Careers Curriculum - Our Aims:

We want our students to leave us with the confidence, knowledge and skills to be successful - and we understand that careers education is crucial in developing students' knowledge of the workplace and the careers that are available to them in the future. 

We want to empower students to identify their personal strengths, explore modern career paths and develop the resilience, problem-solving, and communication skills demanded by higher education, high-quality apprenticeships, and dynamic employment sectors.

In accordance with the updated Department for Education guidelines and the updated Gatsby Benchmarks, our whole-school framework links classroom learning with meaningful employer interactions and work-experience directly to future workforce opportunities. 

Meopham is a rural school, but has a dynamic local jobs market. Our students enjoy access to employment in local rural industries as well as, manufacturing and logistics industry along the Medway and Thames, a thriving science, technology and construction sectors, nationally renowned shopping and leisure facilities, as well as easy access to the multitude of finance and associated roles in Central London. Our students need to be equipped with the aspiration and skills needed to be successful whichever of these career-paths they may choose. 

Visiting Providers 

We are keen to create links with local and regional employers and PAL providers. Recent visitors / employment visits have included:

• The Local Rotary Club Network (Vocational Insights)

• Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU)

• Universities: Kent / Greenwich / Exeter / York / Royal Holloway / Brighton

• The British Armed Forces

• Uniformed services: Kent Police, The NHS, Kent Firebrigade

• Stanton’s Solicitors

• Charlton Athletic Community Trust

• Gillingham Football Club

• Mercedes Cars

• Royal Mail

• Local College and Apprenticeship providers

• Chefs

Get in touch!

We are always looking for local employers, training / PAL providers, parents / carers and alumni to talk to our students about the workplace and opportunities available to them.

Please contact Ms M Hyder if you would like to support the school in this way:MSS Careers (The Meopham School)

Management of Provider access requests:: Meopham School provides suitable presentation spaces (Main Hall, Drama Studio, or ICT Suites) equipped with audio-visual equipment, projection, and Wi-Fi access. Live interactive digital engagement sessions can be accommodated. Providers may leave prospectuses, literature, and course guides at the School reception - these will be shared in our Careers Resource Centre in the school library. All visiting representatives must comply with school visitor safeguarding protocols, and will be accompanied by school staff.

Local providers

Meopham Sixth form’s popularity is growing and we are offering an increasing number of courses to meet our students' aspirations. We are proud to offer courses that include academic, creative and vocational subjects. Our Sixth form offer can be found on the Sixth form information sections of this website.

Meopham school is not the only provider for Post-16 options. There are many providers in the wider area. Take a look at what other schools and colleges provide in the local area - courses on offer can be found on the Kent-choices website (in the links section). Many local school and colleges offer A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and other vocational courses.

Local Sixth forms include:

St. Georges Sixth Form / Gravesend Grammar School / Mayfield School / Thamesview School / Wrotham School / St. Johns School / Longfield School / NTC

Local colleges include:

North Kent Colleges /  Mid-Kent Colleges - note that these are consortia with multiple sites and many course options.

Pupil Destinations

Some recent student destinations (Year 11)

• Local Sixth Forms and colleges - A-levels, T-Levels and BTECs

• Apprenticeship and Vocational college courses:: Lift Engineering, Boating and watersports, Carpentry, Catering, Plumbing, Electrician, Air conditioning, Administration, Bricklaying, Animal care, Accounting, Hospitality, Midwifery preparation.

Some recent student destinations (Year 13)

• Higher Education: 74%

• Further education / Employment: 14%

• Physiotherapy, Primary Education, Nursing, Biomedical Sciences, Banking and Finance, Biology, English Literature, Criminology, Paramedic Sciences, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Employment.

Please see below for the Meopham School Careers Policies.