Careers and Work Experience

Our main outcomes from our careers plan are;

Where appropriate;

  • All students at Woodlands receive a stable Careers Programme
  • To enable all students to learn from information provided by the Career and labour market 
  • The Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance Programme is indvidualised and address the needs of each student
  • Link the curriculum learning to careers learning
  • Provides students with meaningful encounters with employers and employees
  • Provides students with experiences of work places
  • Ensure the opportunity for personal guidance to all students
  • Provides students with local offer information in a timely manner
  • Offer of regular encounters with Further and Higher Education information sessions and visits; including internships, appenticeships and additional training opportunities
  • To review and update the Careers offer annually, based on feedback

Careers, Work Experience and Destinations Team

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Helen Southwell 

Trustee

Ann-Marie Gilbert

Assistant Headteacher 

Careers Leader

Lauren Church 

Careers and Work Experience Coordinator 

Email Careers Team

Employer and Business Encounters

We continually track, and source employer and business contracts, to support our students and provide them with invaluable work focused opportunities, through the exploration of job roles within their organisations, local visits or presentations and workshops delivered in school.

These also include work experience and voluntary placements

The employer Encounters for 2024-2024 are:

Coleshill Leisure Centre
Southfields Farm
Willmott Dixon
St Catherine's / Father Hudsons
Coleshill Library
Colebridge Trust
Enterprise (Unit) 21
YMCA Chelmsley Wood
NFU
Warwickshire Police Service
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
ASK Apprenticeships
Fat Fluffs Rabbit Rescue Centre
Polesworth Donkey Sanctuary
Max Spielmann
Newlands Bishop Farm
Capital One
BeInspired
Balfour Beatty Vinci
Coleshill Dental Centre
Career Seekers Direct
VIY (Volunteer It Yourself)
Speakers for schools (Virtual Encounters)