Careers Advice
Careers education prepares pupils for the world after school. This includes thinking about how to look after themselves as an adult, how to relate to other people and how to fit into society. St Edward’s Church of England Academy provides information, guidance and help with making decisions about the future to all students from Y7 upwards. This includes information on post-16 options including sixth form, college, apprenticeships, training and university study, and entry to a range of jobs and careers. As a parent you want the best for your child and it’s never too early to start thinking about their options.
Useful Resources:
What will the Future Job Market Be
- Staff Booklet Careers
- Career Pilot: Expert careers information and tools for 11-19 year olds
- Careers and Enterprise Company
- DfE: Careers Strategy
- DfE: Careers Guidance
- CDI: Framework for Careers, employability and enterprise education
- Barclays Life Skills: Embedding employability across the curriculum
Employers:
- Careers Enterprise Company: Compendium of Case Studies
- Careers and Enterprise Company: State of the Nation 2017
- Youth Employment: 10 tips for an employer wanting to work with schools
- Youth Employment: Wagstaff Recruitment Employer Case Study
Parent Information and Resources:
- TARGET Careers: Information for Parents and Teachers
- Get my First Job: Parent Resources
- Careers advice for parents: Choosing a Career Path
- A parent guide to apprenticeships
- Amazing Apprenticeships
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To search for apprenticeship options https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeshipsearch
Skills Gap and Labour Market Information:
- Stoke and Staffs Area 2018 Labour Market and Growth
- Youth Employment UK: Labour Market Statistics 2019
- Guy Martin: Building Britain
- National Figures
- Labour Market Information
- Target Careers: Dos and don'ts for using labour market information in your career decision
- IPPR: Future Proof: Britain in the 2020s
Provisional timetable from September 2021:
In lessons such as English, Maths, Science and PSHE, pupils will learn how the topic they are studying will help them in the 'world of work': how the skills they are learning will help them to find a job. We will also provide pupils with other opportunities to learn about the world of work through outside speakers or visits.
More events are to be added to the provisional timetable below.
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Employer Encounters GB5 |
Experience of workplace GB6 |
Pathways GB7 |
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- Every pupil, and their parents, should have access to good-quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. By the age of 14, all pupils should have accessed and used information about career paths and the labour market to inform their own decisions on study options.
- Parents should be encouraged to access and use information about labour markets and future study options to inform their support to their children.
- Pupils should be provided with reliable information about the local and national labour market as this is vital to inform good-quality information about jobs and career paths.
- By the age of 14, every pupil should have had the opportunity to learn how the different STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) subjects help people to gain entry to, and be more effective workers within, a wide range of careers.
- Every pupil should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace. This can be through a range of enrichment activities including visiting speakers, mentoring and enterprise schemes.
- Every year, from the age of 11, pupils should participate in at least one meaningful encounter with an employer.
- All pupils should understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace.
- By the age of 16, every pupil should have had a meaningful encounter with providers of the full range of learning opportunities, including sixth forms, colleges, universities and apprenticeship providers. This should include the opportunity to meet both staff and pupils.
How do we provide pupils with information about course choices and careers?
The Academy’s Careers Policy sets out our commitment to delivering high-quality careers advice for all pupils in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks. Termly reviews of our provision is completed with the support of the Careers and Enterprise Company.
Pupils regularly have the opportunity to learn from local colleges, universities and employers. This may be through a workshop session, a lesson or a school trip.
To discuss Careers advice and education further please contact our Careers Leader: Mrs R Rose via the Academy Office on 01538 714740.