Student Careers

Mission Statement

At New Rickstones Academy we are committed to providing good quality careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) and work-related learning (WRL) for all students in years 7 to 13. We measure ourselves using the Gatsby Benchmarks. The eight benchmarks provide us with a framework that helps us to identify our strengths and areas that we can develop.

Our careers programme is embedded within the curriculum and supported throughout the school by teachers, tutors, as well as partners and dedicated suppliers of careers education, information, advice and guidance; which enables us to deliver the very best provision to our students. The careers programme combines career planning lessons, skills workshops, one-to-one independent careers guidance, mentoring, online career information resources and a wide range of events and activities, including: sector career talks, employer visits, a careers fair, inspirational speakers, enterprise activities, career advice evenings and work experience. All students will have the opportunity to have seven encounters with employers – at least one each year from year 7 to year 13.

Our Aims

The careers programme supports students to construct their own ‘career story’ about who they are, what is important to them and what they would like to achieve in their lives and aims to:

• Equip students with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to make well informed decisions at key transition points in learning and work, through a bespoke programme of careers education.
• Work in partnership with employers, training providers, further education and higher education institutions, to provide a wide range of opportunities that will inspire students through real-life contact with the world of work.
• Empower students to consider a broad range of options (including academic, vocational, apprenticeships) and develop an ambitious outlook that will inspire and motivate them to achieve their personal best.
• Provide personalised and impartial information, advice and guidance to support students to develop and manage their own progression through learning and work.
• Raise aspiration, value and promote equality, diversity and inclusion.