​Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

Please read our Career Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Policy Statement: 

Careers Education Policy 2020-2021

Intent 

Dorothy Stringer believes careers education enables students to develop the knowledge, confidence and skills they need to make well informed choices to allow them to progress smoothly into further learning and work. It prepares young people for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life, thereby ensuring that, wherever possible, all young people leave education with employment, or go into further education or training. 

Our careers programme continues to be developed in line with the eight Gatsby benchmarks for ensuring best practice and to meet the requirements of the Department for Education's statutory guidance 2018. 

 

The Gatsby Benchmarks 

1. A stable careers programme 
2. Learning from career and labour market information 
3. Addressing the needs of each student 
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers 
5. Encounters with employers and employees 
6. Experience of work places 
7. Encounters with further and higher education 
8. Personal guidance 

All students have access to all parts of the school's provision for CEIAG. Every effort is made to ensure that the programme respects and caters for the needs of individuals, respects diversity, promotes equality of opportunity and informs with impartiality. 

 

We are committed to providing: 

• A planned programme of activities to which all students from Years 7 to 11 are entitled, which will help them to plan and manage their careers and demonstrate growth in the 21st Century skills that are most critical to their goals. 
• Information, advice and guidance which is impartial, unbiased and based on their needs to help students make choices. 

 

Implementation 

This a summary of our annual careers programme. 

	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Whole Cohort  Encounters with Employers or Employees	Form Tutor Activities  My Life Before Stringer The career pathway of teachers form whom teaching is a second careers.     How many people does it take to run a school?  Introducing the jobs and skills used by non-teaching staff in the school.	Business/Enterprise Package  Each year the PSHE department select a relevant schools careers package provided by large organisations or business.  This year we will be exploring ‘Step in to the NHS’.  www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/	Employability Workshops  Alumni, parents, ex-staff, local business are invited into a carousel style workshop in which our students quiz guests about the work they do, how they got their jobs and what skills/qualifications they use.	Work Experience   Students participate in a week-long work placement in the community.	Mock Interviews  Working in collaboration with a team from the John Lewis Partnership, students take part in 20 minute remote mock interviews.  This is followed by personalised feedback from John Lewis staff.
Progression			Options Evening: popular Post-16 providers invited to attend.    Careers/Options lessons in the classroom    Drop-down form tutor days to facilitate 1:1 GCSE options advice to students.	Sixth Form College taster days	Post-16 Progression evening (parents and students)    Post-16 providers invited to present during PSHE lessons    College applications supported in PSHE lessons.    Drop-down form tutor days to facilitate 1:1 college subject advice to students.
Taught Careers Programme	PSHE Lessons  Careers lessons focus on Qualities and Abilities	PSHE Lessons  Careers lessons focus on Employment Law & Equality in the Work Place	PSHE Lessons  Careers lessons focus on Employment Pathways	PSHE Lessons   Careers lesson focus on Employability Skills	PSHE Lessons  Careers lessons focus on CV Writing and Interview Skills
Careers Across the Curriculum	All academic departments have a Careers Champion to encourage links between current learning and future pathways.
Independent Careers Advice				All students in Y10 and Y11 have the opportunity to talk about  career/Post-16 pathways in 1:1 meetings with their PSHE teacher.       Target groups in Y10 and Y11 seen by our Level 7 independent Careers Adviser.  Any student can see our independent careers advisor through self-referral.
Bespoke Opportunities	Sussex University Widening Participation: Campus Visits    Professional Sport Club Day Release Programmes	Sussex University Widening Participation: Campus Visits    Professional Sport Club Day Release Programmes	Sussex University Widening Participation: Campus Visits    Professional Sport Club Day Release Programmes	St John’s College, Oxford, campus visit.    Girls Network Mentoring Programme    Professional Sport Club Day Release Programmes	Oxford University Road Show    Professional Sport Club Day Release Programmes
Assemblies	National Apprenticeship  Week   /   National Careers Week   /   Speakers for Schools
Evaluation	Student evaluations completed in Term 2 or 3

 

Additional Notes 

• Students with an EHC Plan are supported through the Local Authority's LDD team.  
• Home visits or remote appointments are made with students who are tutored at home. 
• Year 11 leaver referrals to the Youth Employability Service as needed. 
• The school takes advantage of external opportunities as they arise. 

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Impact 

Our desired impact is that all students access a well-planned careers programme that enables them to achieve their ideal destination outcome when they leave Dorothy Stringer School. 

We measure the impact of our programme by auditing and evaluating our Careers programme annually, reviewing our destination measures, Visitor feedback, Work experience evaluation and feedback from parents, students and staff over the course of each year. 

Following our comprehensive review of post-16 pathways in PSHE lessons and a variety of post-16 provider events, we are pleased that our students take up a variety of offers from a range of colleges, including BHASVIC, Varndean College, MET (Brighton and Northbrook), BRIT, Newman College, Plumpton College, Brighton College, Hartpury, DV8, BACA, Christ's Hospital, East Sussex College.  Students also enrolled in apprenticeship courses. 

In accordance with the Technical and Further Education Act 2017, the school welcomes visits from a range of education and training providers throughout the school year and through the event listed above. Please see the school Post-16 Progression page for further details https://public.dorothy-stringer.co.uk/ds/Pages/post_16_pathways.aspx or contact our Post-16 Champion, Katie Metcalf, at mtc@dorothy-stringer.co.uk. 

For our most recent destination figures (published 2 years in arrears), please visit this government website: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/114580/dorothy-stringer-school/secondary/provisional-pupil-destination 

 

Careers Leader – Mrs L. Lloyd – careers@dorothy-stringer.co.uk 

Careers Advisor – Ms A. Carroll – Amanda.carroll@dorothy-stringer.co.uk 

Post-16 Champion – Ms K Metcalf – mtc@dorothy-stringer.o.uk 

Work Experience Coordinator – Mrs Ann Eke - wexp@dorothy-stringer.co.uk 

 

Dorothy Stringer School 

Loder Road, 

Brighton 

BN1 6PZ 

01273 852222 

  

Next careers advice review date: Autumn 2021