Careers Programme

Vision Statement

Our vision is to enable learners to develop the skills, independence, resilience and confidence needed to reach their potential in their life beyond school.

Careers education information and guidance is an essential part of a young person’s journey to adulthood. The aim of the careers programme is to encourage pupils to develop their self-awareness, self-determination and self-improvement as a learner. They will learn about careers and the world of work in relation to themselves. They will continue to develop career management and employability skills. These skills will include listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, aiming high, leadership and teamwork. They will start to plan their transition from school to further education.

 

Year 7

Milestones and Learning Outcomes Key Events and Experiences

Pupils will:

  • Talk about their strengths to others
  • Say what they like and enjoy doing
  • Say what LMI is and how it helps make future decisions
  • Look at local job vacancies using apps, websites and newspapers
  • Explain what the term “Career” means to them
  • Recognise the skills and qualities needed for the world of work
  • Create a visual diagram of personal networks and support
  • Record and maintain a careers action plan including setting and reviewing targets
  • Identify the health and safety risks to themselves and others as they move around the school
  • Select relevant careers information and say which ones interest them
  • Take part in employer led activities

 

  • PGL Residential visit
  • My Future Starts Here workshops
  • Employer visits
  • Vocational Profile – Part 1
  • Education Health Care Plan Review Meeting
  • Skillsbuilder Project: Special Delivery – run a delivery service sending letters and gifts.
  • Future skills survey
  • Summer School
  • Extra curricular clubs – both academic and leisure

Year 8

Milestones and Learning Outcomes Key Events and Experiences

Pupils will:

  • Complete a range of self assessment exercises and record them in an action plan
  • Tell their own story , how they are making progress and what they need to do to achieve and improve well-being
  • Use websites to search local LMI data
  • Keep a skills log showing the skills and qualities needed for employability and independent living
  • Identify opportunities for developing skills and qualities inside and outside school
  • Take part in employer led activities
  • Understand the qualities needed to be an entrepreneur
  • Record and maintain a careers action plan including setting and reviewing targets
  • Identify how to stand up to stereotyping and discrimination
  • Identify the different kinds of work people do and say why job satisfaction changes through life

 

  • My Future Starts Here workshops
  • Employer visits
  • Vocational Profile – Part 2
  • Education Health Care Plan Review Meeting
  • Skillsbuilder Project: Trash to Treasure – design and build a new toy from recycled materials.
  • Future skills survey
  • Summer school
  • Extra curricular clubs – both academic and leisure

Year 9

Milestones and Learning Outcomes Key Events and Experiences

Pupils will:

  • Explore options for Post 16 and give facts about qualifications, skills and jobs related to subjects
  • Understand the issues around race, religion, gender, age and disability
  • Say which employability skills they have used and how they have been used in subjects
  • Take part in employer led activities
  • Use information, advice and guidance to support thinking and make decisions
  • Prepare and present themselves well when going through a selection process for roles in school
  • Research skills and qualifications needed for their futures.
  • Discuss their options with a careers adviser
  • Prepare for their move into KS4 by reviewing targets and careers action plan
  • Show how they can use a personal budget, understand and use financial words
  • Use their own and others ideas about learning, careers and work to inform decisions

 

  • PGL Residential visit
  • Education Health Care Plan Review Meeting
  • Vocational Profile – Part 3
  • Subject options
  • Employer visits
  • Skillsbuilder project: Dream Space – create a model of a redesigned space in school
  • 1:1 Careers Guidance meeting
  • Virtual College visits
  • Summer school
  • Extra curricular clubs – both academic and leisure
  • Future skills survey
  • Apprenticeship workshop

Year 10

Milestones and Learning Outcomes Key Events and Experiences

Pupils will:

  • Complete a questionnaire using iCould or JED and discuss the course and work suggestions
  • Keep and maintain a careers action plan reflecting on what they have learned
  • Understand the role of employers in making reasonable adjustments to the workplace
  • Record evidence of use of key employability skills
  • Discuss their options with their personal network
  • Look at local destinations data and use this to inform their own plans
  • Identify local and national trends in LMI over the next 5 years
  • Understand what impartiality means
  • Discuss the use of social media to market themselves
  • Talk to alumni about their journey after leaving the school
  • Understand the factors that affect the mental health of workers
  • Make a list of questions for employers and training providers
  • Reflect on attending a careers fair
  • Carry out a risk assessment and consider the health and safety requirements of an indoor space at school

 

  • Year 10 College Taster days
  • Education Health Care Plan Review meeting
  • Vocational Profile – Part 4
  • Employer visits
  • Mock Interviews
  • 1:1 Careers Guidance meeting
  • Summer school
  • Skillsbuilder project
  • Extra curricular clubs – academic and leisure
  • Future skills survey
  • Local careers fair
  • I Can Careers Fair
  • Skillsbuilder benchmark self assessment tool

Year 11

Milestones and Learning Outcomes Key Events and Experiences

Pupils will:

  • Describe what they like about how they have changed since Year 7
  • Discuss their personal story so far and how they are building on their strengths and interests
  • Keep and maintain a careers action plan reflecting on what they have learned
  • Set personal targets building on strengths rather than focus on weaknesses
  • Evidence how they apply and develop essential skills through work related activities
  • Record evidence of use of key employability skills
  • Identify questions about equal opportunities that cannot be asked at interview
  • Complete a 2 or 3 application forms that show evidence of skills and qualities
  • List the main sections of a CV and the do’s and dont’s of completing one
  • Say what they need from an induction programme for a sixth form, a college or an apprenticeship
  • Research the opportunities for volunteering in the local area
  • Follow health and safety guidelines on a work experience placement
  • Reflect on what organisational structure would appeal most to them and why

 

  • PGL Residential visit
  • College Visits
  • College Applications
  • College Tasters
  • College Interviews
  • Education Health Care Plan Review meeting
  • Vocational Profile – Part 5
  • Employer visits
  • 1:1 Careers Guidance meeting
  • Skillsbuilder project
  • Work Experience
  • Extra curricular clubs academic and leisure
  • Future skills survey
  • Skillsbuilder benchmark self audit tool

Documents

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Aims of Careers Programme for Pupils 10th Aug 2022 Download