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"It's been a whirlwind of wonderful experiences for him. I am so grateful that he’s been at a school that has nurtured and enabled him - thank you."

Careers

Deputy Head Responsible for Careers – Miss Allen

Careers Leader – Mr Agorini

Enterprise Champion – Teri Beardsley

Introduction

High quality careers education and guidance in school is critical to young people’s futures. It helps to prepare them for the continued education and the workplace by providing a clear understanding of the world of work including the routes to jobs and careers that they might find engaging and rewarding. It supports them to acquire the self-development and career management skills they need to achieve positive education and employment destinations. This helps students to choose their pathways, improve their life opportunities and contribute to a productive and successful economy.

Vision To set every student up for Success: Enhancing Aspirations and Career opportunities to enable them to make their next best step.

The intent of our tutorial curriculum at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is to provide a stable personal development and careers programme, which will prepare students for entering the ever-changing world of work. Every student is encouraged to make the most of the opportunities available and are supported in making informed decisions about their future. Careers education is developed throughout a student’s time at the school and is always supportive of their aspirations, strengths, and skills. The focus of the support is aimed at destinations associated with our local context, and ambitions of our students.

Aims and Purpose The aims and purpose of the school’s Tutorial & Careers Education are:

To support students in making informed choices about their learning pathways and future employment, beyond their time at the school, that are suitable and ambitious for them. Give high quality information and guidance to enable students to:

  • Understand what opportunities are available to them in both education and employment.
  • Empower students in making their own decisions about their learning pathways by, raising aspirations and expectations, promoting equality and challenging stereotypes.
  • Provide students with a range of well-rounded experiences.
  • Develop student characteristics and social skills such as communication, resilience, leadership, and self-regulation.
  • Prepare students for living and working in Lincolnshire and beyond.
  • Ensure school compliance with the Gatsby Benchmarks and Baker Clause.

The tutorial programme at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is not just a single subject. The curriculum area covers personal development (personal, social, health and economic), Careers and many aspects of work-related learning under this single title. All students in all years have tutorial sessions once a week.

The tutorial & careers sessions give students the skills and attitudes to lead successful lives at Queen Elizabeths Grammar and beyond. Students will have access to high quality advice, guidance and information helping them realise their ambitions from teachers, trained careers advisor, employers, and other educational providers. We aim to help students:

  • Develop their confidence and responsibility and make the most of their abilities.
  • Develop a healthy, safer lifestyle. Gain the skills necessary to lead a life with Financial and Economic awareness. Enjoy lessons gaining skills necessary for a productive future.
  • Take part in activities that allow them to make a contribution to the local and wider communities. Develop good relationships and respect the differences between people. Know and understand about becoming informed citizens.
  • Develop skills of enquiry and communication.
  • Develop skills of participation and responsible action.
  • Continually develop the skills and practice of all staff.
  • Adopt a philosophy of continuous improvement in every aspect of the delivery of all subjects within the curriculum area.

Knowledge & Skills

Within tutorials students will have the opportunity to study Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education; Careers and Vocational Education, with opportunities embedded through all other subject areas across the school to assist in meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks.

Gatsby Benchmarks can be found here.

https://www.gatsby.org.uk/education/focus-areas/good-career-guidance

Tutorial curriculum can be found here.

https://www.queenelizabeths.co.uk/html/curriculum/COAPDisplay.php?p=Dept&s=PSHE

Entitlement Statements

Student Entitlement

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School will support students to develop their learning and employment decisions by focusing on the Gatsby Benchmarks, these are: A stable careers programme; Learning from career and labour market information; Addressing the needs of each student; Linking curriculum learning to careers; Encounters with employers and employees; Experiences of workplaces; Encounters with further and higher education; Personal Guidance. In order to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School will:

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

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

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

Every pupil has the opportunity to request a guidance interview with the school's Careers Lead whenever significant study or career choices are being made.

All year 10 to 13 students will have at least one such interview by the age of 18, with priority given to SEND/EHCP students.

The school tailor’s careers activities and educational goals to the needs of each student, taking account of their prior knowledge and skills, the choices and transitions they face and any additional support that may be needed to overcome barriers to progression. The school challenges the stereotypes and disparities that exist across different courses and jobs to ensure that students from all backgrounds, including those with SEND, consider the widest possible range of careers.

This includes using LMI, destinations patterns and employers in a range of jobs to address, for example, gender differences in the take up of STEM subjects or in the proportion of students pursuing apprenticeships.

Unifrog – The Complete Destinations Platform

In keeping with our commitment to provide students with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next steps, we use Unifrog; an award-winning, online destinations platform. Unifrog is the universal destinations platform and is designed to support learners in making the most informed decisions about their futures and has a range of tools that are suitable for all year groups. Each student will have their own account where they can explore all the career and next step options available to them and find information on everything from managing their workload to writing a winning CV. Students have access to a wide variety of video and written content, and interactive quizzes and tests, including:

Section of the platform Examples of what students can do Suitable age range
Quizzes Finding their interests, personality type, preferred work environment, and skillset. Years 7-13
Exploring pathways Explore careers, career sectors, subjects, sign up to free webinars, explore MOOCs and courses, and find wider reading materials. Years 7-13
Recording what you’ve done Record their in-class and extracurricular activities, record examples of their skills, and see the record of CEIAG events the school has added to their accounts. Years 7-13
Searching for opportunities Find scholarships, activities, and bursaries to support there HE journey. Find and compare degrees in the UK and overseas, live apprenticeships, and FE courses. Years 10-13
Application materials / Making applications Write their CV, cover letter, Personal Statement, and more. Track their applications and record their Post 16 / 18 intentions. Years 11-13

Students will access the platform by signing in to Unifrog using their email address and password and they can do so from any computer, tablet, or smartphone. We would encourage you to use the platform with your child so you can support them through the process of deciding their next step.

