The Careers Team at Mackenzie Thorpe Centre have high expectations for all learners. We support learners to become successful independent adults throughout their school career with the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to promote their social and economic inclusion.

How do we do it?

To ensure that learners at Mackenzie Thorpe Centre are receiving a good quality Careers Education, we work in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks:

Meet the Team

Corrina McEwan – Vice Principal	Careers Leader
Dean Sullivan - Teacher	Careers Information Officer
Andrew Brunton - Teacher	Careers Information Officer
Sarah Winter - Teacher	Careers Information Officer
Emma Bowes - Teacher	Careers Information Officer
Lauren Pearson - Teacher	Careers Information Officer
Stacey Embleton - Teacher	Careers Information Officer

 

All learners receive tailored support based on their interests, aspirations, and capability during their personal transitions. Progress is targeted in dedicated Personal Development sessions with qualified careers staff, alongside being embedded into whole-school activities. This is consolidated within all curriculum areas, for all learners.

 

Discovering the world around us

As part of the curriculum, all learners are provided with information about the world of work to develop transferable skills during their lessons and activities in the community. This  broadens their understanding and experiences of different types of jobs and environments. Visit our Latest News section of the school website to see where we’ve been!   Mackenzie Thorpe News | North East Autism Society (ne-as.org.uk)

 

Learners also have access to external careers advisors from CareerWave who work with them to provide bespoke personal guidance. (www.careerwave.co.uk)

Not sure what you want to do?

Discover your skills and interests with the quiz below…

nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/

 

Labour Market Intelligence: Search a huge range of jobs with the Career-o-meter widget to find out the facts you need to know…

Instructions:

• Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you
• You can then look up another two occupations and compare
• You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected

Click here to download the PfA and CEIAG strategy