Careers Plan – Year 7 (2025-26)
YEAR 7 CAREERS AIM: to encourage students to explore their interests and motivations and focus on developing a broader understanding of the world of work.
RATIONALE: This year is viewed as a foundational stage in their career journey and the focus is on their understanding of employability skills and directly relating this to their character curriculum. This allows students to gain a more complete understanding of how both careers and character education are linked and prepare them for life beyond school.
Term 1
- .CAREERS SESSIONS: My Career Readiness
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 7 students will work on their self-awareness with regards to their career aspirations. They will focus on what skills and strengths they already have, which they’d like to develop, and how the schools character curriculum will help them to work on that. As part of this unit, they will complete a career-readiness online questionnaire (the FSQ) so that our careers lead can plan appropriate careers activities and interventions where needed.
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Term 2
- .CAREERS SESSIONS: Diversity in the workplace
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 7 students will be introduced to the Equality Act (2010), protected characteristics and the value that diversity can bring to a workplace.
Through these sessions, they will understand that the character strengths of compassion, open-mindedness and respect are also employability skills.
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Term 3
- .CAREERS SESSIONS: Understanding a range of options on the learning journey
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 7s will gain a fuller understanding of the key terms that they will come across during their career journey at Wrotham School. This includes sessions focussed on defining university, apprenticeships and having the opportunity to talk in small groups with our sixth formers about what sixth form is and why they made that choice.
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Term 4
- .CAREERS SESSIONS: The future labour market and employability skills
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 7 students will be introduced to the differences between salaries and wages, but their main focus will be on understanding that the character strengths that the school encourages and values are also employability skills. They will be introduced to the ‘future labour market’ and how to recognise (and use) workplace or organisational values in choosing a career or job.
Through these sessions, they will understand that the character strengths of compassion are also employability skills.
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Term 5
- .CAREERS SESSIONS: Values in the workplace
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 7 students will consider the role that integrity plays in choosing their careers, and also thinking about how to manage wellbeing throughout a career.
Through these sessions, they will understand that the character strengths of resilience, communication and integrity are also employability skills.
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Term 6
- .CAREERS SESSIONS: Career Decisions
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 7 will consider the fact that careers decisions are about choosing how a job might impact their wider life. For example, they will think about the impact of travel, different working environments and where they would like to work.
Through these sessions, they will understand that the character strengths of motivation and resilience are also employability skills. They will also learn that careers decisions need to consider more factors than simply the wage or job title.
Continue reading → - ASSEMBLY and PROJECT: What is engineering?
Year 7 students will be introduced to the wide range of careers within the engineering sector with the help of MEP Ltd an award-winning engineering specialist servicing Aerospace, Defence, Space and Medical clients and based in Aylesford. Students will be introduced to a careers project and encouraged to understand the design process and the importance of creativity and communication.
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- Employability skills development: Camping, Wrotham Walk
Year 7 students will have the opportunity to develop their character and employability skills through involvement in a variety of activities including the Year 7 Camping and the Wrotham Walk.
Through these sessions, they will understand that the character strengths of creativity, teamwork and resilience are also employability skills.
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