Skills Development Scotland

Zoom talks for Creative Careers Month

31 October 2025: An opportunity has been highlighted for S4-6 pupils by the Developing the Young Workforce School Coordinator, Claire Howe.

There is a month of zoom talks for Creative Careers Month on a wide range of talks that pupils can opt into to learn about aspects of the creative industries they may be interested in.  The full line up is here:

ERIC x DCCM 2025 — ERIC | Creative Career App

Starting on Monday 3 November, and continuing throughout the month, there is a diverse line-up of speakers sharing 20 minute talks of practical advice, real career journeys, and actionable steps to help students build their futures.

How to attend

Further details about how to register to attend these talks has been shared on email by the school. Please contact the school staff listed to receive details to join at the time of your chosen talk(s).

Reports from PC meeting on 25 March 2025

25 March 2025: Many thanks to those who joined the Parent Council meeting this Tuesday.

Agenda

  • Health and Wellbeing – Inclusion X – Ian Porter and Anna Kirkwood
  • Comment from Tracy Urquhart, Senior Manager Quality Improvement Officer, CEC
  • Update from the JGHS Parent Council
  • Headteacher’s report
  • Q&A

Meeting recording

Watch the meeting recording (opens on YouTube)

Summary of meeting discussion (from transcipt, opens as pdf)

Presentations

Inclusion X suport at JGHS (Anna Kirkwood and Ian Porter, opens as pdf)

PC report 25 March 2025 (Hilary Snaith, co-chair; opens as pdf)

Finance update 25 March 2025 (Kirstin Leighton, treasurer; opens as pdf)

Headteacher’s report 25 March 2025 (opens as pdf)

Policy documents

The headteacher mentioned a number of school policy documents in his comments. You can access a range of these policies on the JGHS website:

JGHS policy documents

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Parent Council will be on Wednesday 4 June in the school library at 7 pm – all parents and carers are very welcome to join us.

Engineer a Career

13 March 2025: Engineer a Career is on a mission to inspire, empower, and encourage the next generation of engineers. Through our podcast, “The Engineer a Career Podcast,” we share the stories of today’s engineers with tomorrow’s.

On 4 March 2025, Tuesday of Scottish Apprenticeship week, the first episode of Series 2 went live on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For 8 weeks, every Tuesday a new guest shares what sparked their interest in engineering, their own route to a career in engineering, the jobs they’ve had and the projects they’ve worked on, who has helped them along their career, and what keeps them passionate about engineering.

Each episode is a great opportunity to learn from an engineer and understand the challenges they have faced and how they navigated them. Across the eight guests we explore the school to college, school to university and school to apprenticeship routes.

Whether you are a student, parent, or educator this podcast will give you a greater understanding of engineering careers.

Listen to the podcast

So far, the podcast has released 14 podcast episodes in 6 months.

Follow the link below for the podcast pack:

The Engineer a Career Podcast series

More information

Contact the Developing the Young Workforce team at JGHS:

Email Claire Howe

Scottish Apprenticeship Week 3-7 March 2025

28 February 2025: Next week, 3-7 March 2025, is Scottish Apprenticeship Week.

This is an opportunity for young people and their families to learn more about this pathway into employment, view live apprenticeship vacancies, and hear from employers about their offerings.

DYW – Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2025 – Employers and Vacancies

Connect Virtually, Train Locally: DYW Virtual Webinar for Scottish Apprenticeship Week

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the school, or the Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) School Co-ordinator, Claire Howe:

Email Claire Howe

Scottish Apprenticeships info-event

20 January 2025: Skills Development Scotland are hosting an information session for parents and carers on Tuesday 4 March 2025, 7-8 pm.

Book your ticket

Join this free live online session to find out more about the types of apprenticeships available in school and after school, where to get more information and how to find the latest vacancies. Hear from an apprentice, employer and learning provider about the value and benefits of apprenticeships and the support available to take one.

Scottish Apprenticeships are made for business – there are over 100 types, all developed with employers and giving young people skills that employers want.

The session takes place as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, which is on from 3 to 7 March.

Scottish Apprenticeships Week 2025

Skills Development Scotland