Careers Information for Students

We’re committed to helping you to plan your future beyond OBA. Our offer to you includes, as a minimum:

  • An impartial careers advisor who is in school every day
  • Support through the Year 9 options process and choosing what to do after Year 11 and Year 13
  • Careers education in Lessons for Life
  • Work experience in Year 10 and Year 12
  • Visiting speakers from a range of employers, education providers, training providers and apprenticeship services, with a promise that you’ll see at least one employer each year
  • University visits
  • Input from a range of providers of apprenticeship, T-Levels and technical qualifications
  • Access to the Unifrog careers website (use your school email to log in)
  • Support through the UCAS process, for students applying to university, including a visit to the UCAS conference
  • Off-timetable activity days

To book an appointment with one of our careers advisors, you can ask your form tutor or email Mr Kenny at [email protected]

If you’d like a more detailed look at what we offer, have a look at our parent page and find out what former OAT students have been the brand new OAT Futures website.

Please see below the careers journey from Year 7 to Year 13.

This page was updated on 30th September 2025 and will be updated again no later than the end of September 2026