Careers Appointments

Careers Appointments Information

If you would like to have a Careers Appointment please email careers@bartoncourt.org

Students in any year group are entitled to ask for a careers appointment.

The CXK service is available to young people through a professionally qualified Personal Advisor. CXK ensures that personal advisors are prepared for their role to maintain a high standard of guidance and have enhanced DBS checks along with up-to-date safeguarding training.

Barton Court’s dedicated CXK advisers provide independent and impartial advice and guidance within the school to students as they face decisions about their future.  They offer confidential guidance and support to teenagers about careers, education, training and job options, as well as other issues such as health, money, relationships, and housing. They also attend parent’s evenings and sixth form open evening every year.

There are several key ways that students access careers advice through CXK:

• In Year 8 prior to their GCSE options deadline students receive group careers appointments
• In Year 11 all students receive a one-to-one careers appointment, and can request a follow-up
• During sixth form all students receive at least one further careers appointment to discuss their post-18 options.

CXK Personal Advisors can work with parents/carers to help prepare their son or daughter for the future. There might be particular times when it is useful to have independent professional help and guidance, for example when one’s son or daughter:

• is starting to think about their GCSE subject choices at Key Stage 3
   
• is considering their options after Year 11. Personal advisors can give them advice and guidance on staying on in full-time education, starting work, training, work-based learning or apprenticeships
   
• is thinking about future learning following their sixth-form studies
   
• may be experiencing difficulties and they need extra support to get back on track
   
• needs advice on the benefits available to them to support their progression through education and training
   
• has a learning difficulty or disability and needs help with their next steps