Careers & Enrichment
Welcome to Careers and Enrichment at Lowton Church of England High School
Our fully equipped careers room provides a wealth of information to all of our students and our dedicated school Careers Adviser Mrs S O'Hara-Moore as well as Careers Co-ordinator Mrs C Ashton are available to help students and parents with careers choices post-16.
The School is proud to hold Inspiring IAG bronze accreditation and is currently working towards reaching 100% on 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.
"Pupils value the careers advice and guidance that they receive. They appreciate the opportunities to hear about different career pathways, including apprenticeships. They feel well supported to make decisions about their next steps."
Ofsted 2023 Good Provider
The statutory guidance 2025 requires that, "young people make informed choices about their futures, so they can develop their interests and potential, and follow the path that is right for them to progress into work". Here at Lowton Church of England High School we collect pupil views, aspirations and challenges through the Future Skills Questionnaire. https://resources.careersandenterprise.co.uk/resources/future-skills-questionnaire
Results from the Future Skills Questionnaire (FSQ) enable us to take a data rich approach to our careers programme development to continue to ensure pupil voice is reflected throughout our programmes. FSQ is embedded in Compass+ and as a school we use this tool to ensure it gives our pupils the opportunity to reflect on their career-related knowledge and skills, we are also able to use responses to evaluate the effectiveness of our careers programme and tailor support and intervention for our pupils.
We have provided useful information for Students, Parents/Carers, Teachers on our website. If you wish to speak to us, we can be contacted as follows:
Careers Leader – Mrs G Beattie-Rullo - rullog@lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk - 01942 767040
Careers Co-ordinator - Mrs C Ashton – ashtonc@lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk - 01942 767040
Careers Advisor - Mrs S O'Hara-Moore - ohara-moores@lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk - 01942 767040
Lowton High School is not responsible for the content of 3rd party websites
Our careers policy is available here
Our Provider Access policy is available here
Pupil Destination data is available here
Compass Plus Report (Gatsby Benchmarks) is available here
