Careers
At The Hinckley School and Sixth Form, we use Unifrog to help our students plan their futures. Unifrog is a simple, all-in-one platform that supports career exploration and university or apprenticeship applications. It allows students to research different careers, find university courses, and manage their applications easily. The platform also matches students' interests and skills with suitable career options and educational opportunities. Teachers and tutors can track student progress and provide personalized advice, ensuring every student gets the support they need to succeed.
Our Careers Leader is Mr Boast and our Careers Advisor is Ms Thompson. If you have any queries about careers, higher education or work experience please contact us on 01455 632183 or hthompson@thehinckleyschool.co.uk / mboast@thehinckleyschool.co.uk
How we Assess Impact
How We Measure and Assess the Impact of Our Careers Programme
At The Hinckley School, we work with the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) Careers Hub to enhance our careers education strategy. We use the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks and the Careers Development Institute Framwork as the foundation of our programme.
We assess our careers programme's effectiveness with the help of the LLEP and the Careers and Enterprise Company using the Compass Plus Tool. This tool helps us evaluate our activities against the eight best practice benchmarks. We review our progress once a term and update our strategy accordingly.
We also gather feedback from students, parents, teachers, and employers through surveys, questionnaires, and focus groups. This feedback helps us continuously improve our programme. Additionally, we conduct an annual Future Skills Questionnaire with students during their transition years to include their perspectives.
At the end of each summer term, our school careers leader combines all this information into a report with recommendations for our senior leadership team.
What We Evaluate
- Stakeholder Feedback: We collect feedback from students, parents, and others after activities and events.
- Implementation: We review what was planned versus what was delivered and how well it went.
- Impact: We measure key performance indicators that reflect our vision and desired outcomes for our students.
This evaluation helps us ensure our careers programme is effective and continuously improving.
Alumni
Are you a former student from our school? We’d love to hear your story and perhaps feature you on our website or invite you to call back to our school and talk about your career pathway. Please do get in touch!
01455 632183 or hthompson@thehinckleyschool.co.uk
Leicestershire's Labour Market
We think Leicester and Leicestershire is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the most vibrant areas in the East Midlands there is a lot to shout about. In this section we will start to share information about different industry sectors, careers pathways, types of jobs and lots more for both parents/carers and students.
Quick fact… did you know in Leicester and Leicestershire over 99% of local businesses are micro (0-9 staff), small (10-49 staff) or medium enterprises (who employ 50 to 249 staff).
If that sounds interesting, you could visit the World of Work website which has much more information on the local labour market with easy-to-read facts and figures.
