Careers Overview
Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)
(Raising Aspirations programme)
Key PersonnelCareers Leader: Mr R Bond (Assistant Principal – Raising Aspirations) Careers advisor: Ms Karin Davidson (Positive steps) [email protected] Careers administrator: Mrs E Spencer (Administration Officer) |
INTENTAimsHighly effective career guidance helps inspire students towards further study and enables them to make |
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CommitmentAudenshaw School is committed to providing a planned programme of Careers Education and Guidance for all students in years 7 – 11, this is in partnership with Positive Steps. Audenshaw School endeavours to carry out its statutory duties under Section 42A of the Education Act 1997. The school is committed to providing staff with CPD training relevant to raising aspirations and developing a stronger culture for careers throughout the school and our curriculum. Audenshaw School will ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access all students in year 7 to year 11 for the purposes of informing them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships as outlined in section 42B into the Education Act 1997 section 42B into the Education Act 1997 and the new Provider access legislation (Jan 2023). The Raising Aspirations School Improvement Plan contains strategic developments of CEIAG along with details staff involved, funding requirements, monitoring and impact. This plan will be reviewed by SLT and regular updates on its implementation will be discussed fortnightly with the Vice Principal. |
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IMPLEMENTATIONParents and CarersThe school is committed to providing parents and carers with continuous updates on careers related activities that their children take part in. Parents will be made aware of talks, trips and visits relating to their child’s future pathways through the schools communication networks. The school also provide parents with the option to contact the careers adviser directly, with contact details available via the |
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CurriculumEvery curriculum area will take the opportunities to link learning with employability skills through their learning journeys, in particular the STEM subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Displays in departments will highlight the range of careers opportunities/paths linked to their subject. The core LORIC employability skills of Leadership, Organisation, Resilience, Initiative and Communication are evident within each curriculum area and a display of these curriculum links is present where LORIC lessons take place. |
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InterviewsThe school’s impartial careers adviser (Positive Steps) conducts careers interviews in a dedicated careers room. The careers adviser will meet with year 10 and 11 students on a rota throughout the year on a one-to-one basis. A record of the interview and its outcomes will be emailed to students by Positive Steps following the appointment. A copy is also retained in school to assist with tailoring each student’s aspirations to any career related activities taking place and the planning of additional activities. The service is available to years 7, 8 and 9 students via appointment or drop in sessions on Tuesdays. Details of when Positive Steps are in school will be displayed on the careers room door. In addition to the Positive steps provision, we have an additional careers advisor provided through Tameside council to focus on the more vulnerable students, such as those with an EHCP, Looked after and students receiving support through the Youth justice team. |
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Community and employer linksAudenshaw School is developing links with businesses in the local area and in Tameside, to provide students with inspiration and guidance on the local economy, where speakers can provide students with information, advice and guidance on the local career prospects. Employers and other external agencies will be invited in throughout the academic year (where necessary) to work with students across various year groups. Students are also encouraged to visit appropriate college and apprenticeship open events and information is displayed within the designated careers area of the school to raise their awareness of the options available to them. |
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Labour Market InformationProviding students with continuous updates on Labour Market Information is fundamental to their career choice pathways. Working with key partners and other external agencies the school will provide students and staff with resources of factual knowledge on the local and national economy developments on education and employment opportunities. All students will have access to Unifrog through their own personalised log in. Unifrog is designed to provide personalised support for young people in planning their future and exploring the world of careers, training and further education. Training on how to use the site with students will be provided to key staff. |
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Year 7Year 7 students will be given career related assemblies and will have the opportunity to listen to |
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Year 8Careers Education is implemented within the year 8 Life Skills curriculum (The Cre8tive curriculum programme will provide progression from year 7 and help students to work on their Employability skills, Careers choices, Careers interests and jobs, Labour market information and Exploring careers) and students are provided with opportunities throughout the year to develop their self-awareness and future prospects. Year 8 will be given appropriate career related talks from external speakers as part of our commitment to the Provider Access Legislation along with more opportunities to learn from employers about work through speed networking events. Year 8 will have opportunities in form time with bookable access to ICT facilities in order to complete the PiXL Edge award, with achievement of the LORIC skills celebrated throughout the year during assemblies and at end of year celebrations. Students who complete the Apprentice level can progress onto Pioneer level and become a PiXL Edge ambassador where they support other students through the programme. All students will be given the opportunity to access information relating to technical qualifications and apprenticeships from a range of education and training providers. Year 8 students will have access to Unifrog throughout the year. |
