School Careers Information
Your careers team
Challney High School for Girls has a dedicated and experienced careers team who are here to help guide students through their career and future options:
CEIAG and Employer Engagement Coordinator (Careers Leader) - Mr Umar Faruk - ufaruk@challneygirls.luton.sch.uk
Careers Advisor (Luton Borough Council) - Heather Meikle - who can be contacted through Mr Faruk
Every Monday, the careers advisor will be available in school and appointments will be made for all students. Where possible, the advisor will be available at Parents Evenings to answer any queries students or parents/carers may have.
Students can request a careers appointment via their year team office and it is our intention that all students are seen by the careers advisor before the end of Key Stage 4.
Our commitment to you
Our mission is to develop ‘influential women of the future’ by equipping every student to be a successful learner, confident individual and responsible citizen so that she has the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to lead a fulfilling and successful life in a demanding and fast changing world: a world that she will play a key role in shaping. Students will learn about the world of work, developing career management and employability skills
Challney High School for Girls seeks to provide a planned programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) for students in partnership with Luton Borough Council, training and HE providers, businesses, parents, alumni and other external agencies. Details of this programme can be found on the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 pages, as well as an overview of our careers provision over the academic year.
The school’s ambition is to ensure that all students leave equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge required to successfully support their entry to the next stage of their development. To this end, the school’s CEIAG programme has three main aims:
Self-Development – enabling students to understand themselves, their strengths and the influences on them, acquiring the core competencies and skills necessary to enable them to access a range of opportunities
Career Exploration – investigation of opportunities in learning and work, understanding the changing world of work and labour market information
Career Management – developing skills enabling them to make and adjust plans and to manage change and transitions.
Our CEIAG and Employability Policy can be found here which provides further information including our provider access statement.
Our entitlement statement outlines what students and parents can expect to receive during their time with Challney High School for Girls.
