Planning for the Future through Excellent Careers Education

Sedgefield Community College provides all of our students with an excellent package of careers education that prepares them to achieve success in the next stage of their lives beyond our school. Beginning in Year Seven and going right through to the end of Year Eleven, our students access a wide range of guidance and support that ensures they are ready for the challenges of further study or the world of work. We have fostered excellent links with the wide variety of post 16 education providers in the area.

As a school we are very proud of the exceptionally high rate of our students who remain in education or training after they have left us.
In terms of the nature of the careers education that our students receive, this takes a wide variety of different forms. We develop effective links with the world of industry, providing opportunities for our students to find out about a wide range of different careers both through in school events and where appropriate, out of school experiences of work. All students have access to careers computer aided guidance packages that can be accessed both in school and at home.

The school has three separate careers packages available to pupils both at home and school. To access them for the very first time you must enter the license code in the box. This is the same for all pupils and is 'timeyear99'. The next time you log on you can create your own username and password. Once you are on the three programmes then there are interactive quizzes and job profiles for you to answer as well as what qualifications you need for your chosen career.

Licence code : timeyear99

SCC Post 16 Options

At the end of their time at Sedgefield Community College, we are very anxious to ensure that all of our students go on to ACHIEVE great success in the future.  Crucial to this is the need to ensure that the right choices are made at the end of Y11.  There is a huge amount of guidance and advice out there on the internet and through other sources about Post 16 options and it can be difficult to navigate through all of this.  With this in mind, we’ve looked to bring together some of the key information that you might need on the SCC website.

As a school, Sedgefield Community College looks to foster strong links with a range of local Post 16 education and training providers.  Over a period of many years, we have formed a particularly strong working relationship with Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form Centre in Darlington.  We continue to enjoy an excellent partnership with QE, but are also now establishing stronger links with other providers and most particularly New College Durham, Bishop Auckland College and East Durham College.

Ultimately though, we have no reason to want any of our students to choose any specific Post 16 education or training provider.  Our intention is to ensure that our students have the fullest possible understanding of the range of options that are available to them and receive the necessary guidance to ensure that they make the right choices.

Click here to find out more about the different Post 16 qualifications available

Click here to find out more about local Post 16 Education / Training Providers

Click here to find out more about the Post 16 Options Event on October 12th 2011