Careers

The careers programme at Thomas More Catholic School is sequenced to ensure that each term all students will have the opportunity engages with UNIFROG, PSCHE careers activity and a careers assembly. Additionally, at different intervals in the academic year all students will have the opportunity to engage in careers in the curriculum event and careers day. Also, each year group will have an opportunity to engage with themed based activities; year 7 – Inspire curiosity, year 8 -inspire autonomy, year 9 – inspire development, year 10 – inspire aspirations, year 11 – inspire quest, year 12 – inspire agency and year 13 – inspire the next journey.

Our careers programme aspires and inspires to raise the aspirations and achievement of all our students and expose them to the skills, personal qualities, qualifications, knowledge and auditory skills they will need to access the best careers for their lifelong career, learning and personal development. Click the link, read and explore our career’s programme from year 7 – year 13.

Our careers programme includes activities and events that are unbiased, impartial and based on the individual needs of each student. Our Careers Team: Click the link and read our careers policy.

Careers lead: Miss Natasha Hudson (nhu@tmore.org.uk) – Completing a Post-graduate Careers Lead Qualification with Warwick University.

Careers advisor: Miss Donna Kirven (dki@tmore.org.uk) – Completing a Careers Advisor Qualification with The Open University.

Governor with an interest in Careers. Mrs Fiona Grant (fgr@tmore.org.uk) - Completed a Careers Induction for Governors course with the Careers and Enterprise Company.

Senior Leader line managing Careers and completing quality assurance: Mrs Preya Syal (psy@tmore.org.uk)

We encourage regular feedback on the careers programme from students, parents, teachers and employers. This will feed back into all school development plans for the school to make evaluation and improving the programme to meet the needs of the students easier.

Parents, carers or guardians:

If you are interested in contributing to the TMCS career’s programme, please email careers@tmore.org.uk.  We would be very happy to hear from you.

A note to staff and stakeholders:

We value our staff at Thomas More and our Alumni pupils and staff. Please get in touch via careers@tmore.org.uk If you are interested in contributing to the TMCS career’s programme.

We also welcome feedback about our careers provision from students, parents, carers, guardian, employers, governors and all members of staff. After any TMCS careers event, please click the link  https://forms.office.com/e/ctcA4FuYKd and provide feedback because quality assurance is high valued by TMCS.