Provides free careers guidance in schools with very high levels of students in receipt of free school meals and Pupil Premium grant, looked after students and young carers, and where existing careers provision falls short of being able to adequately cater for the students.
Services are provided by volunteers, many of whom work as careers advisers in the independent school sector.
They offer one-to-one careers guidance including help with subject choices at Key Stages 4 and 5, CV workshops, inspirational speakers, personal statement workshops and checking, reference writing training for teachers, A Level results day support, e-mentoring, interview practice and employer/profession insight days.
MyBigCareer.org are currently active in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, East Anglia, Essex, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Kent, Northern Ireland, Nottingham, and South West England.
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Some special needs are easy to spot, others are only determined once a child has experienced considerable difficulties, frustrations or social and emotional problems.
Over the years, diagnosis of and provision for SEN have improved, but both can still be a minefield.
Identifying different kinds of special educational needs
Few children fit a condition perfectly – if they do, we tend to say they are a ‘classic’ case. Most will not be straightforward: perhaps a dyslexic with dyspraxia and a touch of ADD, or a child with ASD who also has Down’s syndrome.
Just as special needs are hard to…
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Counties such as Kent or Buckinghamshire are ‘selective authorities’ and most families will have at least one grammar school close to where they live. Elsewhere, for example in Reading or Kingston-on-Thames, there are just one or two grammar schools and competition for places at these is ferocious.
How to find a state grammar school
Grammar schools are located in 36 English local authorities. Almost half of these are considered 'selective authorities' (eg Kent and Buckinghamshire), where around one in five local children are selected for grammar school entry based on ability. The others are areas such as Barnet or Kingston,…
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As proud parents, we all know our children are unique. They're smarter than anyone else's, funnier, certainly more attractive, better behaved and above all bursting with the kind of talent that would leave Daniel Radcliffe, Jamie Bell and Charlotte Church standing. And for some extraordinary - though totally understandable - reason, everyone but us seems blind to our offspring's God-given artistic gifts.
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The Good Schools Guide Education Consultants advise parents on everything to do with children and their education
Our service is a personal one-to-one service. You tell us what you want and we tell you how we can help. And then we do! Our education consultants are our most experienced writers. They have visited countless schools. All are parents. You will have your own personal advisor who has the benefit of the combined experience and expertise of the entire team to draw on. All our consultants work as hard for the children of their clients as they do for their own.…
