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Careers information and guidance

At BBG Academy all students receive a range of careers information through form time activities, assemblies, curriculum lessons and drop-down days. This includes fortnightly UniFrog activities, visits from employers or employees, charities, colleges, sixth forms, apprenticeship representatives and University students.  Students will take part in activities that are linked to specific industries such as STEM or general careers-based activities such as CV writing or employer desirable skills.

C&K Careers works with BBG Academy to provide students, from Year 7 to Year 11, with independent careers information, advice and guidance, helping students, when they need it, to make important decisions and choices about their future plans. Our Careers Adviser, Rachel Morgan is fully qualified in careers guidance and has many years of experience working with our students at BBG Academy.

Meet the Team

Rachel Morgan
C&K Careers Advisor
Luke Elcock
Associate Assistant Principal

To contact the careers team:

If you are an external provider and wish to contact the academy, please see our Access Provider Policy

If you are a parent and wish to discuss careers:

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01274 871225

If you are a student and wish to discuss careers, please contact your Form Tutor or Head of Year.

Our C&K careers adviser supports students by:

  • providing information, advice and guidance on careers, college, sixth form, apprenticeships and University;
  • offering one-to-one appointments, group sessions and the opportunity to drop-in at the small meeting room during lunchtime to ask questions, pick up information and discuss your plans;
  • attending parents’ evenings, options evening and exam prep evenings to meet with you, your parents and carers;
  • providing the latest school, college and apprenticeship destinations information of students that left BBG Academy last year.

If you are a young person living in Calderdale or Kirklees and need careers information, advice and guidance but are unable to get in touch with your C+K careers adviser in school, you can also talk to a C+K adviser via the C+K Chat service. Advisers can help with your next steps including:

  • Choosing subjects in Year 8 or Year 9
  • Exploring post-16 or post-18 options
  • Applications to sixth form or college
  • Applications for jobs and apprenticeships
  • Writing a CV
  • Information about different courses, careers and qualifications.

You can contact a C+K careers adviser via the Chat service, Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm. There are lots of ways to contact the Chat service:

  • Call: 01484 213856 · email: [email protected] · or use our Facebook messenger service: www.facebook.com/CKCareers 

Information for Employers

Could you support the academy and our young people to have better informed choices?

New British evidence shows that the more employer engagements a young person has in school the less likely they are to become NEET (Not in education, employment or training). They have improved confidence in progression towards their ultimate career goals and over their lifetime their earnings are higher than those with fewer contact opportunities.

We are keen that our students can access opportunities first-hand to experience and learn about the world of work.  Direct contact with you can ensure our young people, and their families, have realistic and relevant information available to them about the jobs of the future and the pathways to them. 

There are a number of ways to engage with our young people i.e. attendance at a careers fair, a talk in the academy, mock interviews or even the setting of a business or enterprise challenge.

This is an opportunity to:

  • highlight the job roles and career opportunities within your business or sector;
  • help develop a talent pipeline for your business or sector;
  • showcase your business to potential customers or influencers;
  • achieve some of your CSR or Responsible Business objectives;
  • offer a staff development activity, particularly for Apprentices around their communication and presentation skills;
  • create PR opportunities highlighting your work supporting young people and the wider community.

If you would like an informal chat to discuss your ideas please contact Ian Aindow, Assistant Headteacher and Careers Leader [email protected]

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