Parents can also have your own Unifrog account. You’ll be able to research careers, attend webinars delivered by employers and universities to learn more about their opportunities, and compare pathways so you can support your child in making an informed decision about their next step.

Parent/Career entitlement

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School understands the need for parents and carers to be involved in this process. To facilitate this, parents/carers will:

Have access to Information on our website about the careers provision; be able to have discussions with school staff at parents' evenings about careers and the opportunities available.

Legal and Regulatory Framework

This Policy takes its legal framework from the following legislation and statutory guidance:

The Education Act 1997 The Education and Skills Act 2008 The Education (Careers Guidance in school Act) 2022. DfE Statutory Guidance ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers. January 2023 DfE Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth- January 2021 This states that all schools should provide independent careers guidance from Years 8 to 11 and this guidance should be:

Impartial Include information on a range of pathways including university options and apprenticeships Adapted to the needs of the student. Monitoring and tracking of young people

Students will be tracked on how they are engaging with the careers provision and Careers Leaders will use this to target students depending upon their needs.

Careers Leaders will use data collected from questionnaires to inform school staff and senior leaders about careers provision.

Students with SEND/ EHCP

Students who may require additional support with their career’s education have access to the following:

Priority - Personalised 1:1 career appointment in Key Stage 4 with additional appointments if required.

Personalised support from the SEND Team if required when choosing post-16 options.

Monitoring review, and evaluation.

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School’s Deputy Head and Careers Lead will access the appropriateness of the tutorial/careers programme on a yearly basis.

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Schools Careers Lead will use the online ‘Compass+’ audit tool to perform a termly review of its careers provision and measure achievement against the Gatsby benchmarks. A ‘Future Skills’ questionnaire will be completed by students during the academic year. This will show the progress the school is making in enhancing their careers provision.

The feedback of teachers and parents (parents' evening) will be sought to evaluate the success of the careers programme. This feedback will be used to improve the school's careers programme.

The Compass evaluation of the school's Gatsby benchmarks completed at the end of each term will be shared with the senior leadership in the school and the designated governor. The impact of the careers programme will be measured through a number of methods, including Destination Report and Data for Year 11 & 13 Leavers.

We greatly value the insights and feedback from parents and our employer partners regarding our tutorial/careers programme. Your input is essential in helping us enhance the quality and relevance of our initiatives.

We are eager to hear your thoughts on:

  • The effectiveness of our career’s events throughout the year.
  • The preparedness and performance of our students during their work experience placements.
  • Suggestions for improving our programme to better meet industry needs.

Please email V.Agorini@queenelizabeths.co.uk with your suggestions and feedback.

Management of Provision

Management

The senior management team are focused on the provision of careers. The Deputy Head and Careers Lead meet termly to review progress against the GASTY Benchmarks.

All teaching staff are required to provide opportunities in their lessons about careers and educational opportunities. All careers related activities undertaken in lessons will be added to Compass+ over the course of the year. What websites could students visit to support the curriculum.

Facilities

The careers library is a generous size able to take groups of students, or for individual browsing. There are areas of seating and benches suitable for study and working as well as seating. There are computers and a printer in the careers library however all computers in school are networked and the careers programmes are available on those. Photocopies are freely available for students to make on the machine located in the main library at no cost. There is a sign in the careers library to this effect.

Staff

For any careers-related inquiries, please contact Mr. Agorini, Careers Lead, at V.Agorini@queenelizabeths.co.uk.

Subject related career links:

Art and Design

Business Studies

Computer Science

English

Geography

History

Mathematics

Media Studies

Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

P.E.

Performing Arts

Science

Technology (Design and Technology)

Food Technology-Hospitality

Other resources

Parents’ guides

Apprenticeships
Guide to T-Levels

Democracy:

www.parliament.uk
www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk

Human Rights:

www.unicef.org.uk
www.oxfam.org.uk
www.amnesty.org.uk
www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
www.redcross.org.uk
www.savethechildren.org.uk
www.un.org

Animal Rights & Welfare:

www.peta.org.uk
www.animalaid.org.uk
www.rspca.org
www.wwf.org.uk

Miscellaneous:

www.fairtrade.org.uk
www.crisis.org.uk –homelessness.
www.kickitout.org –racism.
www.truetube.co.uk – for clips that support and extend the topics studied.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround - for up to date news.
www.thinkuknow.co.uk - a website dedicated to preventing child exploitation online from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre.
www.talktofrank.com - this supports the topic of Drug Awareness which Year 9 study.