CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance) is designed to prepare students for life in modern Britain by providing the knowledge, understanding, confidence and skills that they need to make informed choices and plans for their future learning and career.

The careers programme is guided by the eight Gatsby Benchmarks, which are a framework designed to deliver world-class careers education. The benchmarks are:

• 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
• Experiences of workplaces
• Encounters with further and higher education
• Personal guidance

Our CEIAG programme provides activities appropriate to age and need and has been designed to enable students to progressively further their skills and knowledge. The school follows the Career Development Institute’s framework, which encompasses six career development areas, which allow students to have positive careers.

The Six Learning Areas

On top of weekly careers education lessons, which start in Year 7, students are able to take part in a variety of assemblies with employers and colleges, workshops, trips, events such as National Careers Week, work experience and Work Enrichment Days.

Reaccreditation Quality in Careers Standard award

The Careers Department is pleased to announce that we are applying for reassessment of the Quality in Careers Standard Award.

This nationally recognised accreditation represents the benchmark for excellence in careers education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG) across schools, colleges, and work-based learning providers, and is fully aligned with the Department for Education’s statutory guidance. In reaffirming its commitment to delivering outstanding career provision for all students, the school is seeking to renew the Quality in Careers Standard Award for the first time.

Since our previous assessment in 2023, the government has introduced revised statutory guidance for schools, further education colleges, and sixth form colleges. Alongside this, the Gatsby Foundation has updated its framework of eight Gatsby Benchmarks, which define world-class career provision, to reflect technological advancements, educational innovation, and significant changes in the labour market.

The school is actively embedding these updates, with particular emphasis on the strengthened statutory duty requiring all schools and academies to ensure that young people have meaningful access to providers of technical education and apprenticeships.

Contact

The school is fully compliant with the Access Provider Legislation. Any establishments wishing to visit the school to talk about their provision and opportunities, should contact the school’s Head of Careers, Mrs Shakya. You can contact her through this email with the subject line marked "FAO: Mrs Shakya Head of Careers". Alternatively, please call 01794 510260.