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Oaks Park High School provides high quality careers advice and guidance, to support our high achieving and ambitious students. It prepares young people for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life, thereby ensuring that, wherever possible, all young people leave education with employment, or go into further education or training.
Students in Year 7-13 are entitled to:
Students in Year 7-13 are entitled to:
● find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point.
● hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options evenings, assemblies and group discussions and taster events.
● understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.
Gatsby benchmarks
Gatsby benchmarks
The eight Gatsby Benchmarks are based on best national and international research and define all the elements of an excellent careers programme. The Gatsby Benchmarks have now been put at the heart of the Careers Strategy, with an expectation that all schools will begin working toward the Benchmarks.
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How does Oaks Park evaluate the effectiveness of it's careers programme?
How does Oaks Park evaluate the effectiveness of it's careers programme?
Destinations data is used as an indicator of the long term impact of the careers provision at Oaks Park High School. We are proud that our school has significantly reduced the number of NEET students over the past five years and ensured that the vast majority of students achieve a place on the route most suited for them.
Each careers event is evaluated, with students ranking the usefulness of the event on their future career decisions.
As a school we put ourselves forward for external evaluation against the Quality in Careers Standard every three years. The last evaluation took place in 2018 and Oaks Park passed in every category with minimal points for improvement.
We use best practice in completing regular self-evaluation of our provision on the Compass+ tool. At present, Oaks Park is well above national average in its progress across all eight Gatsby Benchmarks and is 100% in six of the eight benchmarks.
Our careers programme is reviewed yearly and a new team progress plan and timetable is produced at the start of each academic year.
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