The overriding objective of Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) at Pedmore High School is to develop the skills, attitudes and abilities of our students to enable them to make effective decisions about their future education, training, employment and life as an adult member of society. This Careers Strategy is to ensure that the CEIAG offer provides learners with high quality opportunities to prepare learners for the next stage and transition in to positive destinations and long-term healthy career success. At Pedmore we will:

• Continuously review the impact of our CEIAG.

• Increase careers advice and guidance to be an integral part of the schools offer.

• Strengthen strategic partnerships with employers and further and higher education institutions and apprenticeship providers

• Ensure that the Gatsby Benchmarks are fully embedded in our CEIAG Programme

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Careers Policy

 The career programme at Pedmore High School aims to:

• Encourage students to be ambitious, broaden their horizons and explore their own career aspirations throughout their life at school.

• Provide a wide range of experiences, support and guidance to help them make decisions about their future.  This starts in Year 7, and supports students through to leaving us in Year 12 (or Year 13 after their Sixth Form years in future

 

The programme is based on evidence from the Gatsby Foundation and aligns with the recommended Gatsby Benchmarks.  These are:

• Benchmark 1: A stable careers programme

• Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information

• Benchmark 3: Addressing the needs of each pupil

• Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• Benchmark 5: Encounters with employers and employees

• Benchmark 6: Experience in the workplace

• Benchmark 7: Encounters with further and higher education

• Benchmark 8: Personal guidance

Students leaving Pedmore will have the skills, knowledge and dynamism to reach their full career potential, to meet the needs of employers and to contribute to the economic growth of the nation.

 

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Information for Employers and Training Providers

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We aim to give our students opportunities to engage with employers and training providers including Further and Higher Education throughout their time at Pedmore. Please read the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to students at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Students are entitled:

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;

• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events, and PSHE days.

• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

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​Provider Access Legislation

This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.
Pupil entitlement
All pupils in years 8 to 13 are entitled:

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

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For pupils of compulsory school age these encounters are mandatory and there will be a minimum of two encounters for pupils during the ‘first key phase’ (year 8 to 9) and two encounters for pupils during the ‘second keyphase’ (year 10 to 11). For pupils in the ‘third key phase’ (year 12 to 13), particularly those that have not yet decided on their next steps, there are two more provider encounters available during this period, which are optional for pupils to attend.

 

Provider Access Legislation January 2023

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