Our Careers Programme

At Hall School Wimbledon, we believe every pupil deserves clear, honest and impartial guidance about their future, whatever path they choose. Our careers programme runs from Year 4 to Year 13 and is built around the Gatsby Benchmarks, the national framework for good careers guidance, alongside the Career Development Institute’s Framework for Careers, Employability and Enterprise Education.

Careers is not treated as a single lesson or a one-off event. It is woven through subject teaching, tutor time, assemblies, employer encounters, work experience and one-to-one guidance, so that pupils build a clear picture of their options well before they need to make decisions.

What Every Pupil Can Expect

• A planned careers curriculum appropriate to their age and stage, from Year 4 through to Year 13.
• At least one meaningful encounter with an employer or employee every year from age 8.
• Experience of the workplace, including structured work experience.
• Encounters with colleges, universities, apprenticeship providers and other training routes.
• Access to up-to-date labour market information relevant to their subject choices and future pathways.
• Personal guidance from a Level 6 qualified, CDI-registered careers professional, with at least one meeting by age 16 and one by age 18.

Careers by Key Stage

Key Stage 2 (Years 4-6)

Pupils begin building self-awareness and a broad understanding of the world of work, with careers content embedded across subjects, assemblies, and their first employer encounters and workplace experience

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Pupils begin building self-awareness and a broad understanding of the world of work, with careers content embedded across subjects, assemblies, and their first employer encounters and workplace experiences.

Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)

As pupils approach post-16 decisions, the programme sharpens its focus on options, pathways and structured work experience, alongside their first personal guidance meeting by age 16.

Sixth Form (Years 12-13)

Pupils receive more intensive support with university, apprenticeship and employment applications, including encounters with higher education providers and a second personal guidance meeting by age 18.

Personalised Support Through Morrisby

Hall School Wimbledon uses Morrisby, a specialist careers assessment and guidance platform, to support every pupil’s individual journey. Morrisby’s psychometric assessment helps pupils understand their strengths, interests and aptitudes, and connects these to realistic career and course options. Morrisby is also used to record and track pupils’ work experience, ensuring every placement is properly logged and every pupil’s entitlement is fulfilled.

Pupils and parents/carers can access Morrisby to explore results and suggested pathways together at home.

How We Measure Our Provision

We benchmark our careers provision annually using Compass+, the national self-evaluation tool developed by the Careers & Enterprise Company in partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. This measures our progress against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks and feeds into an annual internal leadership review, so that our programme keeps improving year on year.

Working with Parents and Carers

Parents and carers are important partners in their child’s career development. We share information about the careers programme and relevant labour market information in accessible formats, invite parents and carers to careers events, and gather feedback through our annual Careers Voice survey.

For Employers and Providers

We welcome engagement from employers, colleges, universities, apprenticeship providers and training organisations. If you would like to speak to our pupils, host a work experience placement, or offer another form of encounter, we would love to hear from you.

Full details of how to request access are set out in our Provider Access Policy.

Our Policies

• Careers Policy
• Provider Access Policy
• Work Experience Policy

Contact Our Careers Leader

If you have a question about our careers programme, would like to discuss your child’s guidance, or want to arrange provider access, please get in touch.

Careers Leader: James Keir

Email: jkeir@hsw.co.uk

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