Careers

We are committed to provide our students with a range of career related information and guidance opportunities to help them build their future.

The guidance is aimed at:

  • Providing students with the information to make an informed career decision

  • Supporting students build their confidence when making career choices

  • Supporting students reach their career goals

  • Providing impartial career information to support college, apprenticeships, T-Qualifications, universities and employment applications

  • Providing up-to-date information on the local labour market

  • Designated Careers Hub

  • Qualified careers advisers

We are totally committed to providing a planned programme of careers education and information, advice and guidance. This is known as CEIAG and is for all students in Years 7-13.

Provider Access Policy Statement
careers Policy
Careers programme overview

Gatsby Benchmark - Compass Plus Evaluation

The Compass Plus report is a comprehensive evaluation tool which is used to assess various aspects of a schools’ career performance, including alignment with goals, operational efficiency, and overall progress toward key objectives. 

Achieving 100% on the Compass Plus report is a significant accomplishment, indicating that every element under review meets or exceeds the highest standards set by the evaluation criteria. 

This reflects a perfect alignment with strategic goals, optimal execution, and strong team cohesion. Being 100% on the report showcases outstanding performance, reinforcing confidence in the school’s capabilities, and signalling its readiness for future challenges.

  • Our Careers Team ensures that careers planning is built into the curriculum from Years 7 through 13. If you have a question or would like some help, please email us our usual parental enquiries email address, marked for our attention:

    • Emma Perkin - Vice Principal, Head of Sixth Form CG Hub

    • Sharon Murphy - Careers Advisor Post 16+

    • Rosanna Taylor - CXK Ltd Careers Advisor for Years 7-11
      Rosanna Taylor can be found in the Careers Hub

    • Adekunle Omisakin - Careers Governor

    • governors@ukat.org

    • Paul Wren - Enterprise Advisor

    1. A stable careers programme

    2. Learning from career and labour market information

    3. Addressing the needs of each pupil

    4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

    5. Encounters with employers and employees

    6. Experiences of workplaces

    7. Encounters with Further and Higher Education

    8. Personal guidance

    The Gatsby Benchmarks are pivotal in the planning and delivery of all CEIAG at the Academy, which is constantly reviewed and amended throughout the year. This ensures that all Students, Teachers, Employers and Parents/Carers are kept informed of our policies and procedures.

  • In keeping with our commitment to provide students with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next step after School/College, we are partnered with Unifrog; an award-winning, online careers platform. All students at Chatham Grammar now have access to this excellent website.

    Unifrog brings into one place every undergraduate university course, apprenticeship, and college course in the UK, as well as other opportunities, such as Virtual work experience, School Leaver Programmes, MOOCs and every college at Oxford and Cambridge. This makes it easy for students to compare and choose the best university courses, apprenticeships or further education courses for them. They can also explore exciting opportunities further afield by looking at English-taught undergraduate programmes available in Europe and the USA.

    Additionally, the platform helps students successfully apply for these opportunities by using Unifrog to write their personal statement, applications and CVs and guiding them through the process, allowing teachers to give live feedback.

    We are committed to providing a planned programme of careers education and information, advice and guidance. We continually innovate to ensure our students are receiving the high quality and effective guidance they deserve. At the end of each academic year we review the impact of our careers program using students voice and destinations data.

    For more information, go to www.unifrog.org or contact emmaperkin@ukat.org

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7S3wWFKm-o

  • Information on Work Wxperience 2025/26 will follow soon.

    If you would like to know more regarding work experience, please do not hesitate to contact me on: 

    emmaperkin@ukat.org

  • Careers Fair 4th March 2025 for all year groups.

  • www.unifrog.org - One stop careers platform (all students have free access to this)

    www.ucas.com - Connecting to university, apprenticeships and internships

    https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ - Career information and resources

    https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship - Apprenticeships

    https://www.parentkind.org.uk/Parents/Helping-with-careers-advice - Parent/carer career support

    https://www.youthemployment.org.uk/careers-advice-for-parents/ - Career advice and support for parent/carers

    https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket - Local Labour Market

Contact Us

For more information and advice on Careers, contact Mrs Perkin using this form below.