FUTURES HUB
‘Futures’ is what we now call our ‘Careers’ provision. We guide and support pupils in making informed decisions based on their aspirations, experience and interests, empowering them to access key opportunities, and to take ownership for their own career management and planning.
DCS Futures includes all teachers, tutors and houseparents, each a valuable point of contact for discussion and futures advice. They are supported by members of a core team, each with their own specialisms. You can contact the Futures Team at futures@deanclose.org.uk.
RESOURCES
While we maintain a wide collection of books and prospectuses located in the Flecker Library to help in Futures planning, our most comprehensive resources can be found online here and through the below links.
Information, advice & guidance on post-18 options
Information, advice & guidance on post-16 options
CAREERS EXPLORATION: KEY SITES
Check out these fantastic resources to enhance your career understanding and development. Research is crucial ahead of big decisions. Use when planning your GCSE, A-Level, post-Dean Close choices.
For FOURTH FORM & UP
iCould.com provides 1000 personal video stories, detailed job information, plus practical tips, insight and advice. Take the Buzz Quiz to find out which jobs may suit you.
+ Attractive graphical layout
+ Lots of video resources
+ Buzz Quiz to get you started
- Less detail
For FOURTH FORM & UP
LOGIN with school email.
A universal destinations platform that brings all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps young people to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications.
+ Lots of info & great range of tools
- Works best by building up your profile, which takes time.
The government’s National Career Service offers free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work.
+ Lots of detail
- Quite text heavy and a bit drab
As its name suggest, UCAS - Explore jobs allows you to explore different jobs and pathways to your career: by job family, by subject, or by skill-set. (UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. It's the centralised service that students use to apply to university.)
+ Simple interface with well-summarised information
- Less detail
For FOURTH FORM & UP
Careersbox.co.uk is the national careers film library, a free careers resource showing hundreds of real people doing real jobs.
+ Lots of video resources
- Not much extra detail.
For FOURTH FORM & UP
On FirstCareers.co.uk you can get behind the scenes of some of the UK’s most interesting jobs and find what’s right for you. Search through over 150 job profiles and discover career opportunities, inspiration and advice.
+ Lots of video resources
+ Work experience opportunities list
- Not much extra detail
Subscription only. Available in the Fifth Form.
Morrisby.com provides up-to-date career information, requirements and routes to careers, as well as assessments and customisable results to plan future choices.
+ Huge customisable range of info on occupations with links to university courses
+ Life-time membership
- Subscription only
UNIVERSITIES & APPRENTICESHIPS (POST-GCSE & A-LEVEL)
UCAS.com is the standard portal for university and apprenticeship applications. It is a great resource for exploring options after GCSE and A-levels and, if applying through UCAS, the place to create, submit, and track your application.
RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk is a key hub for exploring apprenticeships at all levels. It offers information, advice, and guidance on securing the best apprenticeships available to students post-GCSE and post-A-level.
