Careers and Guidance for Parents
80.75% of students say their parents help them to make key careers decisions.
Meridian Pathways
Our school is part of Meridian Trust and we work collaboratively with other schools in the Trust to offer a website which has been developed for parents and carers: ‘Meridian Pathways’. We know, from research, that students ask their parents first about careers, qualifications, what it is like in the workplace and what they should study. The educational and qualification landscape has changed dramatically over recent years. This website has been designed to help parents with ‘Activities’, ‘Conversation Starters’ and ‘Useful Websites’ and is designed to offer help and support at every stage of a student’s journey through a Meridian Trust school.
Parental Support and Guidance
To support our parents when helping students with their career exploration, we have also compiled a list of useful career websites. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it shows a variety of resources available to our families. If you find any useful resources not listed, please let us know so we can add them.
- Parental Guidance – https://www.parentalguidance.org.uk/
- Careers information and advice from the Careers Writers Association. Parental Guidance will give you some of the advice and information you need to support young people during their transition to adult working life. You will find up-to-the-minute and well-researched articles by the country’s leading careers writers.
- Parent Adviser – http://www.parentadviser.co.uk/advice-for-parents.aspx
- Advice on helping your child to research, understand qualifications and influences in their lives.
- Apprenticeships – https://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/parents/their-career
- A guide to what apprenticeships are, how you can support your young person to apply and what skills and experience will be relevant.
- Parent Zone – https://parentzone.org.uk/
- Sits at the heart of modern family life, providing advice, knowledge and support, to shape the best possible future for children, as they embrace the online world. https://parentzone.org.uk/
- Apply to Uni – www.applytouni.com
- Provides information for parents on everything provides information on everything you need to know about university.
- Talking Futures – https://www.talkingfutures.org.uk/
- Talking Futures provide free resources, activities and practical guidance to help you support your child’s careers and education choices.