Futures @TWS                                

At The Wren School we strive to ensure students are active citizens in our wider community. Students will be given opportunities to develop their own knowledge and skills around the wider context of being ‘work ready’, allowing students to access their desired career paths.

Our ‘futures’ provision is based on the Gatsby Benchmarks as recommended in the DfE’s Careers Strategy. We use this as a basis to guide our provision and ensure that all students, regardless of background or circumstances, are able to gain the knowledge they need for the own future.

We always encourage out students to pursue advice from staff when looking at CV writing, applying for jobs or advice on the next stage of their education. We will be using and developing our use of Unifrog to do this. This provision allows students to take several different tests to identify their strengths and therefore suitable career paths.

Year 11 students will have support from ADVIZA when looking at their Post 16 studies. We do encourage students to stay and attend our Sixth Form provision, but also support those that look for more specialist routes towards employment.

Year 12 and 13 students will be guided for Post 18 education and training. Those interested in University are allowed to attend Open Days as well as directed presentations about the UCAS process.

The ‘Futures’ provision is routinely evaluated and updated using; student, parent and teacher feedback.

For the 2022/23 academic year, the planned programme is as follows (Gatsby Indicators):