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Careers Education

CEIAG – Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance

 

CEIAG is designed to prepare students for life in modern Britain and is a means of developing a young person’s knowledge, understanding, confidence and skills so that they can make well-informed and thought through choices relating to further learning and work, now and in the future.

School for Inspiring Talents aims to provide excellent quality, impartial information, advice and guidance to all students from Year 7 to Year 11. This guidance allows us to support our students and allow them to make information decisions for their post-16 choices following Year 11, but also their choices for bespoke learning and opportunities throughout their time with us.

 

Measuring the impact of CEIAG

At School for Inspiring Talents, we use Compass Plus – the careers benchmark tool as outlined in the Gatsby benchmarks to assess and constantly improve our current CEIAG provision.

Our progress against the Gatsby benchmarks is reviewed regularly throughout the academic year to ensure we meet all 8 benchmarks. You can click here to see our current Compass score.

 

As a school we work with parents, employers and stakeholders to ensure that students are able to make informed choices about their future.

Click here for our full Careers Programme.

Click here for our Careers Calendar for 2024-2025.

Click here for Outcomes & Destinations Data for 2023-2024.

 

All information published on this CEIAG webpage will be reviewed at the end of each academic term. The CEIAG plan in school is reviewed each year by the Careers Leader and was last reviewed September 2024.

 

For more information:

 

Our Careers Leader is

Isobel Harben

email: [email protected]

phone:  01626 244086.

Policy Quicklinks:

 

Provider Access Policy

Careers Policy

Work Experience Policy

Work Experience at SfIT:

 

Please click here for a downloadable copy of our Work Experience Handbook for Parents / Carers and students.

Careers Entitlement Statement

 

All students at SfIT will:

Take part in a careers programme in Years 7-11 that encourages them to:

  • Understand possible options for future education and employment
  • Develop decision-making skills that allow them to manage their own development and progression
  • Source and use appropriate careers and employment information
  • Make the most of work-related activities and experiences, including encounters with employers
  • Contribute to the careers programme by providing evaluation and feedback
  • Take part in a week of Work Experience in Year 10

Have access to, and guidance in the use of, careers information that is:

  • Accessible and straightforward to use (e.g. on school website/Seesaw etc.)
  • Up-to-date and wide ranging
  • Age appropriate and comprehensive

Be offered personal, 1:1 careers guidance in year 10 and year 11 that is:

  • Impartial
  • Confidential
  • Appropriate to their specific needs and circumstances
  • Supportive of diversity and equal opportunities

 

SfIT parents and carers are welcome to:

  • Contact the Careers Lead by phone or email with any queries
  • Arrange a meeting with the Careers Lead to discuss their child’s options and plans
  • Receive information about careers events and activities
  • Give feedback on the content and effectiveness of the careers programme

 

All staff members are expected to:

  • Be active in helping themselves as well as expecting SLT to help them
  • Be prepared to be realistic in considering the range of options available and in making choices about them
  • Be prepared to learn and stretch yourself in order to reach your potential
  • Be punctual and considerate of others

Quality in Careers Mark

 

We’re proud to announce that our students and staff are committed to Investors in Careers and we are compiling evidence for our first assessment.

 

The Quality in Careers Standard award is a nationally recognised kite mark for quality in CEIAG.  It is awarded to schools who have demonstrated commitment to provide impartial, independent CEIAG to young people, to improve students’ awareness of opportunities, to raise aspirations and to help ensure they achieve their full potential.

 

Assessment is based on standards required by legislation or nationally produced guidelines, so we are taking actions already established as being of value to our students.  The Award is written and revised by careers education and guidance professionals, teachers and senior managers in schools.

 

The Award is structured around four key elements:

      • Commitment
      • Organisation
      • Delivery
      • Evaluation

 

For more info:

Careers South West

Or Isobel Harben, SfIT Careers Leader

Employers and local businesses

 

As an employer, could you help us with our careers programme by offering any of the following services?

 

  • Guest speakers (employer engagement) for National Careers Week annually – all year groups
  • STEM Assemblies – Year 8/9
  • Labour Market Information – all year groups
  • Workplace visits – all year groups
  • Local companies willing to participate in an annual careers fair.
  • Hosts for work experience for year 10, particularly in the following sectors: Health Care – Animal Care – Theatre – Art – Journalism – Policing – Fire service – Retail – Music – Childcare – Education – IT/Computing – Social Work – Sports.

 

If you are interested in offering work experience, please click here to read our guidance.

 

If you can help support our careers programme, please contact [email protected]

 

Work Experience: Work Experience policy

Provider Access: Provider Access Policy (Bakers Clause)

Careers Curriculum Intent Statement  2024-2025

 

We want our pupils to experience a careers curriculum that establishes a growing knowledge and awareness of the World of Work and what they, as young people, can aim for as they prepare for adulthood and the transition to Post 16.  This includes delivering a breadth of opportunities and experiences that our pupils can start to build their own future pathways on.

As we aim to do this, we are also fully aware of the impact of the inherent difficulties our pupils have due to the nature of their needs and diagnosis and look to how we can start to overcome these barriers, working alongside them.

 

 

What will our pupils experience throughout their career curriculum?

  • Access to careers learning from Year 7 onwards – learning that is linked through their curriculum provision and in explicitly delivered sessions.
  • A careers curriculum that has contributions and feedback from students, their families, school staff and external stakeholders (including employers).
  • Engagement with many different employers throughout Year 7 to Year 11 in a variety of formats such as assemblies, visits, talks, project work, careers events.
  • Unbiased careers advice and support from a career’s advisor.
  • Working with students and their families as they prepare for their future and for life after
  • Staff who are committed to and passionate about helping them develop as they make key decisions and prepare for their future pathways

 

Why do we want this?

  • We want our pupils to know their skills and strengths; know what they are good at and what they find hard.
  • We want our pupils to work towards independent living and working.
  • We want our pupils to have hope and optimism, adaptability and resilience.
  • We want our pupils to have access to, and engagement in, decent work in all its forms.
  • We want our pupils to learn and make progress so they can thrive and experience success in their future pathways.
  • We want our pupils to pursue and value their own wellbeing and happiness

 

Implementation – how will we deliver this?

  • Pupils will have access to a careers curriculum from Year 7 onward and this will be routinely monitored and evaluated to ensure it is fit for purpose.
  • Pupils will be presented with opportunities to meet and talk with previous students to find out about their experiences and aspirations.
  • Close working relationship with our Careers Advisor to support mentoring pupils in KS4.
  • Experiences of different workplaces and environments
  • Meaningful encounters with the world of work
  • Careers fairs and skills workshops

 

Impact – what is our expected impact?

  • Pupils will have a successful transition on from Year 11 into Post 16 .
  • Pupils will have had experience of a wide range of opportunities, interests and options so they are best placed to make informed decisions about their future
  • Pupils will develop the skills needed for them to be employable, whether that is voluntarily or paid.
  • Pupils will know the value of having work and commitments in their lives.
  • Pupils will know that they have a valued and important part to play in the world in which they live, and they can and are motivated to contribute to society in a  way which best suits their interests and skills.
  • Pupils will know about and make use of the range of support and advice that is available to them in order to support their choices and decision making.
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