your future career
We empower our students with the confidence, skills, and guidance needed to thrive in a vibrant world full of endless opportunities.
Our graduates embark on diverse career paths, including jobs that have yet to be created. Explore this dedicated career section on our website to learn about our in-school programs and discover a wealth of resources and ideas to help you plan your future. It's an invaluable resource worth exploring.
How do we approach careers learning?
To prepare our students for future success, we focus on building skills like resilience, self-motivation and self-reflection. We inspire and create opportunities by connecting students with professionals from diverse fields. Our comprehensive and impartial advice on post-Brooksbank options helps students choose the best path for their future.
Throughout students time at Brooksbank, they'll encounter numerous opportunities designed to equip them for what lies ahead. This page provides an overview of our approach, and you can click below to see our detailed program.
Careers Leader - Damian Ball - d.ball@brooksbank.tlt.school
IN THE CURRICULUM
Our departments create countless chances to explore careers relating to their subjects. From enterprise competitions to trips to universities, from artists-in-residence to live-streaming with Google, from playing professional roles in court in the Mock Trial to being extras on a real life TV drama, there’s all sorts going on.
In the iD curriculum students look at certain aspects linked with the careers guidelines. We also make plenty of use of Assemblies and Tutor Time to deliver careers learning.
IDAYS
Our iDays are ‘drop down days’ when year groups, key stages or even the entire school abandon the usual timetable for the day to undertake special activities. Each iDay addresses specific objectives, with many of these linked to careers.
These have included apprenticeship day, enterprise day, university taster day etc. One of the advantages of this method is that it is very versatile and students often regard it as a fun activity.
CAREERS WEEKS
We hold several Careers Weeks and Days each year, which offer and opportunity to showcase a range of real careers.
It’s an opportunity to hear guest speakers from a variety of professions, visiting school to speak with all pupils. Lessons also feature a special focus on careers in their subject area.
ASPIRE TO INSPIRE
Nothing beats real life experience. We bring in a wealth of guest professionals, including many of our alumni, to share their careers stories and advice with our students, giving them an insight into the many future paths they may follow.
We love to hear from our former students, so keep in touch!
Information, advice and guidance
Students at Brooksbank benefit from impartial, specialist advice, provided by our partners C&K Careers based at our school who work with students from all years. They provide resources within the Library and offer individual appointments to any student who wishes to discuss education, training and employment options. Working very closely with Brooksbank staff including SEND, Pastoral and Heads of Year and specialist external agencies, C&K help us to offer the appropriate level of support to every individual.
They offer special support for:
Year 9 Options Choices
Year 11 Post 16 Options
Year 13 Post 18 Options
They also organise or attend a number of key events each year to provide guidance to students and their families, including assemblies and parents evenings, careers and education fairs and interview practice.
The service continues beyond your time at Brooksbank, as C&K Careers offer lifelong careers advice for young people and adults through their centres in Halifax, Huddersfield and Dewsbury and other provision in the community.
Our Careers Service is based in the Library, where you can browse a wealth of information.
Make an appointment via the Library, school reception or email. Parents/Carers are welcome to attend with their child.