Careers

In a world with a rapidly changing economic paradigm, it is essential that our students are given the knowledge and skills that will be crucial to becoming socially and economically successful in the dynamic, innovative and competitive economies of the future. The goal is to develop the knowledge, planning skills, self-awareness and decision-making skills of our students.

King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys places a high value on providing high quality CEIAG for our students. The outcomes of the government’s 2017 policy paper “Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents” and the Department for Education’s statutory inclusion of the Gatsby Benchmarks has led to an even more inclusive and comprehensive whole-school programme which serves to nurture the skills and knowledge that our students require to enhance their employability.

The Gatsby Benchmarks

The Gatsby Benchmarks provide a guideline for planning that will assist . The fundamentals of each benchmark are outlined in the table below.

Gatsby Benchmark Title of Benchmark Summary of Benchmark
1 A stable careers programme Implement a stable and structured careers programme.Have a dedicated Careers Leader within school (see contact).Evaluate the Careers Programme with feedback from students, parents, teachers and employers.
2 Learning from Careers and Labour Market Information (LMI) Ensure that by the age of 14, students have accessed career and labour market information to inform their options.Encourage parents to access this information to support their children.
3 Addressing the needs of each student Challenge stereotypes and seek to raise the aspirations of students.Keep records of the advice given to each student and provide students with access to their records to support their career development.Collect accurate date on the education, training, or employment training of students.
4 Linking curriculum learning to careers Highlight the relevance of how your curriculum links to careers.Teach students the importance of STEM (see references) subjects for gaining entry to a wide range of careers.Demonstrate how STEM subjects help people to be more effective in the workplace.
5 Encounters with employers and employees Give students at least one meaningful encounter with an employer, every year.Develop links with local employers.
6 Experience of workplaces By age 16, every student should have had at least one experience of a workplace.
7 Encounters with Further and Higher Education By age 16, students should have encountered the full range of learning opportunities available to them, both academic and vocational.
8 Personal guidance By age 16, every student should have at least one guidance interview with a trained careers advisor.

Careers programme for Years 7 to 11

The themes of the CEIAG programme for each year group are:

  • Y7 – Universities, their courses and the jobs that an undergraduate degree can lead on to
  • Y8 – Apprenticeships, what are they and the jobs that they can lead on to
  • Y9 – T-Levels and BTECs, what are they and the pathways that they can lead on to
  • Y10 – Soft skills and the world of work
  • Y11 – Post-16 pathways applications and future pathways

 

Further Information