Parents and carers play a vital role in supporting our young people and therefore need to be equipped with the most up to date and relevant careers information. Having this careers knowledge allows you to help your child make tough and challenging decisions about their futures.

Advice and Guidance

If you or your child would like more information about careers and possible future pathways you can book an appointment with our impartial careers advisor Ms Poyser via this link: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/CCHSGCareersAppointment@cchsg.com/bookings/.

Labour Market Information

​​​​​Labour Market Information (LMI) is a useful tool to help research future jobs in the local area, understand the skills needed for certain roles and the demand for future employment.

LMI means finding out the following details about different job roles or career pathways:

  • What does this job/industry entail?
  • How many people work in this job/industry?
  • How much do people get paid in this job/industry?
  • Which qualifications do I need to do this job?
  • Which skills or qualities do I need to do this job?
  • What are the typical working hours for this job?
  • Where can this job/industry take me in the future?
  • Where are these jobs located around the country?
  • How many of these jobs will there be in the future?

All of these factors can help young people make a more informed decision about what career path to take.

For further information follow this link.

Useful links

https://www.parentalguidance.org.uk/ – Here you will find impartial information and articles on the choices available for your child if they are about to leave school or college. You can find information about Applications & Interviews, Apprenticeships & Training, Higher Education, Labour Market Information and much more.

Parents advice and resources | Skills for Careers (education.gov.uk) – This website provides support and information for helping your child with their career and education decisions. You can also use the information on this website with your child to support them to find career ideas and think about what they might like to do after school.

Getting involved

We encourage our Parents and Carers to be involved with Colchester County High School for Girls.

Can you help with the following?

  • Mock one to one interviews;
  • Talking to students about your career journey;
  • Talking about apprenticeships and graduate opportunities;
  • Provide a workplace visit or work shadowing opportunity.

If you would like to get involved in our careers provision or have any suggestions please contact Miss Clark pclark@cchsg.com  

Our Provider Access Policy can be found here