Careers

Careers Curriculum

Students are taught about careers as part of their PSHE form time offer, which utilises Unifrog with dedicated lessons to careers education. Students all have a unifrog log on and the careers adviser works with every student on ensuring unifrogs features are used to full advantage. All students build a unifrog portfolio which will be used by them to support their future post 16 and beyond options and careers choices

Link to Unifrog: https://www.unifrog.org/

Alongside this, students have input from external speakers, undertake visits, and have further opportunities for employer encounters. We have long-established relationships with local further education establishments and industrial partners.

Our Careers policy can be located via https://www.kempstonacademy.co.uk/Policies/

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The transition from secondary school to further education or the workforce can be both exciting and challenging for students and their families. To assist you in supporting your child during this important period the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, with the support of the Careers Development Institute, have generated this website to guide parents and carers with valuable resources and advice to support your child moving forward.

Careers Plan and Provider Access Policy

Our Careers Leader is Mrs Lynda Collins who is supported by the Careers Senior Leadership Team Link is Mr S Sagnia ssagnia@kempstonacademy.co.uk.

Careers Events and Information for Parents and Students

21st May 2025

60 Year 8 students are attending the University of Bedfordshire - Powering Bedfordshire is an interactive workshop which sees year 8 students take on the role of a new social enterprise company for the day. They will have the opportunity to work in teams to develop a new product idea to tackle a social issue of their choice and to then “pitch” their product.

12th June 2025

All Year 7 and 8 students will be attending a theatre roadshow from BAE Systems, The Royal Air Force, and The Royal Navy to celebrate STEM across Britain. This 50-minute performance is to inspire and engage your students, and digital resources to and future roles in the STEM industry.

Unifrog - online platform

Inspiring students to plan for their future

We have an on-going commitment to ensuring that all our students have access to good quality impartial careers advice, thereby ensuring that each student has the best possible foundation on which to base their future choices and pathways. In this respect we’re pleased to announce we will now be using an innovative new careers management software called Unifrog.

Unifrog provides our students access to a range of web-based tools to assist them in their journey through school and towards career choices. These include tools such as:

Careers action planning
Skills profiling
Research tools
Careers diary and events
Work experience log book

Unifrog gives students a structured way for them to think about the sort of careers, courses and opportunities that they may wish to pursue in the future. For example, information from the Action Plan combined with the other careers and enterprise activities at our school will build a complete careers “Passport” for each student, helping them find direction as they move through school and into new endeavours.

Students access their Unifrog Student Portal via login details which will be emailed or handed out to them at school. After attending a careers event, students will be emailed asking them to complete a short feedback form so we can continously improve our careers programme. Unifrog is accessible from any computer or smartphone and if you’d like to go through Unifrog with your child, please feel free to do so!

If you would like any more information on Unifrog, please visit http://www.unifrog.org/.

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