Careers at William Farr

William Farr School aims to support all students to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours to manage their career throughout their lives. We will achieve this by integrating career learning into subject lessons, as well as by delivering dedicated career related content. Our event programme is cumulative, starts in Year 7, and involves engagement with employers and institutions of further and higher learning, with the aim of addressing stereotypes and raising aspirations for all students.

The careers programme at William Farr has been developed in consideration of the Gatsby Benchmarks, which are:

1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of all students
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

We provide a comprehensive careers programme to all students; this includes aspects of work-related learning and information about further and higher education. Students in Year 11 receive targeted information to ensure that they are fully aware of all options available to them post 16, including courses and opportunities with providers other than William Farr. Students in Year 12 and 13 are very well supported by our dedicated Sixth Form team as they make their applications to university, apply for apprenticeships, plan a gap year or prepare for employment.

We are striving to increase the quantity and quality of our employer partnerships and to form a network of links with former students, who we recognise have valuable advice and connections to offer current students. If you are an employer and you are interested in engaging with our careers programme, please contact Mrs C Roberts, at c.roberts@williamfarr.lincs.sch.uk. If you are an alumni of the school, please sign up to our alumni database here William Farr School Alumni (and Destination Data) Sign Up.

The school regularly assesses the impact of the careers programme on students, using destination data, feedback from students and teacher evaluations. Views are sought from all stakeholders and the programme evolves year on year to consider the needs of students and the local, national, and global job markets.

Please refer to the full Careers Policy document for details of student entitlement. All policies are reviewed and updated by the Senior Leadership Team and School Governors annually.

Provider Access Information

William Farr actively seeks to educate and inform students about technical qualifications, including T Levels and Apprenticeships, and all other non-academic routes, alongside academic pathways. We have close ties with local further education colleges and these, along with other providers, are regularly invited into school to speak to students in both large and small groups.

We seek to exceed the minimum statutory requirement of six encounters with providers between years 7 and 13, and students will be advised on a broad range of provision through our Careers Fair, Post 16 morning, Post 18 evening and targeted assemblies for KS4 and KS5. Students in Year 10 and 11 receive dedicated lessons covering all options post 16, as well as application support and on site interviews with local colleges.

If you are a college or training provider and wish to speak to our students, please contact Mrs C Roberts at c.roberts@williamfarr.lincs.sch.uk. For full details of access arrangements, please see our Provider Access Policy. (See Contact Us)