Download Grofar Case Study St Peters, Exeter Key Benefits: Careers service planning Business database and tracking Student passport and activity monitor Destinations data More time to provide pupil support Linked to SIMS – always up to date St Peter’s Church of England Aided School is a larger than average-sized secondary school on the outskirts of […]
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the “Best Practice in the Use of Technology in Career Development” category of the UK Career Development Awards run by the CDI. We have strong competition from another great company, SDS, who have been shortlisted twice, once for their ‘My World of Work Live! and also their […]
The planned shake-up of school funding means many head teachers may need to rely more and more on their own fundraising activities. Teachers unions claim the new National Funding Formula sets the basic level of funding too low and it has been calculated that 98% of schools will face a funding cut for every pupil. […]
Grofar are delighted to be exhibiting at BETT on 25th – 28th January. Come and visit us at the BETT Futures Stand 1 BFS12. At BETT we will be launching our new Community Engagement platform for schools and will be engaging with attendees to demonstrate our innovative Careers Guidance Management platform. Our new platform “Community Heroes” […]
Ten schools in the north east of England have taken on popular careers guidance management solution Grofar, in a contract that will offer consistency and continuity of careers support across the area. The North Tyneside Learning Trust is a collaboration of 46 schools working in partnership with employers, universities and colleges to improve education and […]
Earlier this month the Chairs of the Education, Skills and Economy Committee slammed the Government’s failure to address inadequacies in careers guidance as “unacceptable”, demanding that Ministers act to improve provision as a matter of urgency to ensure young people are equipped with the right skills to succeed in the modern economy. The Committee published […]
Recording employability skills, careers guidance provision, activities and events is essential to evidencing the quality and the impact of your careers programme and helping your school to provide students with the best possible careers service. Evidencing skills and careers guidance provision is made easy with Grofar as these 4 steps demonstrate. 1) Add activity to a student […]
Developing a strong employer & alumni network is key to providing a high-quality careers service. Having access to external services and extra resources enables careers services to a provide more opportunities and great careers guidance at minimal cost. Maintaining contacts, services and SLA’s is admin intensive. Grofar takes care of this for you. Grofar have […]
At Grofar, we are honoured to be selected for BETT Futures, the ‘home for the world’s most inspiring edtech startups’. Grofar fulfils a long term ambition to help improve the careers service in schools and raise student aspirations. Grofar was founded by members of the trusted, award-winning team that created Schoolcomms. Extensive research performed by Grofar identified how important (and often undervalued) the careers service […]
We are very excited to announce that the latest update of Grofar now connects directly to your schools MIS system. Schools using SIMS, Facility CMIS, Progresso, Bromcom MIS, Integris G2 and SchoolBase can now sync all of their student information effortlessly. Having quick access to relevant and accurate information is core to running a successful […]
