Careers

The team leading the Careers and Futures at The Cooper School are progressive, knowledgeable and supportive, whose endeavours take every student's strengths and builds upon these through their journey at The Cooper School. There are many opportunities to inspire and create a meaningful understanding of the world of work for every child.

Each student is encouraged to take responsibility for their own future with the support of career professionals to help guide and support them in this discovery. Our hope is every student leaving The Cooper School has acquired sufficient skills, qualifications and understanding of the job market to be able to navigate the world independently and with confidence.

We are fortunate to have a diverse local economy representing all manner of sectors around us, but we pride ourselves in being part of the “Knowledge Belt” that runs between Oxford and Cambridge and in which many hi-tech and scientific organisations tend to locate. We reach out to those organisations and share ideas and opportunities to develop our young people to meet the needs of society and local and national  employment.

We offer independent Careers advice to all our students in Year 11 and in Post 16, this might be around future pathways or career ideas. The team uses powerful tools to help students to become more self aware of their strengths and development needs to unlock career opportunities. Through our programme of careers education, each student is equipped with all the possibilities to make good and informed decisions about their futures. We support students to open doors and opportunities and appreciate the world of work to be independent and confident citizens.

Careers Policy 

Provider Access Policy

Provider Access Policy 

Introduction

This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to pupils at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Pupil entitlement

All pupils in years 8-13 are entitled:

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;

• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;

• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

Management of provider access requests

Procedure

A provider wishing to request access should contact Sam Baker, Careers Lead 

Telephone: 01865 242121

Email: sbaker@thecooperschool.co.uk

Opportunities for access

A number of events, integrated into the school careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to pupils and/or their parents/carers:

Our Careers Team

Lucy Katz - Governor with Responsibility for Careers and Futures

Sam Baker - Assistant Headteacher, Careers Leader and SLT link for Careers and Futures - careers@thecooperschool.co.uk

Helen Lewis - Careers In The Classroom: hlewis@thecooperschool.co.uk

Enterprise Advisor

Aileen Peverell - Senior Facilities Manager, Facilities Management, University of Oxford

Careers In The Classroom

At the Cooper School we have many different opportunities for all our students to ‘work hard’ and ‘dream big’ when it comes to their futures and careers. Here is Mrs. Lewis, our 'Careers In The. Classroom' lead, discussing just some of the careers opportunities we provide for our students.

STEM Enrichment & Careers

Click HERE to find out about the opportunities we provide for our students to learn about STEM related careers. 

Labour Market Information

Presentation to Students - November 2023

My Future Career

Presentation to Year 9 Students - December 2022