Careers 

At Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, our aim is to ensure that every student receives a comprehensive careers education to assist them to develop employability skills and knowledge of available pathways to enable them to make informed decisions following Year 11 or Year 13. 

In January 2018 the DofE issued a new Statutory Careers Guidance which outlined the 8 Gatsby benchmarks that schools should meet by 2020. The Benchmarks are as follows:- 

Benchmark 1 - A stable career programme 

Benchmark 2 - Learning from career and labour market information 

Benchmark 3 - Addressing the needs of each student 

Benchmark 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers 

Benchmark 5 - Encounters with employers and employees 

Benchmark 6 - Experience of workplaces 

Benchmark 7 - Encounters with further and higher education 

Benchmark 8 - Personal Guidance 

Currently, the majority of the requirements have been met, and we are actively working to achieving all Benchmarks by 2023.