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Employer and Provider Access

Opportunities for Access

The school offers the six provider encounters required by law (marked in bold text), and a number of additional events, integrated into the schools careers programme. These are opportunities for providers to speak to students and offer insights about work, training, and further and higher education courses. 

Please contact our Careers Lead, Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk) to identify the most suitable opportunity for you. 

 

 

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Year 8

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • HE encounter

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Career Talks (Nov-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Y8 Careers Focus Day: Sessions on apprenticeships

  • FE and Apprenticeship Event (2025): College and apprenticeship providers to give presentations to students

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required.
  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

Year 9
  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Career Talks (Nov-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Y9 Careers Focus Day:  FE providers to give presentations linking GCSEs to their course requirements

  • FE and Apprenticeship Event (2025): College and apprenticeship providers to give presentations to students

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required.

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

Year 10

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • HE encounter

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Career Talks (Nov-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • FE and Apprenticeship Event (2025): College and apprenticeship providers to give presentations to students

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required.

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Y10 Careers Focus Day: College and T Level presentations and apprenticeship presentations to students

  • World of Work Workshops: Employer encounters where students work on real life, industry related, tasks with an employer for a whole day. 

  • Work experience placement opportunities. 

Year 11

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Y11 SIRIUS Focus Day: Apprenticeship providers give presentations to students covering opportunities offered, and careers linked to these. 

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Career Talks (Nov-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required. 

  • No encounters- legislation requires encounters to take place by 28th February if in Year 11

Year 12

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Assembly on Higher and Degree Apprenticeships

  • Apprenticeship fair: Information about local apprenticeships

  • University open days

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Career Talks (Nov-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required

  • University Summer Schools assembly (12/2025)

  • Futures Focus Day: Small group sessions on interview preparation, apprenticeship workshops, personal statements

Year 13

  • Apprenticeship fair: Information about local apprenticeships

  • University open days

  • Careers education via individual subject lessons

  • Career Talks (Nov-March)

  • National Apprenticeship Week: Assemblies

  • National Careers Week: Assemblies

  • Biennial Careers Fair (2026): Employer/ FE/HE/Apprenticeship providers to give an overview of local opportunities, courses, qualifications, linked careers, and skills required
  • No encounters- legislation requires encounters to take place by 28th February if in Year 13

Previous providers

 

We are always keen to hear from local and national employers regarding their opportunities for technical qualifications, Further and Higher Education, and apprenticeships. In previous terms/years we have invited/hosted providers from the following list to speak to our students. 

  • Apprentice Kent

  • Army Foundation College

  • Ashford College

  • ASK Apprenticeships

  • Brakes Ashford

  • BPP

  • Canterbury College

  • Charlton Athletic

  • CXK

  • Dover Technical College

  • EKC Group

  • Estio

  • Fashion Retail Academy

  • Hadlow College

  • Hays Travel Ashford

  • Holiday Extras 

  • Inspired Learning

  • Ixion Holdings

  • IPS Apprenticeships

  • Kent Training and Apprenticeships

  • Learning and Development Bureau

  • MidKent College

  • NHS- East Kent Hospital Foundation

  • Plumpton College

  • Premier Foods

  • QA Limited

  • Qinetiq

  • Rose Bruford College

  • Runway Training

  • Seetec Business Technology

  • TempDent

  • The Apprentice and Training Partnership

  • TNB Skills Training

  • Trainplus Ltd

  • UCA

  • Umbrella Training

  • Waterfront UTC

 

Provide Access Policy

The full Provider Access policy can be found in the policies section of our website.