Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance

Current provision (Website Statement) All learners in the Academy will: Take part in a careers programme in years 7 to 13 that helps them to:• Understand their education, training, employment and other progression

opportunities• Develop the skills they need to plan and manage their own personal

development and career progression access relevant information and learning from

• Taster activities and experience of work • Make and maintain individual progression plans to help them improve their

prospects of success offer feedback and ideas on how to improve the careers programme

Have access to, and support with using careers information that is:• Easy to find and available at convenient times and in convenient locations,

including on the intranet• Clearly labelled and referenced • Comprehensive, giving details of all progression opportunities and associated

support arrangements such as financial help• Unbiased and up-to-date

CEIAG Provision Year 7-8 YEAR 9 KS4 POST-16 KS5 POST-18

Career Advice and Guidance

1. Careers Club 2. Industry Event

1. Guidance Interviews: KS4 Options choices

2. Year 9 options Event

3. Year 9 parents evening

1. Guidance Interviews: Post-16 choices

2. Year 10/11 Parents evening

3. Sixth Form Open Day

1. Guidance Interviews: UCAS application, Post-18 choices

2. Year 12/13 Parents evening

3. University Open Days

Careers education: PHSCE

Your Life 2

• UNIT 4 - you and your money

• UNIT 12 - employment and unemployment

• UNIT 18 - understanding business

Your Life 3

• UNIT 11 - investigating careers

• UNIT 14 You and your ‑choices - for Years 10-11

• UNIT 18 You and your ‑money – you as a consumer

Kudos Inspire

Review career choices

Career & pathway exploration

Choosing post-16 courses

Kudos Inspire

Action Planning for career & HE

Building UCAS shortlist

Building personal statement

Building CV

Work-related learning

ECM day : Money Matters Yr 7 July

ECM day: Fashion Fix Yr 8 May

Open Doors Visit July Business In the

Community Job Fair November

ECM Days Learn to Earn October

ECM ‘Prospects in Play, choosing your options ’ February

• F/L Work Experience • Inspire work Skills

Programme

• ECM ‘Work skills’ challenge Yr 11 December

1. BTEC Extended Work Experience

2. Academic work experience

3. Industry Links for Vocational Level 3 Qualification

4. University/UCAS Visits5. ECM: Stock Market Challenge Yr

12 6. ECM: Careers Carousel and

Getting PAID day Yr 13

Careers Library Careers information

Resources: 1. i-pads 2. Books3. Journals

Activities: 1. Interviews2. Mentoring3. Coaching and Training

Clapton Extra 1. Lunch Time Drop session 2. After School clubs 3. Industry Events

Access Project

Tutorials1. One-to-one

support 2. Weekly one hour

long3. Termly student

progress reports

After-school clubs1. Medicine Society2. Veterinary Society 3. Creative Writing, Film Club 4. Model United Nations5. Current Affairs 6. Enterprise

Workshops:

1. Choosing a university and course

2. One-to-one personal statement mentor and tailored interview practices. 

3. Work experience, Internships in government departments.

Kudos: Discover the careers that suit you

• What is Kudos?• Kudos is an impartial online careers guidance and information program that helps

young people plan their future and make informed decisions• Link: http://kudos.cascaid.co.uk/LoginPage.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f• Kudos is ideal for 13-19 year olds. It provides young people a personalised

experience based on their interests and educational aspirations to suggest suitable careers. They can explore these suggestions or look at their own career ideas; they can then see how well matched they are to them. A useful ‘Dashboard’ feature provides a centralised point for accessing all of the program’s features.

• Guidance is available in each section to help the user get the most out of their Kudos experience. They can consider their study and training options and record subjects that are studying or are planning to study.

• Students can add careers and subjects to their own personal Action Plan, where they can set goals and target dates. Up-to-date and accurate detailed information is provided on over 700 different careers (covering over 1,800 job titles)