Welcome to the LHS alumni network! In this section, you can be active and engaged members of our community and stay up-to-date about alumni events, news, and more. Please share your news and keep in touch using the information on the other tabs in this section. And don't forget to follow us on our social media channels.
Longdendale High School is extremely proud of our Alumni. When our students leave school following the completion of their exams in Year 11, they progress on to some incredibly exciting and far-reaching career pathways.
Alumni - Career Profiles
We would like to feature as many 'Alumni Career Profiles' across the school and on this website. Alumni Career Profiles can provide valuable insights into a wide range of career pathways and would inspire pupils to taking a range of subjects at KS4 and getting into a wide range of industries via apprenticeships, further training, college and university.
Providing an Alumni Career Profile is one of the simplest ways of supporting careers activities for both students and alumni. It is a resource that can give young people the information to help them stand out against the competition.
We would love for you to fill out a short form and share your experiences and achievements which we could share with the whole Longdendale High School community both past and present.
Alumni - Keep in Touch
We are working hard to build up our Longdendale High School Alumni so we can keep in touch. If you wish to join our database, please email us at admin@lhs.spt.ac.uk or complete the form here.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Alumni - Career Talks
Hearing what our alumni have gone on to do in their careers and life after Longdendale High School is a great inspiration for students. It complements our careers programme, provides insight and real-life experiences of a variety of employment sectors. Your experiences can make a real difference to students who are unsure which career path might be right for them or how to get into the field you work in.
Career Talks on a variety of topics are delivered on Raising Aspiration Days in September and March each year.
Time: 1 hour
Group size: Can be negotiated. Ideally a group of 32 pupils or a whole year group *up to around 160 pupils.
Suggested Format for Careers Talks:
Talk - 15 minutes
- ​Your own pathway though education / work & training
- Qualifications needed
- Experience of working in the industry
- The varied roles and responsibilities in the company, structure of the organisation
- The different ways you work with clients
- Key employ-ability skills needed
- How people work together as a team - qualities needed
- Working hours & holidays
- Health & Safety
- A typical working day
- The challenges of the job
- Your favourite part(s) of the job
- Key advice to students about to do their GCSEs - the value of working hard / qualifications / high aspirations / motivation / self-belief / showing initiative etc.
- Best way into the industry for pupils thinking about it.
The talk could include Power-point presentation / Video resources.
Task / Challenge - 20 minutes
- Students work in groups and are given an activity / competitive task to do
Student Feedback - 10 minutes
- Pupils give feedback
Student Questions - 10 minutes
- Question & Answer session
Student Reflection - 5 minutes
- Students reflect on learning. Skills & Qualities needed.
