At Paget, we support students in making well-informed decisions by providing access to differentiated, impartial and independent information and guidance about the range of options (including academic, vocational and apprenticeships) that are most likely to help them to achieve their ambitions. Through a stable careers programme, we seek to be able to help students manage their careers, sustain employability and achieve personal and economic wellbeing throughout their lives.
Our mission is to raise the aspirations and achievements of individual students, improve social mobility, develop eight employability skills and enhance knowledge of labour market information, whilst providing students with access to all career pathways. Students will have a range of experiences tailored to their individual needs and circumstances, including encounters with workplaces and employers, an insight into further and higher education establishments, and opportunities for personal guidance.
The objectives of the Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance policy are as follows:
- To provide each student with the opportunity to receive personal guidance
- To ensure that all students at the school receive a stable careers programme
- To enable all students to learn from information provided by the career and labour market
- The CEIAG programme should be individual and address the needs of each student
- To link the curriculum learning to careers learning
- To provide students with a series of encounters with employers and employees
- To provide students with experiences of workplace(s)
- To ensure that students have a series of encounters with further and higher education
Overview of Careers Programme (subject to change)
| Year 7 | • Transition support • Higher Horizons Introduction to Higher Education Programme • Higher Horizons Stardome Cross-Curricular Careers Experience • National Careers week • National Apprenticeship week • Careers Assemblies• Student Council • Eco-Schools • Raising aspirations/educational trips • Skills Questionnaire • Tutor time programme • Parents evening support from external careers advisor |
| Year 8 | • Social Entrepreneur Day • National Careers week • National Apprenticeship week • Careers Assemblies • Student Council • Eco-Schools • Raising aspirations/educational trips • Skills Questionnaire • Tutor time programme • Parents evening support from external careers advisor |
| Year 9 | • Higher Horizons Informed Choices Programme • Options/Pathway support • Pathways Assembly • National Careers week • National Apprenticeship week • Careers Assemblies • Student Council • Raising aspirations/educational trips • Skills Questionnaire • Tutor time programme • Parents evening support from external careers advisor |
| Year 10 | • In-School Employer Visits • National Careers week • National Apprenticeship week • Careers Assemblies • Student Council • Raising aspirations/educational trips • Skills Questionnaire • Tutor time programme • Parents evening support from external careers advisor |
| Year 11 | • Higher Horizons Next Steps and Pathways Programme • One-to-one External Careers Advice • In-School Employer Visits • Pathways Assembly • National Careers week • National Apprenticeship week • Careers Assemblies • Student Council • Raising aspirations/educational trips • Skills Questionnaire • Tutor time programme • Parents evening support from external careers advisor |
| Year 12 and 13 | • Higher Horizons Next Steps Programme • Higher Horizons University Applications Programme • Higher Horizons Degree Apprenticeship Interview Simulation Day • One-to-one External Careers Advice • One-to-one University Pathways Interviews • UCAS and Personal Statement Workshops• Prefect Team Roles • In-School Employer Visits • National Careers week • National Apprenticeship week • Careers Assemblies • Student Council Elections# • Raising aspirations/educational trips • Skills Questionnaire • Tutor time programme • Parents evening support from external careers advisor |
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Employable Skills
When you have an idea of the type of career you want, do some research to discover the skills that are needed to fulfil that job. The Prospects website has a list of many different job profiles and includes information on the skills required to fulfil that role: www.prospects.ac.uk.
Think about where you have already acquired these skills, maybe from work experience, a role you have taken on in school, extra-curricular activities, and also make a plan of how you are going to develop the skills you don’t have yet. For example, if you need to work on your confidence skills, volunteer to take part in an assembly.
The image below shows Employability Skills and the Enterprise Skills employers are looking for. Even if you don’t have a specific career in mind, working towards developing these skills will leave you more prepared for when you do decide.
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