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20/12/24

Our latest Newsletter is out now. Catch up on all the exciting updates at HASU. https://t.co/BZXFtiisec#HASU pic.twitter.com/gIlYHJLOAU

20/12/24

Our Xmas Jumper Day at HASU set the festive vibes off the charts! From reindeers to snowflakes, sparkles to pom-poms, everyone brought their A-game with their cozy and creative Christmas jumpers. Wishing all our students, staff, and families a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄 pic.twitter.com/iFCzlCOZvI

20/12/24

Students from computing classes across the school took part in the annual UK Bebras competition in the month of November. We are very proud of everyone’s achievement.  A big well done to our 503 students who won Gold , Distinction and Merit Awards.🌟👏#HASU pic.twitter.com/idaXJWNhY2

20/12/24

The HASU Robotics Christmas Raffle! … and the winner is………. pic.twitter.com/IhrZdiw5dw

20/12/24

HASU Robotics Society hosted teams from across the SE of England to the INTO THE DEEP Scrimmage. It was another great day of co-opertition and collaboration. Thank you and good luck to all teams taking part this season! pic.twitter.com/s4KPRzmnT5

11/12/24

The dress rehearsal for our Winter Show was a great success! Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night!🎄 pic.twitter.com/mVj1HE24zy

10/12/24

🎶 Yesterday’s Year 7 Celebration Assembly was truly special! 🌟 The highlight? Their beautiful all-year singing performance – such talent and unity on display! 👏💛 Well done Year 7 – you’ve made us all so proud! pic.twitter.com/SfC6Qk9f4L

10/12/24

Field set up prep! pic.twitter.com/TA0UGpBTsE

06/12/24

Thank you to for visiting Harris Academy Sutton as part of UK Parliament week. Mr Taylor spoke to the Year 11s about his role of the new MP for Sutton and Cheam and how he represents the constituency in Parliament. pic.twitter.com/1CjfTSq4oS

04/12/24

🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Celebration Evening yesterday! It was a fantastic night honoring our students' achievements.🌟Congratulations to all the award recipients – you’ve made us so proud! 🏆👏 pic.twitter.com/SosvAVv40V

02/12/24

Our big day tomorrow! Join us for our HASU Celebration Evening as we present the incredible achievements and successes of our students with a variety of awards.🏆 We’re excited to celebrate together and look forward to seeing you there!#HASU pic.twitter.com/jy8BjvQMVK

02/12/24

Sutton Community Awards 2024💜 🏆 Thank you to everyone who attended the Sutton Community Awards last night. It was once again a magical evening meeting everyone who was shortlisted. pic.twitter.com/hjt7fsddNB

02/12/24

Huge congratulations to Billy, who attended the Sutton Community Awards Evening and proudly received his Outstanding Young Person Award!🏆 A well-deserved recognition for his incredible achievements. We’re so proud of you, Billy!👏 pic.twitter.com/TeCQJtyQ5c

02/12/24

Last Thursday, we hosted our HASU6 Open Evening, and it was a fantastic event! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who attended and explored what we have to offer. Excited to see so many future students inspired and eager to join us! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/rtiaaA5RJp

29/11/24

Thank you to for visiting Harris Academy Sutton as part of UK Parliament week. Mr Taylor spoke to the Year 11s about his role of the new MP for Sutton and Cheam and how he represents the constituency in Parliament.#parliament pic.twitter.com/27EmEGFqRD

25/11/24

Say hello to our new teams and current teams working together pic.twitter.com/cRTUfO3wGd

25/11/24

HASU robotics watching the webinar on notebooks and portfolio! pic.twitter.com/WoaN42jve5

25/11/24

🎶 Last Wednesday, we held our first Orchestra Enrichment session with Mr. Litchfield, and it sounded absolutely amazing! 🎻👏 Can’t wait to hear what they create next! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/9aBimAovUK

20/11/24

🎭✨ The countdown is on! Our School Winter Show is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to share the magic with you.❄️🌟 Stay tuned for incredible performances, festive cheer, and plenty of talent on display! 🎉#WinterShow pic.twitter.com/fImcA2yuVm

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Careers Education

Central to planning for Student Futures is our fantastic Careers Education programme.

 

The HASU Careers Programme is designed around the Gatsby Good Careers Guidance Benchmarks to provide outstanding personalised provision and guidance for every student.

