Our Careers Team ensures that careers planning is built into the curriculum from Years 7 through 13. If you have a question or would like some help, please email us our usual parental enquiries email address, marked for our attention:

• Emma Perkin - Vice Principal, Head of Sixth Form CG Hub

• Sharon Murphy - Careers Advisor Post 16+

• Rosanna Taylor - CXK Ltd Careers Advisor for Years 7-11
  Rosanna Taylor can be found in the Careers Hub

• Adekunle Omisakin - Careers Governor

• governors@ukat.org

• Paul Wren - Enterprise Advisor

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

The Gatsby Benchmarks are pivotal in the planning and delivery of all CEIAG at the Academy, which is constantly reviewed and amended throughout the year. This ensures that all Students, Teachers, Employers and Parents/Carers are kept informed of our policies and procedures.

In keeping with our commitment to provide students with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next step after School/College, we are partnered with Unifrog; an award-winning, online careers platform. All students at Chatham Grammar now have access to this excellent website.

Unifrog brings into one place every undergraduate university course, apprenticeship, and college course in the UK, as well as other opportunities, such as Virtual work experience, School Leaver Programmes, MOOCs and every college at Oxford and Cambridge. This makes it easy for students to compare and choose the best university courses, apprenticeships or further education courses for them. They can also explore exciting opportunities further afield by looking at English-taught undergraduate programmes available in Europe and the USA.

Additionally, the platform helps students successfully apply for these opportunities by using Unifrog to write their personal statement, applications and CVs and guiding them through the process, allowing teachers to give live feedback.

We are committed to providing a planned programme of careers education and information, advice and guidance. We continually innovate to ensure our students are receiving the high quality and effective guidance they deserve. At the end of each academic year we review the impact of our careers program using students voice and destinations data.

For more information, go to www.unifrog.org or contact emmaperkin@ukat.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7S3wWFKm-o

Work experience is a vital aspect of our career programme, offering students a chance to understand the skills employers seek. All Year 10 students are expected to participate in work experience from Monday 28th April to Friday 2nd May 2025. To develop essential job-hunting skills relevant in today’s market, we encourage students to take the initiative in planning and securing their own placements.  

We recommend that students reach out to potential employers as soon as possible, as other schools will also be engaging in work experience during this time. We encourage discussions between parents/carers and students about possible placements and the experiences the student is seeking.  

If parents/carers or students have personal connections for placements, it would be beneficial to make contact as soon as possible to explore this option. Please note that all placements are subject to rigorous Health and Safety checks conducted by an external provider (MEPB). This check is essential to ensure a safe working environment for your child. If the check is not completed, the placement cannot be approved. All employers must have employers' liability insurance unless they are directed related to the student.   

If students secure their own placements, they will need to enter the details into the Link2 website. Link2 is an online platform that students will access, with details provided by their Personal Tutor. Students will also have access to a list of pre-approved employers in Medway and Kent, and they will have one week to select a placement. All placements must be finalised by Friday 7th March 2025.  

Key Dates   

Own placements cutoff date - after which students may no longer enter own placement details - Friday 17 January 2025  

Students without placements after 17th January may not search the database until this date - Friday 28 February 2025  

Final date - after which schools may no longer make/change bookings - Friday 7 March 2025  

If you would like to know more regarding work experience, please do not hesitate to contact me on: 

suzannetaylor@universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk  

Careers Fair 4th March 2025 for all year groups.

www.unifrog.org - One stop careers platform (all students have free access to this)

www.ucas.com - Connecting to university, apprenticeships and internships

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ - Career information and resources

https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship - Apprenticeships

https://www.parentkind.org.uk/Parents/Helping-with-careers-advice - Parent/carer career support

https://www.youthemployment.org.uk/careers-advice-for-parents/ - Career advice and support for parent/carers

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket - Local Labour Market