DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

CURRENT STUDENTS

Term Dates

Parent and Carers Consultation Evening Dates

View all of our upcoming events on the DCG website.

STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND PASTORAL SUPPORT

Revision and Exam Tips

If your young person is gearing up for their exams, we’ve put together some revision and exam tips that may help. Our guide aims to help prepare for upcoming exams, giving tips on: ways to revise, things to consider when creating a revision timetable and who you can go to for help when you need it. Revision and Exam tips

Next Steps – Opportunities for current students

If your child is currently studying with us please be aware that throughout June and July, we’re holding a series of progression workshops. The workshops aim to provide students with the tools, resources, and guidance they need as they progress toward their next steps.

We’re also holding our annual ‘Get Hired’ Event on Tuesday 25th June, where your child will discover job vacancies and apprenticeship opportunities.

If your child intends to progress to employment or an Apprenticeship please encourage them to attend the events.

The Student Experience and Pastoral support teams proactively encourage and nurture students to deploy effective behaviours and attitudes, fostering understanding and preparing them as professionals at work and as social contributors in life. Student Experience and Pastoral Support Team – DCG (derby-college.ac.uk)

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT,

If your child is unable to attend College, they must inform us. They can do this by submitting an online ‘Absence Form’. STUDENT ABSENCE/LATENESS REPORTING – DCG (derby-college.ac.uk)

EXAMS

For up to date information on exam information and regulations during the exam, please visit the exams page. Examination Information – DCG (derby-college.ac.uk)

PARENT AND CARER SUPPORT

Join the DCG Parent and Carer Support Group… We have created a Parent and Carer Support Group on Facebook, as a place for you to:

• Access resources and content related to well-being, careers, study skills
• Ask questions and offer suggestions related to College
• Network and support other parents and carers. The page is managed by the Student Pastoral Coaches from each campus who can answer your queries. Join the DCG Parent and Carer Support Group

Access the Parents Portal We have a dedicated online Parents Portal for you to log onto. The Parents Portal enables you to view your child’s live attendance, progress reports and SMART Targets. Parent Portal

Parent Voice

Your views matter to us and the feedback you provide will help us shape the service we provide your son, daughter or child in your care at Derby College. If you would like to tell us your views please email Parent Voice

Free mental health webinars from the Charlie Waller Trust The Charlie Waller Trust run live webinars for anyone who looks after children and young people – parents, carers, educators – as well as young people themselves and anyone interested in psychology or mental health.

All of their webinars are presented by our mental health trainers, speakers and guest speakers who come from a wide range of professions, including education, psychology, social work, youth work, public health, psychotherapy and nursing. Past topics have included: the teen brain, sleep, supporting a highly sensitive child, and perfectionism.

CAREERS

Next Steps Guide

The Careers team have compiled a handy guide for students (and parents/carers) which gives a snapshot of where they can undertake research and move forward with their chosen next step. It also suggests ways students can start to gather ideas about options/routes if they are unsure which pathway is right for them.

Students can then take their findings/ideas along to a Careers appointment to discuss further and get their questions answered (to book an appointment please email: careers@derby-college.ac.uk and include your child’s student ID number).

The Next Steps guide is on the Careers Guidance Services’ SharePoint site, under ‘Next Steps’: Careers Guidance Services – Home (sharepoint.com)

Summer Guide to opportunities, events and activities

Whether your child is leaving College this summer or returning- our Summer Guide highlights opportunities and events to support their next step, including interesting and rewarding ways they can make the most of their summer break!

The Guide is due out towards the end of June, so please ask your child to check their College email, the DCG App or the Careers team’s SharePoint site for further details and to download a copy.

Careers support over the summer

The Careers team are available over the summer to help your child with their next steps/option choices.
Please get in touch with the team by emailing: careers@derby-college.ac.uk or by ringing the College on 0800 028 0289 and asking for the Careers team

The team can help if your child:

• is unsure about their option choice
• changes their mind about their choice
• if they need help with applications, CVs and interviews
• if they need help on results day (see below)

IMPORTANT UCAS ‘reply by’ DEADLINE!

If your child applied through UCAS this year, please encourage them to regularly check their UCAS Hub, as this will tell them which date they are required to reply to any offers they have received (they will receive reminder emails about this from UCAS as well).

If they do not reply (via their UCAS Hub) by their given date, all their offers will be automatically declined.

The next ‘reply by’ dates are:

• *If they received their last decision on or before 16th May 2024 (not including UCAS Extra choices)- their reply date is 6th June 2024.
• *If they receive their last decision on or before 17th July 2024 (including Extra choices)- their reply date is 24th July 2024

Further details on replying to offers, can be found here: Deadlines for Accepting University Offers | UCAS

Results Day support

The Careers team will be available on A-level results day (15th August 2024) and GCSE results day (22nd August 2024) to assist with next step queries- including those that are UCAS related (Clearing etc) and more.

Please get in touch with the team by emailing: careers@derby-college.ac.uk or by ringing the College on 0800 028 0289 and asking for the Careers team.

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More information for Parents and Carers can be found on the DCG website.