The Careers Leader at King's is Head of Sixth Form/Assistant Headteacher, Mrs Abi Coles. She can be reached via careers@kingsschoolhove.org.uk or on 01273 840004.
The vision for our Career programme at King’s is to develop knowledge, skills and character in our students so that they can flourish to make aspirational decisions in their own career journey.
We want the students to develop employability skills and knowledge of available pathways to enable them to make informed decisions following Year 9, Year 11 or Year 13.
King’s career programme incorporates both formal careers education, information, advice and guidance activities, as well as other opportunities linked to each of the students’ subjects, whether this is delivered through bespoke lessons, external speakers, educational visits or developing our staff’s knowledge of the careers and opportunities linked to their subject areas. We use Unifrog as our career platform.
We believe that the whole school staff has a responsibility for the ‘careers education’ of its students and, therefore, it is important that all staff maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the opportunities that relate to their subjects, encourage students to explore ideas and are happy to provide additional information to students, or to refer them to other resources/colleagues with a more specific knowledge.
We evaluate our career programme by using the future skill questionnaire on compass plus with our students. We also use destination data and regular feedback from pupils, parents, teachers and employers to measure the impact of the careers programme.
King's Career Programme 2025-26
Careers and Employability Policy
Gatsby Benchmarks
The careers programme here at King's follows all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks, these are as follows;
1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning
from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of
each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6.
Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher
education
8. Personal guidance
An updated version of the Gatsby Benchmarks was published in late 2024 as part of Gatsby’s report Good Career Guidance: The Next 10 Years.
Good Career Guidance | Education | Gatsby