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Year 9Students will use the Unifrog site during form time to explore additional career options and to help support them during the guided pathways process. The Cre8tive curriculum programme will continue to provide progression from year 8 with modules on turning failure into success, Saving and managing money and Employment & Financial management. We aim to provide every year 9 student with an opportunity to meet employees and employers fromwide range of career backgrounds in small groups so that they have the opportunity to understand a range of career pathways and the skills that are valued in the workplace. Year 9 will also continue to hear from providers offering approved technical qualifications such as T-levels and higher technical qualifications. Students will choose their options through the Guided Pathways programme, which will support their future outcomes post year 11 and allow the school to provide bespoke careers related activities for all students progressing on to Key Stage 4. Students in year 9 will be given the opportunity to work more independently on achieving their PiXL Edge Graduate level accreditation; this will be supported by the careers coordinator. |
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Year 10Students will take part in careers related talks towards the end of year 10 from external providers offering approved technical qualifications such as T-levels and higher technical qualifications along with apprenticeship providers and more traditional academic routes. They will attend at least one external and one internal careers fair so they get the opportunity to meet HE and FE providers. Scheduled independent careers appointments will begin in December/January and run through the year into year 11. Year 10 will have the opportunity to take part in a 4 day work experience placement in May, students will be encouraged to find their own work placements as these tend to be more involving for students as they have to approach employers themselves. Placements are available for students who do not manage to find their own from a database of providers. Students are supported through this process via whole school assemblies, access to videos and supportive resources via Unifrog and form time activities before and after the placement. Staff will contact the placements during the week to check on how well the students. All placements will be administered through the ‘Placements’ tool on Unifrog and be subject to completion of an upto date risk assessment. Each employermust provide evidence of upto |
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Year 11Students will again take part in careers related talks at the start of year 11 from external providers offering approved technical qualifications such as T-levels and higher technical qualifications along with apprenticeship providers and more traditional academic routes. Year 11 students will also attend a careers fair during term one where we invite in a range of local post 16 providers into school. One-toone guidance sessions will continue with the careers adviser at times to best support the post 16 application process. They will also be provided with application support under the personal development tab on the school website, such as; information on Post 16 open choices, open events and guidance on how to write a personal statement. Year 11 students will work with Unifrog in the first term to help raise their aspirations and guide and support them as they apply to colleges in readiness for the next phase of their education and training. College applications will be tracked to ensure that students are provided with targeted support to help them achieve their full potential for when they move onto their next stage. |
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Record keepingAudenshaw School will track each student throughout the Careers Education and Guidance programme to monitor their involvements and support each individual with the highest quality of guidance and resources for their future pathway choices. A database is maintained and monitored by SLT to track the aspirations of the students against their achievement at each assessment point. This database will help to provide a tailored programme of CEIAG to the students. The uses Compass+ to help manage, track and report on the school’s Raising aspirations programme and has recently introduced the ‘Unifrog’ platform to enable the school to accurately monitor every students’ progress against each benchmark. All students have access to their own account to support and inform their next steps and career development. |
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Partnerships with external providersPartnerships with external providers, such as Positive Steps, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, The Careers and Enterprise Company and The Enterprise Advisor Network (Brother UK and Whitecroft lighting). These are reviewed on an annual basis against the needs of the students and the priorities of the school. Clear criteria will be used by the SLT to establish the rationale for any partnership. No agreements can be entered into without the authorisation of the Principal. |
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Quality AssuranceThe Careers Education and Guidance programme will be monitored, reviewed and evaluated through:
IMPACT
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Destination dataAudenshaw School has a strong record of success with its CEIAG and has a measurable impact on student outcomes, demonstrated by consistently outstanding ‘destination’ data, which we are required to monitor as part of our CEIAG policy. The most recent figures are as follows taken from our moving on report, which is published every December.
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