcurvegroup.co.uk/
Shaw Trust - Home - Shaw Trust Main
The Tees Valley Careers Hub website is also a very useful site: https://www.teesvalleycareers.com/students
Local Jobs market information
Job and industry national information
If you want more information about specific sectors or jobs, below are some useful links to help you