XPG Careers

The XP Gateshead careers programme aims to:

Provide a stable and embedded programme that meets the expectations set out in the Gatsby Benchmarks (see below)
Provide each learner with high quality, impartial advice
Provide a range of opportunities and experiences to nurture and develop the essential employability, enterprise and life skills required to thrive in a modern world
Be fully embedded into the learners’ experience of the whole curriculum
Encourage all learners to carefully consider their career options throughout Key Stage 3 and 4
Encourage all learners to explore and experience a range of potential destinations and higher education pathways throughout their post-16 programmes
Encourage all learners to develop confidence in making informed decisions and career choices which are suitable and ambitious for them
Provide all learners access to information from providers of technical education, apprenticeships, further and higher education institutes
Develop an understanding of the world of work and how to respond effectively to the demands of, and changes in, the workplace
Raise aspirations and promotes equity, whilst tackling perceived barriers and stereotyping of the labour market

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Information for students, parents and employers

Gatsby Benchmark 1 - A stable careers programme

Find out more about our careers programme from Y7-11

Gatsby Benchmark 2 - Learning from Labour Market Information

Find out about labour market news and information in our area

Gatsby Benchmark 3 - Addressing the needs of every student

Find out more about pathways for students from KS3 - KS4 into Post-16 and beyond.

Gatsby Benchmark 4 - Linking Curriculum Learning to Careers

Find out about how we make careers an integral part of our expeditionary curriculum

Gatsby Benchmark 5 - Encounters with employers and employees

Find out about how get our students to engage with employers and employees

Gatsby Benchmark 6 - Experiences of workplaces

FInd out about how we give our students experience of the workplace.

Gatsby Benchmark 7 - Encounters with further and higher education

Find out how we get our students to engage with further and higher education, including technical education as part of the Provider Access Legislation.

Gatsby Benchmark 8 - Personal guidance

Get advice here, and find out more anout how students can get personalised impartial careers advice.

Start is a comprehensive digital platform, offering each student a single starting point to help simplify and improve our careers guidance within XPG. By logging in, each of our learners can use Start’s structured and progressive activities, to help each them to make informed decisions about their future study and career options.