Careers and Enterprise

Key Partnerships:

• Aspire Higher/Uni Connect (Formerly the National Collaborative Outreach Programme NCOP)
  A representative of NCOP is based within the academy once a week and provides us with opportunities to access careers events and activities. This funding allows less privileged students to access further and higher education engagements, encouraging them to see university as a viable option.
• SEMLEP (South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership)
  Our involvement with SEMLEP allows us to share good practice with other education facilities and partner with local businesses within the local area, as well as providing access to a wide variety of career related opportunities.
• Unifrog 
  Unifrog is a new Careers initiative within the academy. The platform will be available to all students from years 7-13 and will provide them with a one-stop shop to access trusted advice and guidance, focussing on increasing awareness of a variety of pathways, developing understanding of the skills and competencies of different career routes, and allowing students to complete a progressive plan of their future steps.
• University of Northampton
  We work closely with the University of Northampton to provide students with the opportunity to experience all that university offers as part of the school outreach and Widening Participation programmes.
• Barclaycard 
  Our partnership with Barclaycard provides an opportunity for work experience placements, student talks, an invitation to attend educational events aimed at encouraging students to consider a career in areas such as IT and Cyber Security and mentors who support our students through our Year 10 Work Related Learning Programme.
• Smurfitt Kappa 
  Smurfitt Kappa have supported Northampton Academy and our students for a number of years. Supporting Sixth Form students with work placements and providing a presence at all our annual careers events, they provide a continuous source of advice and guidance for those exploring careers in industry. They have worked closely with student enterprise teams, creating presentation resources.
• Travis Perkins 
  Travis Perkins act as an Enterprise Ambassador for Northampton Academy, ensuring a wealth of career related opportunities for our students to take advantage of. Travis Perkins support students through a variety of enterprise initiatives aimed at ensuring students are aware of the opportunities available from local employers.

Click here for Labour Market Information: https://www.semlep.com/resource-hub/growing-people-/labour-market-information/

The Baker Clause: Best Practice Guidance for Schools, Providers and Learners Overview AELP and ASCL in partnership have published this briefing paper providing an overview of the Baker Clause, its implications on stakeholders and guidance that supports navigating the further education sector. This paper is beneficial to schools, providers, young learners and their parents/carers.

Click here to view: https://www.aelp.org.uk/media/2615/bp-58-version-2.pdf

Northampton Academy actively encourage former students to come back into school and share their experiences and advice to younger students. If you have a story to share, or would like to be featured on our Alumni page, please email A.Hesketh-Carthy@northampton-academy.org

Click here for Gatsby Benchmark guidance: https://www.semlep.com/resource-hub/growing-people-/gatsby-benchmark-guidance/