At Co-op Academy Brierley we will use Gatsby Benchmarks as a framework of best practice to develop and improve our careers provision to ensure that we not only fulfil legal duties of providing opportunities for a range of education and training providers to access all students in Year 7 to year 13 but to also have CEIAG programs that meet the needs of an ever changing cohort. All of our students are entitled:

 

1. To find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
2. To hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships
3. To understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

These provider encounters will be scheduled during the main academy hours and there will a minimum expectation that our providers will provide :-

• Information about the provider and the approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships they offer
• Information about the careers to which those technical education qualifications or apprenticeships might lead i.e career routes
• Description of what learning or training with the provider is like, including the opportunity to meet staff and students where possible.
• Opportunities for students to ask questions, including our most vulnerable and those with additional learning needs

Click here to read the full legislation.

The Gatsby Benchmarks are a framework for school leaders, headteachers, and careers advisors to assess the development of their pupils in employability skills. They also help students track their own progress and identify areas in which they need to continue developing their skills.

1. A stable careers programme

• Assemblies
• Presentations
• PSHE curriculum
• Visits
• Workshops
• Curriculum
• Projects

2. Learning from career and labour market information

• Assemblies
• Google Classroom / website / library / careers bulletin
• Careers themed weeks
• Briefings and publications

3. Addressing the needs of each pupil

• Future Skills Questionairres
• Application and destination information
• Transition meetings
• EHCP and PEP meetings
• Reports
• Referrals

4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

• STEM Careers week
• National Careers week
• Curriculum offer themed weeks

5. Encounters with employers and employees

• World of work day
• Careers Fair
• Visits
• Speakers for Schools
• Apprenticeship and Careers weeks

6. Experiences of workplaces

• Visits
• Employer presentations
• Science Fair
• Business Breakfasts

7. Encounters with further and higher education

• Careers Fair
• Assemblies
• Visits 

8. Personal guidance

• 1:1 Interviews
• Transition meetings and presentations