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15 July 2024

Great CHS Alumnus News

Sebastian Lynch (class of 2021) has graduated from Loughborough University with a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics. 

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15 July 2024

Work Placements Give Year 12 a Head Start

Year 12 students have been able to experience work in their chosen careers or discover some of the many work options available to them.

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28 June 2024

Year 12 Explore Oxford University Opportunities

A group of our Year 12 students visited the Oxford University Open Day in June.

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14 June 2024

Year 12 Explore Post 18 Opportunities at UCAS Fair

The UCAS Fair was a chance for Year 12 to find out more about future destinations.

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9 May 2024

Bentley Work Experience Opportunity.

Bentley are offering students aged 16-18 the opportunity to take part in work experience in July at their Crewe site.

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21 March 2024

Another Successful CHS Careers Fair

We welcomed over 40 employers to speak with students from Year 7 to Year 13 at our 2024 Careers Fair.

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19 March 2024

A Valuable Careers Opportunity for All Students

It's our Careers Fair on Thursday 21st March and all students will be able to spend time in the school day speaking with some of the 40+ employers taking part.

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28 February 2024

National Careers Week at CHS

It's National Careers Week from 4th to 9th March and we'll be supporting all our students with their ongoing careers explorations.

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14 February 2024

A Real World Challenge for Year 8 Engineers

Our Year 8 students took part in the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Faraday Challenge in February

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1 February 2024

Year 7 Students Guess the Employers

Year 7 students took part in our Guess the Employer Careers event in January.

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1 February 2024

Tom Darlington (2014-21) Joins CHS Alumni Page

We're delighted to welcome Tom Darlington (2014-21) as the newest recruit to our Alumni webpage.

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31 January 2024

Post 18 Planning for Sixth Form Students

Our Sixth Form students enjoyed a range of enrichment sessions at the end of January, helping them to plan for higher education, careers and becoming more self sufficient.

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23 January 2024

Scientists Inform and Inspire Year 9

In January we held our Year 9 Science Careers Event and welcomed professionals involved in many different aspects of the scientific world to talk about their job roles.

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18 January 2024

Apprenticeship Opportunity for Year 12 Students

In January a group of our Year 13 Sixth Form students took part in a Mock Assessment Centre Day run by The Cheshire and Warrington Pledge at Shrigley Hall

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24 November 2023

Year 13 Investigate Apprenticeship Opportunities

Thirty-six of our Year 13 students visited The National Apprenticeship Show in Liverpool in November.

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2 November 2023

Speedy Careers Opportunity for Year 8

As part of our ongoing Careers programme, our Year 8 students took part in a Speed Networking event in November.

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5 October 2023

Year 11 Students Try Out their Interview Skills

We held our annual Year 11 Mock Interview event in October and students were able to have an authentic interview experience with one of twenty five employers and other volunteer professionals.

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28 September 2023

Year 12 Enjoy a University and Apprenticeship Fair Opportunity

Our Year 12 students travelled to Old trafford in September for the University and Apprenticeship Fair

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17 July 2023

Workplace Experience Opportunity for Year 10

In July, our Year 10 students gained invaluable 'experience of the workplace' in a range of careers opportunities.

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11 July 2023

Year 11 Learn Skills for Sixth Form

To help prepare them for Sixth Form, a group of our Year 11 students took part in workshops at Edge Hill University, Lancashire, in July

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10 July 2023

Work and Life Experience for Year 12

Over 100 of our Year 12 students took part in work placements in a wide variety of sectors in July.

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8 June 2023

Mia Plans a Fire Service Career

Mia F, Year 8, enjoyed the Cheshire Fire Service RESPECT Course so much last term that she has joined the Fire Cadets and plans to pursue a career in the Service!

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7 June 2023

Year 8 Learn the Benefits of Languages

In June, our Year 8 students enjoyed a talk by a team from The University of Liverpool about the life and career benefits of learning languages.

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2 March 2023

Something for Everyone in CHS National Careers Week Events

National Careers Week is 6th to 11th March and we have a series of events running each lunchtime enabling students in all years to access information and advice from employers and our own careers experts.

