Oundle School
Careers in the Armed Services:
Mrs Levet is the point of contact for any pupil interested in booking interviews with careers officers from any of the three services. Pupils do not have to be members of the CCF in order to book interviews. She can be emailed at ccf@oundle.northants.sch.ukIn addition, pupils should feel free to contact any of the CCF staff (in the Blue Book) regarding service careers advice. The initial points of contact are:
Army: Major H. Roberts(hr@oundle.northants.sch.uk)
Royal Air Force: Flight Lieutenant L.E. Kirk (lek@oundle.northants.sch.uk)
Royal Navy: Lieutenant Commander S.M. Hall (smh@oundle.northants.sch.uk)
Careers and Higher Education
Head of Careers: Mrs C R Gent
Head of Higher Education: Mr S C Kent
Please follow the links to the left for more detailed information on the programme offered by the Careers Department for specific year groups, and to access resources produced for your information.
Also on this page: Where we are What we offer. Whom should you contact?
Aims of the Department
1. To ensure that all pupils participate in a coherent Careers programme which
is designed to guide and support their choices, and to enable pupils to make
informed decisions relating to their futures.
2. To provide specific information and guidance to pupils and parents relating
to A level choices, Higher Education choices, and to advise on and expose
pupils to possible career paths.
3. To provide training and practice as appropriate in the form of supervised
CV writing, Interview Training, UCAS Apply training, and soft skills training.
4. To support and administer University applications in the UK and abroad,
including specific guidance for Oxbridge candidates.
5. To provide a comprehensive process for Work Experience and to advise and
follow up placements as appropriate.
6. To provide up-to-date resources in the Library and online.
7. To keep abreast of developments at government and university level to
ensure that our pupils are well served in their progression from school to
university and that colleagues are kept informed of material changes and trends.
8. To provide advice and assistance to pupils on all Careers and Higher Education
related matters, whether on a group basis (as at the Careers Festival and
Careers Voluntaries) or on an individual basis (such as UCAS Support Visits
and Surgeries).
9. To provide training and guidance to colleagues as required on Careers
and Higher Education related matters.
10. To provide information and guidance relating to student finance and bursaries.
Where are we?
We are in Old Dryden on North Street. Go through the blue door towards the English Department. We are through the first door on the right, opposite OSCAR.
What do we offer?
We have a Library where you can research university courses, gap year opportunities, possible future careers, study skills, CV and personal statement writing, interview techniques and other related issues. We have books, prospectuses, videos and computers. Our intranet site contains useful software packages and hundreds of links, and can be accessed from any computer in the School.
We are happy to advise you on any careers or higher education matter. The notice boards have details of courses, careers experience days, conferences (including Vetsix and Medlink), work experience and gap year opportunities. Application forms are available in the careers office. We work with the CCF in arranging visits from forces liaison officers.
The Careers Festival, Gap Fair, ISCO programme, Interview Training programme and Oxbridge Practice General Interviews are all organised by the Department.
Surgeries
The Careers Department is open all day from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. During these periods it is staffed by one or more members of the Department.
In addition, Surgeries are run as follows:
Michaelmas Quarter: Monday to Friday, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00
p.m. (primarily to support UCAS)
Christmas, Easter and Trinity
Quarters: Monday 5:00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. (drop in)
Surgeries are staffed on a rota basis.
Pupils and parents may also book appointments outside these times.
Careers Voluntaries
The Careers Department runs a series of Voluntaries (which are in fact compulsory!) to support the Careers programme.Christmas Quarter: Online ISCO Myfuturewise journals (Fifth
Form)
Easter Quarter: CV writing (Fifth Form and Lower Sixth)
These are also run by members of the Department.
Whom should you contact?
Mrs Carolyn Gent MA (Cambridge):
Head of Careers (reporting to Director of Studies)
Mr Simon Kent BA (Oxford): Head
of Higher Education, USA applications
Mr Tim Morrison BA (Cambridge);
Master i/c Oxbridge
Dr Michael Stephen BSc PhD (Leicester):
Senior Careers Adviser
Mr Jens Röhrborn MA (Leipzig):
Lower Sixth Interview Training Programme
Mr Stephen Johnston BA (Hull):
ISCO, USA applications
Mr Andrew Hunt BA (Cambridge):
Gap
Mrs Juliette Coles BA (Sheffield):
UCAS
Mrs Helen Stubbings:
Work Experience and Student Finance Administrator
Mrs Sue Brewer: Careers Administrator