Welcome to Careers!
Careers Education, Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) at St Philip Howard Academy
As a school, we have a moral duty to provide students in Years 7-11 with careers education, information, advice and guidance whilst fully complying with statutory DfE guidance on Careers and working towards Gatsby Careers benchmarks.
At St Philip Howard Academy we believe that quality CEIAG should be available to all students across all Year Groups. We view the delivery of CEIAG as both integral to and in support of what happens in the classroom. Therefore, we look to link our classroom work to the world of work.
All that we do comes under the banner of our SPHE programme. All student year groups have one period of SPHE every two weeks. Careers Education, Entrepreneurship and Financial capability are key elements. We also offer stand-alone events through drop down days so that we offer our students a complete pathway from the day that they enter year 7 until the day that they leave us.
The Careers Department
Careers Leader
The Careers Leader for the school is Ms.C.Neves. She is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and co-ordinates SPHE. She is supported by a Governor with oversight for Careers.
cneves@sph.srscmat.co.uk Phone: 01457 853611
Careers Adviser
Mr S. Pacey holds the Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance. He is a registered Career Development Professional with the Careers Development Institute (CDI) and is listed on their professional register. He holds accredited Careers Leadership and Careers Education qualifications and is a professional mentor for the CDI. Mr Pacey is bound by the CDI code of ethics to promote impartial careers guidance.
Email: spacey@sph.srscmat.co.uk Phone: 01457 85361
Careers Programme and Student Entitlement
A programme of careers education helping you develop skills and knowledge to make choices and the transition to work and learning.
- Advice and information about options available to you after Year 9 (subject choices for Key stage 4). and after Year 11 further education, training and employment so that you understand what they involve and how your choices affect your career choice in the future.
- Support and guidance to help you make choices and complete a career plan.
- The opportunity to be involved in making decisions about things that effect your learning.
- An opportunity to learn about the world of work.
Working in partnership with EMCAA, we have created the following career plans for each year group.
information about the Careers Education and Guidance Programme for each Year Group can be found form the following links.
Further careers related Inputs for Key stage 3 and Key stage 4 can be found below
Gatsby Benchmarks
The school is committed to working towards Gatsby Benchmarks to evidence a high-quality careers programme. The following documents are referenced.
DfE Careers Guidance and access for Education and Training Providers
The Gatsby Good Career Guidance Handbook
How is career learning delivered, accessed and the impact measured in school
The Careers Programme is delivered through discrete lessons as part of the SPHE programme. Students in Year 9 upwards have access to Morrisby to track their career progress. The school uses Compass+ to measure the careers provision against the Gatsby benchmarks and works with EMCAA to review this on a termly basis.
The Careers Programme is reviewed on a termly basis and is informed by student voice activities.
Access to education and training providers
Our students are informed about the full range of learning and training routes on offer to them after Year 11.
School is happy to consider requests from training, vocational education and apprenticeship providers to speak to students. School already works with many providers who attend careers events. Any further providers who wish to attend future events should refer to our access policy statement below.
Access Policy Statement; Careers Guidance and Access for Education and Training Providers.
Year 11 Student Destinations
Student collates information on student destinations every year in conjunction with the Derbyshire County Council and a report is produced.
For more information on student destinations please click here
This website shows the achievement and attainment performance data held by the Department of Education for St Philip Howard Howard School, where you can also compare different schools’ performance. Alternatively, please contact the careers team.
Support in school
Need Information, Advice or Guidance? Your first stop should be with your Form Tutor. This member of staff will see your child daily and will be responsible for delivering Careers lessons. You may also wish to contact your child’s Head of Year. Ms Neves is the named member of the staff responsible for CEIAG.
Secondly, students can talk to our Independent Careers Adviser. All students from year 7-11 will receive advice and guidance from the Careers Advisor, either through small group work or as a one-to-one interview. The advisor is based in our dedicated careers office in the library. Here you will find a wealth of resources, prospectuses for different colleges and useful information.
At transition points we will also provide a drop in facility for students to receive extra support and guidance. Career plans are provided for the student, A copy will be emailed to parents / guardians.
If you have any queries, please liaise with Ms Neves regarding your child’s interview or e-mail cneves@sph.srscmat.co.uk
Supporting your child at home
We believe that the first way to help your child is to ensure that they attend school every day. The qualifications that they receive will be pivotal in opening the door to their chosen career route.
As your child approaches their options choices, we would recommend you attend the Year 9 Options Evening and read the Options booklet to discuss option choices effectively.
Once your child is in Year 10 you can begin to explore options available post 16 and to consider with your child whether they want to pursue a College Course or an Apprenticeship. You can check prospectuses to be aware of the entry criteria and this can often serve as a good motivator as students reach the end of Year 10.
As students enter Year 11 focus must be on achieving the highest grades possible. To help with this, students should submit post-16 applications by December.
Still need support after your child leaves Year 11
After Year 11, further advice and help is available from:
Local Authority- Derbyshire County Council
If you are not in Education, Training or Employment, you can contact Louise Peyton, Youth and Help Practitioner- High Peak, for support in finding an opportunity.
louise.peyton@derbyshire.gov.uk 01629-531740
or
Check out the DCC website
Youth employment support – Derbyshire County Council
National Careers Service
www.nationalcareersservice.gov.uk
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Labour Market Information – Current and Future Job Trends
When choosing a College course or an Apprenticeship to apply to, it is important to think about the types of jobs and careers that these courses can lead to.
If you have an idea about your preferred job area, find out about the prospects for this career. Are numbers increasing or decreasing? What are the pay rates?
Local Information – Check out local information first
Greater Manchester – Link Below
Labour Market and Skills Review – Greater Manchester Combined Authority
High Peak- Link Below
High Peak’s employment, unemployment and economic inactivity – ONS
National Picture -then look at the national picture.
Use the CAREEROMETER widget
Compare key information about occupations to support the process of identifying potential careers.
Find out more about headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects.
How to use the widget – The data are organised by occupation: simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you.
CAREEROMETER- CLICK ON THIS LINK http://www.lmiforall.org.uk/explore_lmi/
Other useful websites
1.Morrisby Careers- This Careers Interest platform is used by students in school. All students should have an account that they can access in the future. Students can request a recovery code if they have forgotten their login details. The site provides information on job roles, college and university courses and apprenticeships.
- icould – take the ‘buzz quiz’ and watch video clips of people talking about jobs that they do.
Parental Guidance – A guide for parents on career choices for young people aged 13-25
Success at School-information on careers including linking jobs to school subjects.
Apprenticeships- Find out more about Apprenticeships
www.amazingapprenticeships.com
7.icanbea – match you skills to job ideas
www.icanbea.org.uk/app/game/skills
Suggestions
If you have any further suggestions or comments on careers work at St Philip Howard CVA, Please contact Ms Neves at the school.
