Careers

Careers Programme

Our students careers learning is based upon the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. It is founded on a stable programme of careers education. Students gain access to independent careers and labour market information, with multiple opportunities to discover information relevant to them individually, as well as group guidance and one-to-one guidance sessions with our L6 qualified careers adviser. Our teachers often relate their lessons to careers, so students understand how school is relevant to the wider world. Students meet employers and working professionals through visiting speakers, experiences of the workplace, and visits to local universities, through subject lessons, trips, and specific careers events.

KEY STAGE 3: Beginning in Year 7, all students have a programme of Careers Education delivered through the tutor programme. All students from Year 7 are given direct access to impartial information and advice, and in Year 9 every student will have a face-to-face meeting with a careers adviser as well as the chance to make informed choices about their option subjects. They will have the opportunity to be involved each year in an engaging Personal Development programme, with First Give in Year 7, Headstarted in Year 8, and Wings of Hope Achievement Awards in Year 9.

KEY STAGE 4: During Year 10 students focus on work-related learning and take part in workshops such as careers matching tests, mock interviews, public speaking and the chance to experience a workplace. Key Stage 4 students have the opportunity to attend careers fairs as well as access to a Level 6 qualified careers adviser for a face-to-face interview about their choices. Year 11 students have support in making applications to colleges, 6th forms and apprenticeships. 

KEY STAGE 5: During 6th form students have numerous chances to research their careers, have face-to-face guidance with a Level 6 qualified careers adviser and take part in work experience as well as having regular opportunities to hear from employers and speakers. There is a full support structure in place for making visits to and applications for university, apprenticeships or employment.

Contact Miss Pritchard via email, or on the academy telephone number, for further details about the careers programme. 

• View our Careers Programme overview for 2023-24

• View our full Careers Education & Guidance Policy

Quality Assurance and Impact on Careers

Careers is regularly tracked, monitored and evaluated to know whether successful outcomes and positive impact have been achieved for all students. 

This happens through:

• Academy monitoring (termly surveys and Compass+ submissions) 

• Annual Audit of Careers and Action plan for the year ahead 

• Trust and Academy Monitoring

• Validation through termly Intended Destinations Data 

• External validation through Official DfE Destinations Data

• Local validation via Enterprise Coordinator and Enterprise Adviser

• Stakeholder feedback (teachers, parents and pupils)

The academy assesses the careers programme’s impact on pupils through termly surveys and destinations data. The information on this page is updated annually during the autumn term.