Careers
Careers education at Morecambe Bay Academy is delivered through LIFE lessons and underpinned by a tailored programme of support, from Year 7 to 13.
This year, all our Year 10 students will go out on Work Experience from Monday 29th June – Friday 3rd July 2026
Students are expected to organise their own Work Experience placement and will be supported in school by Mrs Louth the schools Careers Lead and form teachers. We are using a platform called Unifrog to help us log and track the process from start to finish. Unifrog is a one stop shop that shares important information between students, employers, parents and school staff.
Important dates
- Launch assembly to students on 18th November 2025
- Parent information sent via Synergy 21st November 2025
- Employability day 1 Friday 27th February 2026
- 2nd assembly to students 24th March 2026
- Employability day 2 Friday 17th April 2026
- Employability day 3 Friday 12th June 2026
- Final assembly to students 23rd June 2026
Next steps
- Students (with support from parents/carers/school staff) identify and make contact with a potential employer
- If the employer agrees the placement, students enter the details of the employer/placement onto Unifrog – students will have supported sessions on how to do this
- Unifrog contact the employer to confirm that they have agreed to take the student and that the employer has relevant insurances in place
- Unifrog contact the students’ parent/carer to share the details of the placement and confirm that they agree to allow their child on the placement
- Unifrog contact the school to confirm the placement once all the above confirmations have been received.
Below you can find the useful guides on both finding a placement and using Unifrog.
Using the Gatsby Benchmarks to provide high quality Careers Education.
Please see our Careers Policy, on our Policies page together with our Compass Report. These give a full outline of our comprehensive careers programme throughout the academy and measurement of its impact.
The Gatsby Benchmarks are a framework of eight guidelines about what makes the best careers provision in schools and colleges. At Morecambe Bay Academy we have built our careers education and guidance strategy around them.
Our Careers curriculum provides pupils at different stages in their school career with relevant information to help them make informed choices about options, careers, colleges, apprenticeships, university, and the world of work. This includes up to date labour market information.
The school has a careers enterprise co-ordinator from the company Capgemini to ensure careers provision is up to date for employers and advice and guidance is impartial and informative for all. We also benefit from a full time Careers Advisor.
Careers Contacts
Mrs Alicia Louth – Careers Leader/Work Experience Co-ordinator
Email: alouth@morecambebayacademy.co.uk