We believe an essential element of careers education, is the partnership between parent/carer and school. In order for young people to realise their potential and get the best possibly start in life, parents and carers need to have access to valid and valuable information which helps young people to enquire further and explore different sources of information to help inform potential decision-making moments.
Independent Careers Guidance
At Queen Elizabeth High School, we have an independent careers guidance manager (Gill Stephenson). Although she primarily works with students in Queen Elizabeth High School, we are able to provide students in year 9 or 10 with access to her, developing careers conversations, when necessary. If you feel that this would be of benefit to your child, please contact Andrew Hedley (Careers Leader) on 01434610300 or email admin@qehs.net.
Our Independent careers advisor is well informed in the current labour market information (LMI). If your child is at risk of leaving education without entering further education, training or employment, we will seek to work with The Department for Work and Pensions, through the Support for Schools programme to guide on local labour market information and employer expectations. This initiative seeks to support the school-to-work transition, training for further study, for young people better suited to vocational qualifications, including traineeships and apprenticeships, instead of a traditional academic route, to help inform and allow young people to fulfil their career ambitions.
Labour Market Information (LMI)
Having knowledge of the different jobs and industrial sectors in our economy is an important part of the jigsaw in helping people to make sense of the world of work. There are many different sources of information that you can refer to, to help learn more about different areas of economic growth as well as salary and wage trends. Young people may well go on to make an economic contribution beyond the northeast region. For this reason, it is important that young people know access LMI that exists at national as well as regional or local level.
Queen Elizabeth High School is a Careers Wave Hub school and works closely with the North-East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP). This organisation believes that our region is fantastically placed to make substantial economic contributions.
Our Careers programme seeks to provide opportunities for our students to know more about areas of strategic importance. This has been planned so that students are exposed to these from year 9 onwards. At Queen Elizabeth High School we acknowledge our role in helping to enabling the development of expertise and experience in areas of economic growth.
Destinations Data
KS4
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of students staying in education or employment after Key Stage 4 | 97 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 99* | 99* | 99* |
* Internal Data
| Destinations | Y11 Leavers 2020/2021 | Y11 Leavers 2021/2022 | Y11 Leavers 2022/2023 | Y11 Leavers 2023/2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QEHS Sixth Form | 209/67% (DP 18/42%) | 175*/57.7% (DP 9/32%) | 173/58% (DP 14/49:29%) | 187/61% |
| Other School/College | 90/29% (DP 22/51%) | 99/32.6* (DP 13/46.4%) | 106/36% (DP 32/49:65%) | 101/33% |
| Apprenticeships | 4/1% (DP1/2%) | 26/8.5% (DP 6/21.4%) | 17/5% (DP 2/49:4%) | 16/5% |
| Employment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NEET | 6/2% (DP 1/1%) | 2/<1% (DP 0%) | 2/0.6% (DP 0/49:0%) | 2/1% |
| Other Education Provider [EOTAS] | 2/1% (DP 1/2%) | 1/0.3% (1/DP 3.5%) | 3/1% DP 1/49:2% | 0 |
| Total | 311 (DP 43) | 303 (DP 28) | 310 (DP 49) | 306 |
* 6 students repeating a year.
KS5
| Academic Year | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressed on to University | 70% | 129 | 105 | 106 |
| Deferred University Entry | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 |
| Applying for place in next academic year | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Employment | 4% | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| Art Foundation Course | 8% | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| Apprenticeships | 4.5% | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Gap Year/Work | 9% | 18 (10 before university and 8 before work) | 16 | 7 |
| Remaining in sixth form for 3rd Year | 10 | 8 | ||
| Unknown/TBC | 3% | 6 | 26 | 1 |
| Total | 169 | 197 | 182 (plus 21 former students) | 173 |
Technical Education Providers
- Gateshead College – Apprenticeships: click here for the college’s Ofsted report
- Institutes of Technology – North East
- Institutes of Technology – Course Guide
- Newcastle College – Apprenticeships: click here for the college’s Ofsted report
- Sunderland College: click here for the college’s Ofsted report
Useful Links for Careers Guidance and Advice
If any parent/carer would like to offer any suggestions or if you would like to get involved in our careers education provision, please contact Andrew Hedley (Assistant Headteacher at Queen Elizabeth High School) and Careers Leader for Hadrian Learning Trust on 01434610300 or email to admin@qehs.net.