Partners
School is one of the most important places where a young person learns about their future career options. Warlingham School & Sixth Form College works in partnership with Surrey Careers Hub, The Careers & Enterprise Company, Innervate and our Enterprise Adviser, Lyndsey Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer at the Gallagher Group to build a modern, twenty-first century careers education programme.
Our partners provide invaluable support to all students in the school by advising us on the strengths and areas for development of our careers programme to:
- Deliver impartial careers guidance and key transitions workshops
- Increase local connections and knowledge for employer encounters
- Provide a safe and secure work experience programme
- Ensuring we meet the eight key Gatsby Benchmarks to ensure that our students receive the best careers education we can provide to support them to take their best next step out of education and into the world of work.
Surrey Careers Hub with the Careers and Enterprise Company
Surrey Careers Hub – which sits within Surrey County Council and part-funded by The Careers & Enterprise Company – is one of 44 Careers Hubs across England. Surrey Careers Hub works with schools, colleges, employers, training providers, and partners to deliver consistent, high-quality careers programmes aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks.
The Surrey Careers Hub works to:
- improve careers education
- ensure a consistent and high-quality careers programme for all young people
- enable schools and colleges to access careers training and support
- make it easier for schools and colleges to prepare young people for their best next steps
Key to the work of the Surrey Careers Hub is providing insights into the world of work and employer opportunities. These ensure young people feel confident entering the workplace equipped with skills for the 21st century. Being part of a Careers Hub has proven to show accelerated progress towards meeting the benchmarks.
www.surreycc.gov.uk/business/careers-hub
Innervate
Innervate are an independent career services company providing careers and personal guidance services for schools. Initially offering services in Surrey, their reputation for high quality guidance, career education and strategic support has meant rapid expansion. Innervate have grown and developed their career and personal guidance services alongside school’s requirements and needs, as well as the statutory duties for Careers and the Gatsby Benchmarks.
Their Service Aims:
- To inspire young people about careers, the world of work and education and training opportunities
- To connect high quality careers education and personal guidance with raising aspirations and achievement
- To increase participation in education, employment or training and reduce exclusions
- To prepare young people for adulthood employment and career and economic well-being
- To bridge the gap between school’s statutory responsibilities, their pupil cohort’s specific needs and their resources
Innervate provide us with regular impartial qualified careers advice and guidance, as well as running workshops at various transition points such as Year 9 Options and Year 11 Post-16 options. They also run small groups with the Growing Aspirations Project to support students that might need some additional support.
Caterham Rotary Club
We are now Official Business Partners of the Caterham Rotary Club.
This partnership will bring many benefits to our students in aspects of their careers education as well as opportunities for DofE students, budding chefs and photographers as well as work experience.
We are thankful to the members of Caterham Rotary for all their support they have provided over the last two years in an unofficial capacity and we look forward to many more collaborations and opportunities.
Rotary is a global network of over 1.4 million volunteers who work to create lasting change by addressing real-world problems in their communities and around the world, with a focus on areas like promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, supporting education, and saving mothers and children.
Unifrog - The Universal Destinations Platform
Unifrog is a platform and community that supports schools and colleges in delivering outstanding careers guidance to students aged 11-18.
Unifrog provides impartial and up-to-date information on the full range of post-16 and post-18 options, all in one place. Students can compare every undergraduate course in the UK as well as 100,000 courses taught in English around the world. Additionally, Unifrog provides students with access to the most comprehensive database of apprenticeships across the country at all qualification levels, including Higher, SLP and Degree Apprenticeships, as well as FE courses.
Once students have explored their interests and compared the full range of pathways available to them, Unifrog provides the writing tools and guidance to help them draft applications, including CVs and personal statements.
At Warlingham School and Sixth Form College, we are proud to ensure that all students in years 7 - 13 have full access to the platform, and it is the tool we use for all safeguarding and administration for Work Experience in Years 10 and 12 as well as UCAS applications.
Gallagher Group
As part of the support from the Coast to Capital Careers Hub, we are so fortunate to be able to work closely with Lyndsey Gallagher, the Chief Operating Officer for Gallagher Group. Her role is to support the school from a business perspective, to give advice and guidance on the careers programme as well as provide employer encounters, support events and work experience. Lyndsey is also lending her expertise to support staff to deliver careers in the curriculum and inspire our students to strive for the best future they can have.
About Lyndsey Gallagher
Lyndsey’s path to her current job has not been without its obstacles. At th
e age of 27, Lyndsey overcame Dyslexia to become the first woman to graduate from the University of Kent with a First-Class Honours Degree in Construction Management. She has met with gender discrimination in her quest for a job, at one point sending out 100 letters and attending 98 interviews to not receive a single opportunity for even unpaid work. Lyndsey was even told “You’ll never get a job in construction because you are a woman.” She has gone on to prove these doubters wrong! She was offered a Trainee Assistant Site Manager job and has gone on from there.
One of the biggest highlights of her career so far was working on One Hyde Park, the world’s most expensive residential building in Europe at the time. Once Lyndsey had proved her worth to herself and others, she made the decision to go and work for the family business in order to support her father where, again, she had to prove herself to those around her that she deserved to be there on her own merit, not because of who she was. Not one to run from a challenge, during the pandemic Lyndsey decided to achieve her Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Building Masters Degree.
Gallagher Group Overview
With over 45 years’ experience, Gallagher Group is one of South East's premier Building, Civil Engineering, Aggregates and Property Development companies. Gallagher Group is passionate about providing the highest standards in everything they do and strives to improve the environment in which they are proud to live and work, continually ensuring effective management of their own impact on the environment. Gallagher Group has a unique mix of distinct but complementary services, including Building, Civil Engineering, Plant and Transport, Construction Materials, Property Development and Management and Farming and Estate management, to name a few.