Partnerships, University & Industry Links
Work Experience
Bacon’s College Work Experience takes place in Year 10 and 12 and lasts for one week. Students are encouraged to find their own placements within areas they have interest. If students have not found a placement by a specific deadline, they will take part in a virtual placement in school.
Career Fair
In February, a variety of businesses, universities and colleges visited Bacon’s Career Fair. Those from Years 7-13 had the opportunity to collect information and gain an understanding of careers.
Career Talks
In the Spring Term, there is a programme of ‘Career Talks’ on different types of jobs and careers. Professionals come in and talk to the students in Key Stage 4 and 5 about their experiences within their profession, to provide a unique insight into that field. We are always looking for speakers for this event and welcome ex-students and parents to contact us if they would like to deliver a session.
Business Enterprise Days
All students will attend an Enterprise Workshop (Yr10) and Personal Finance Workshop (Yr9).
All such events will be advertised by email and on the Work Related Learning notice board as they occur. Apart from the compulsory events, these places are usually allocated on a first come first served basis, but if students are behind in their studies, they will not be allowed to attend.
University Links
Many universities offer career taster days and summer schools we are always keen to send students on such activities as long as they are up to date in their studies. For the last few years we have always participated in the following events:
Partnerships and Linked Companies
Ernst & Young, Lewisham College, MERLIN, Southwark Education Business Alliance, South London Gallery, The Brokerage, RBC, Hogan Lovell, SJ Berwing, Superhero TV, King’s College and Microsoft.
Bacon’s College collaborates with organisations representing all sectors to deliver effective work-based opportunities to all pupils.
The school measures and assesses the impact of career programmes on students by monitoring, reviewing and evaluating our work related learning opportunities, including gathering feedback from employers, students and teachers.
The Work-Related Learning Team constantly reviews and evaluates our careers programme to explore the extent to which career learning has taken place as well as identifying pupils needs and requirements. This is achieved by aligning our career guidance framework with