Careers

Welcome to Careers at Lowton High School

Our fully equipped careers room provides a wealth of information to all of our students and our dedicated school Careers Adviser as well as Careers Co-ordinator Mrs Harrison are available to help students – and parents – navigate their way through the many academic and vocational choices they will make during their time at Lowton and beyond.

The School is proud to hold Inspiring IAG bronze accreditation and is currently working towards the Gatsby Benchmarks. Inspiring IAG has been designed to provide a good practice framework and recognition of high quality careers education, information, advice and guidance for organisations that are providing support services for young people.

The careers element of our Lowton Values and Enrichment (LVE) curriculum and delivery support students throughout the school.

KS3 LVE Curriculum

KS4 LVE Curriculum

Our enrichment days strongly support students in many areas of careers education, information, advice and guidance and give them a wide range of experiences.

Enrichment Day 2

Thursday 25th April

Yet again there will be a fantastic range of enrichment opportunities for all our students.

Year 7

Liverpool Cathedral trip

Year 8

Full Creative Day with an African Theme working across Drama, Music and Art

Year 9

Taster Day at Wigan and Leigh College

Leigh Campus

‘A’Level Tasters
Vocational Tasters

Pagefield Campus

Construction
Engineering

Year 10

Higher Education Day at Winstanley College

University life session from undergraduates
Russel group universities information talk
HE fair (over 80 universities attending)

Year 11

Focus Day

Revision techniques
Mathematics

Enrichment Day 2

Thursday 25th April

We had a wide range of enrichment opportunities for all our students.

Year 7

Safety Focus

Internet
Road
Home
First Aid

Year 8

Careers Focus

Guess My Job (10 visiting employers)
Meeting Colleges
Apprenticeship Activity
I Could Buzz (identifying own qualities and skills)
Careers Fayre

Year 9

Careers and Sex Education Focus

Meet the Employer (Focus on careers in health and challenging stereotypes)
Chatterbox session ((identifying own qualities and skills)
Sex Education
Careers Fayre

Year 10

NHS focus (Focus on careers in health and challenging stereotypes) –workplace activities
Aim Higher – working with undergraduates on benefits of going to University
Meet the Employer (Naval weapons Engineer)

Year 11

Christmas Carol Performance by local theatre company (supporting GCSE text)
Mock Careers Interviews (10 employers)

We have provided links to useful information for Parents, Apprenticeships and links to Colleges below, but if you wish to speak to us we can be contacted as follows:

Careers Leader – Mr J. Pollard – 01942 767040
Mrs R. Harrison – harrisonr@lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk – 01942 767040

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Our Careers policy is available here.
Our Provider Access policy is available here.
Pupil Destination data is available here.