Gatsby benchmark 7

From Year 7, students have the opportunity to interact with providers from further and higher education.  This includes:

• Assemblies led by Year 13 on ‘Life in VIth Form’
• Meet the university student including alumni eg Paddy N – shared details of his career as a paediatric nurse in Great Ormond Street Hospital
• University finance
• University ambassadors with NCOP Next Steps SouthWest sharing information about accessing university
• Year 10 VIth Form experience
• Year 11 Post 16 Day – including CSIA VIth Form, Cornwall College, Duchy College, Falmouth Marine School, Truro and Penwith College, Apprenticeships team
• T-Level guidance from Truro and Penwith College
• Visits to universities in VIth Form
• Visits to higher and further education providers as part of curriculum visits or international links
• Travel bursaries for eligible students from NSSW for university open days
• Lectures from university professors in subject areas eg Professor Iain Stewart, Plymouth University
• Advice and guidance on Oxbridge pathways from Oxford, Cambridge and Eton professors
• Study skills from University of Bath
• Vocational pathway students supported by Cornwall College, Duchy College – and a new link with Cornwall Marine Academy
• Virtual fieldtrips to universities
• Networking at our careers fayre – including University of Bath, University of Exeter, Peninsula Medical School – University of Plymouth, University of South Wales, Winchester University, Falmouth University, Cornwall College, Duchy College, Falmouth Marine School, Cornwall Marine Academy, ASK – Apprenticeships.

University open days finder: UniTasterDays – University events for schools and students

We update our Careers Google Classroom with open days at our local places of further education including The VI Form Academy and Cornwall School of Mathematics and Science.