Parents

Beauchamp City Sixth Form benefits from having a Lionheart Educational Trust Careers Advisor who delivers a one-to-one service and works alongside the Advice, Guidance and Progress team to provide a range of services to our students.

These services include:

• Assistance with university applications
• Securing employment and apprenticeships
• One to one interviews
• And help with CVs and application forms.

The team also facilitates work experience, careers fairs (internal & external), trips to colleges and universities.

Every year The Lionheart Educational Trust holds a careers fair attended by higher education institutions, workplaces, public service representatives and the armed services.

We also provide talks on apprenticeships, university options and careers on a weekly basis.

Careers information is communicated to students and parents on the digital notice board Beehive. Posters and flyers about careers events are also posted throughout the school and students are made aware of events via tutor time.

All year 12 students are given the opportunity to take part in work experience. Work placements are organised by Leicester Education Business Company (LEBC).

ADVICE FOR PARENTS

• Careers Advice for Parents - Careers Advice for UK parents, young people, school leavers, A Level students, teenagers. Independent, informative & accurate
• World of Work Guide - Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) labour market guide for young people, ‘What Work Leicestershire’ summarises: the different work sectors across the LLEP area, numbers of people employed in those areas, which jobs are in demand, skills that employers value, suggested links to find out more about working in that sector & what employers look for in prospective employees
• Parent Adviser - Parent Adviser provide useful, up to date advice for parents about the career options available to their children.
• Advice on UCAS for parents and guardians - Lots of resources and information dedicated to helping parents and guardians support students applying to uni.
• Paths to Professional Careers – a Parent’s Guide 2019 - Get advice aimed at parents on careers, university and school leaver programmes such as higher apprenticeships and sponsored degrees.

types of employment

• National Careers Service.
• icould.
• Career Pilot.
• Apprenticeships

Local opportunities

• Short video guide to the labour market.
• A series of short videos on a range of careers.

CHILD EMPLOYMENT

• The youngest age a child can work part-time is 13 - except children involved in areas like: television, theatre, modelling. Children working in these areas will need a performance licence.
• Children can only start full-time work once they’ve reached the minimum school leaving age - they can then work up to a maximum of 40 hours a week.
• Once someone reaches 16, you may need to pay them through PAYE.
• Once someone reaches 18, adult employment rights and rules then apply.

In England, a young person must be in part-time education or training until they’re 18.

Source: gov.uk

You can find out more via the following links. 

• Child Employment - UK Government
• Child Employment - Leicestershire Council
• Child Employment Licence - Leicester City Council

For more information and resources on qualifications and careers journeys that may be useful to discuss with your child, please browse the student area of our careers website.