Careers Education and Guidance Department - Entitlement:

Students at HTC, under Government legislation, are entitled to a quality provision of careers information, support and guidance delivered in partnership with Horndean Technology College and Connexions.

A light touch is applied to the delivery of Careers in Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 through PSHE lessons.

The programme includes guidance with the GCSE Choices programme, Work Experience preparation in Year 10 and FE/College pathways in Year 11.

An annual Careers Fair is held during the evening where parents and students are invited to attend.

HTC offer access to a dedicated Careers Resource Centre with access to intranet Careers programme e.g. Kudos. There is a dedicated Connexions Interview Room for Careers Interviews with one of our Connexions Personal Advisers.

The Connexions Personal Adviser attends a Year 7 assembly, speaks to Year 8 tutor groups in the Careers Resource Centre, visits some Year 9 Careers lessons and becomes very active with 1:1 careers interviews and small group sessions in the Connexions Room. The Connexions Personal Advisers are on site to provide guidance and support.

This planned programme of career experiences is in direct response to the basic entitlement our students are expected to receive while at HTC.

Benefits include a higher percentage of students staying in Education and Training and a high profile Work Experience programme. As a result, we have forged very positive links with local businesses. There are many benefits for our students who, through being able to access careers information easily, gain a clear insight into the World of Work. As a result they handle the transition from Horndean to Further Education or the workplace smoothly.

The Careers Resource Centre is used by students who are serious about their future careers and want to start to look at the options available after HTC.

Situated within the main College Library, it has a wide range of media to help you decide what is right for you. You can look at our...

• HINTS reference library
• Video, CD, DVD and book lending service
• University prospectus corner
• Job information ‘take-away’ service
• Job reference book service
• ‘Working In’ reference library
• FE College prospectuses available
• Information on: Gap Year
• Equal Opportunities
• Apprenticeships
• Computers with internet access and Careers Intranet programmes

Enterprise Education

In response to the Government’s efforts to put Enterprise Education as part of our students’ education, HTC have produced a series of exciting opportunities for our students. We have been fortunate enough to be supported in these activities by some excellent partners and would like to express our appreciation to the many people involved in making Enterprise Education such a success at HTC.

Enterprise Education is Developing Enterprise Capability

• The ability to apply and learn skills to handle new and changing ideas or situations

Financial Literacy

• The ability to apply and learn skills to handle new and changing ideas or situations

Economic and Business Understanding

• The ability to apply and learn skills to handle new and changing ideas or situations

Here are some of the events and activities our students have been involved in:

Year 7
Students making new inventions and learn how to market their ideas. This day was organised and run by the University of Portsmouth.

Year 8
Discovery Days held at the University of Portsmouth. Working together with a business idea and learning to work as a team.

Year 9
The Army worked with the whole year on the ‘soft skills’ of Enterprise; Leadership, Teamwork, Communication and Problem Solving.

Year 10
We have had a series of business lunches, a full Mock Interview day with visiting employers and a Tee Shirt business and what a day that was!

Year 11
Network lunches for Gifted and Talented students.

To view the full outline of the Careers Education Guidance please click here. 

Diary & Dates

Here you can look at all the coming events via our Dates & Diary Table below...

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