Our Careers Motto is: Aspire. Acquire. Achieve.Careers logo 2

Should there be a relevant link to careers in the curriculum, the HASU Careers logo will be visible in lessons. During the academic year, students will also have dedicated time to Careers in their Citizenship lessons which will feature this logo.

 

 


Our Careers Team

Careers Leader

Mr D Smith, Vice Principal

d.smith@harrissutton.org.uk

020 3962 4500

Careers Adviser

Ms K Baldwin, Careers Adviser

Keally.Baldwin@harrisfederation.org.uk


Our Vision & Programme

Careers vision

Every year group has a careers focus which is embedded through a variety of strategies and in collaboration with  a wide range of external stakeholders. We are motivated to ensure students are able to make informed decisions at key transition points; to foster their passion for their favourite subjects and increase their awareness of the career pathways it can lead to as well as educating students on the variety of further learning pathways and supporting them to select the most appropriate to their needs.

 

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Careers education, information, advice and guidance at HASU 

We teach careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) through a variety of methods at the Academy for example: 

  1. Delivering drop down days solely focusing on careers through the IID Day Programme 

  1. Delivering careers focused assemblies  

  1. Explicitly teaching about careers in the Citizenship strand of our Personal Development Curriculum 

  1. Linking careers to our Enrichment Programme for example, the Medical society explore a wide range of careers within the NHS 

  1. By making explicit links, which includes Labour Market Information, between the content being taught in the different subject areas of the curriculum to careers 

  1. Including links to careers in our Educational Visits for example all of Year 7 go to the theatre to watch a Pantomime and study stage craft in the summer term, exploring different careers in the theatre 

  1. Ensuring students have encounters with employers 

  1. Organising encounters for students with other educational institutions  

  1. Ensuring Year 10 students explore the world of work through Work Experience in the summer term 

  1. Ensuring students have focused and meaningful meetings with the Careers Adviser 

  1. Setting students assignments to engage with Unifrog to ensure they remain engaged with careers information  

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Unifrog

Unifrog is a careers platform that is used at the academy. All pupils have their own account to record a host of careers related activities for example:

  • Encounters with employers
  • Meetings with the Careers AdviserUnifrog logo
  • Recording their skills
  • Visits to other education providers
  • Recording work experience placement

Unifrog can be found here.


Assessing Impact

Once the Citizenship lessons on Careers have been completed in the spring term, students are set a quiz via Satchel One to test their knowledge and understanding. This allows us to have confidence in students' understanding. We also use data from Unifrog and Compass Plus to review our Careers Programme to ensure we provide our students with brilliant CEIAG.


Working towards the Quality in Careers Standard

We are proud to be working towards the Quality in Careers Standard which is a national accreditation awarded for the quality of:

  1. Careers education960dequalityincareers
  2. Careers information
  3. Careers advice
  4. Careers guidance

These components are aligned with a set of eight criteria referred to as the Gatsby Benchmarks; that are a gold standard for CEIAG in secondary schools. We aim to have achieved this prestigious Award by the end of the 2022-23 academic year.  


Labour Market Information

We encourage all students to regularly access the most up to date information about careers and pathways. Below, students can find a brilliant tool from 'LMI For All' that helps them to investigate information about a wide range of careers.


The Skillsometer

The Skillsometer has been designed for those who are not sure what jobs they may be interested in. Thinking about skills, interests and the ways these can link to jobs can be a helpful first step in identifying possible future jobs. The widget below allows students to take this quiz whenever they might wish.

 


Working with visitors, external agencies and our community

As an academy at the heart of its community we endeavour to have everyone on board with this journey, from staff, students, parents/carers, enterprise coordinator, local employers to further and higher education providers.

In line with the latest update in September 2022, in the Careers guidance and access for education and training providers published by the Department of Education and the Gatsby Benchmarks we welcome external organisations, employers, employees, Further Education providers, Higher Education providers and training providers to contribute towards our Careers Programme. Please contact the Academy’s Careers Leader, Mrs Alysia Haughton-Nicholls, Associate Assistant Principal, via email (a.haughton-nicholls@harrissutton.org.uk) or phone (020 3962 4500).

Requests will be considered in line with our safeguarding policy.


Our Careers & Provider Access Policies

The most recent versions of our Careers Education Policy and our Provider Access policy can be found in the Teaching & Learning section of the Policies area of our website, here.


Further information & useful links

 

  • Careermap provide a free and very informative magazine called Careermag which is aimed at parents that provides a wealth of information about the labour market, prospective salaries and career pathways.

 

Harris careers

 

National careers

Apprenticeship Guide

 

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