At St Mary’s Catholic High School we are committed to providing all our students in Years 7 to 11 with a comprehensive programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) and work related learning (WRL).
All students take part in a careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) programme that:
- Aims to inspire as well as inform and guide students
- Is centred around the student and their needs
- Is integrated into the students’ experience of the whole curriculum
- Encourages all students to consider their career throughout Key Stage 3 and 4
- Encourages all students to develop decision making skills
- Provides each student with high quality, impartial advice
- Raises aspirations and promotes equality and diversity
Good career guidance is critical if young people are to raise their aspirations and capitalise on the opportunities available to them. We are commited to deliver a programme which is based on the 'Good Career Guidance Benchmarks' (Gatsby Benchmarks). The benchmarks define world-class career guidance and were developed on behalf of Gatsby by Sir John Holman as part of an international study.
The Gatsby Benchmark statement is:
Every young person needs high-quality career guidance to make informed decisions about their future. Good career guidance is a necessity for delivering technical education reforms and is a vehicle for social justice: those young people without social capital or home support suffer most from poor career guidance. Yet, despite its importance, career guidance in English schools has often been criticised for being inadequate and patchy.
We therfore aim to deliver:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees (at least 5)
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
Careers Programme
Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | |
Year 7 | PSHE Career lessons | Metro Bank Finance lessons in PSHE |
Police/ Ambulance careers event. Tutor time careers investigation |
Year 8 | PSHE Career lessons |
Metro Bank Finance lessons in PSHE NHS workshop |
Police/ Ambulance careers event. Tutor time careers investigation |
Year 9 | Labour Market Information (LMI) Assembly followed with tutor time activities. |
Metro Bank Finance lessons in PSHE |
Alexander Palace Careers event. Police/ Ambulance careers event. |
Year 10 |
Tutor time careers investigation |
Speed Careers STEM Workshop- Year 10 girls Assembly on Apprenticeships (South Thames College) |
Medicine Taster Session in UCL Apprenticeship event (Croydon) |
Year 11 |
Individual careers advice 6th Form Visit CTK- Brockley Assemblies STEM- journalist talk. |
Post 16 evening Mock interviews University visit- (potential Neets and Higher Learners) Employability workshop (Croydon Commitment) Assemblies |
Support in ensuring post-16 placement is obtained. |