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28 February 2023

Helping Students Plan for the Future

Year 12 students were able to get Post 16 ideas and inspiration at the UCAS Discovery Convention in February.

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13 February 2023

Miss King Wins Apprenticeship Award

Teaching Assistant, Miss King, won Education and Training Apprentice of the Year at the Cheshire College - South & West Apprenticeship Awards 2023 in February.

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9 February 2023

Students Consider a Career with Bentley

The Bentley Early Careers team visited in February to share information on the latest Apprenticeships available with the company.

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7 February 2023

Investigating IT Apprenticeship Opportunities

Digital and Technical Apprenticeship provider, Apprentify, joined us in February to discuss IT apprenticeship opportunities with students.

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2 February 2023

Year 7's Guess the Employers Event

In February, our Careers team ran a 'Guess the Employer' event for our Year 7 students, challenging them to ask questions to establish each guest's job role and company.

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1 February 2023

Isaac Receives Oxford University Offer

Congratulations to our Deputy Head Student, Isaac C, who has received an offer from Oxford University to read Maths

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12 January 2023

Bring a Scientist to School Day

We welcomed a group of Scientists in to school in January to enlighted students as to the vast range of careers opened up by studying the Sciences.

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21 November 2022

Testifying for the Prosecution

Natalie Carmen of the Crown Prosecution Service met with our Sixth Form A Level Law students in November to talk about her work as a Criminal Prosecutor.

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17 November 2022

Sixth Form Mathematicians Experience Maths in Action

A visit to Maths in Action helped our Sixth Form Mathematicians see how Maths can be used in many different ways, from fighting disease to video games and magic!

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10 November 2022

Dual Linguists Learn Where Learning Languages Leads

In November, our dual linguists learned more about how languages can benefit their future career prospects from University of Manchester School Outreach Officer, Sonja Bernhard.

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7 November 2022

Speed Networking Event Inspires and Informs Year 8 Students

Our Year 8 Speed Networking Event was an invaluable and inspirational opportunity for our students, which gave them really useful information about a wide range of careers and experience of talking with employers.

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7 November 2022

Rebecca Sees her Future in Parliament

Hoping to pursue a career in politics, our Year 13 student, Rebecca J, had the amazing opportunity to spend a day in Parliament over the half-term break.

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12 July 2022

Working Towards the Future

It's our annual Work Placement Week for the majority of our Year 12 students this week and these Sixth Form students will be spending time working with a range of employers, picking up valuable skills and experience.

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20 June 2022

Can You Help our Year 12 Students?

We are looking for employers who are able to offer one of our Year 12 students a work placement in July. If you can help, please get in touch.

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31 March 2022

Helping Sixth Form Students Plan for the Future

Four of our Year 13 students visited Alderley Park in March for a Mock Assessment and Employment Readiness Programme attended by a number of local and national employers.

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18 March 2022

Scientists Inspire Year 9 Students

To round off British Science Week 2022 at CHS, we welcomed a group of speakers from the world of Science in to school in March to inform and inspire our Year 9 students about the many careers opened up by studying Science.

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17 March 2022

CHS Careers Fair Success

In March, we held our biggest ever Careers Fair, with over forty exhibiting employers, training and apprenticeship providers and educators arriving on the day to help our young people start to plan their futures.

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14 March 2022

Exhibitors Announced for CHS Careers Fair

Over 40 training/education providers and employers from a wide range of sectors will be taking part in the CHS Careers Fair on Thursday 17th March, helping our students to plan their future careers.

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4 March 2022

What will Your Pathway Look Like

Posters are appearing on doors all across school as part of our prep work for National Careers Week, which will run from 7-12th March 2022.

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1 March 2022

The CHS Careers Fair is Back!

The CHS Careers Fair is back, and bigger and better than ever! 

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25 January 2022

What The Future May Hold

In January, we were delighted to welcome Higher Horizons+, Macclesfield College and Staffordshire University, in to school to join us for an extended assembly to inform our Year 9 students about some of the Post 16 and Post 18 pathways available to them.