Introduction to Careers Guidance
At Heworth Grange School, we are committed to helping every student understand the wide range of opportunities available to them and develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed for future success. Through careers education, employer encounters, university outreach, financial education and workplace experiences, students gradually build their understanding of education, training and employment pathways.
The school contact for Careers Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance (CEIAG) is:
Mr M Searles - Assistant Principal, Personal Development PSRE
Tel: 0191 421 2244
Email: martyn.searles@consilium-at.com
OR
Jodie Longstaff - Career Coordinator
Miss Longstaff is a Level 6 qualified careers adviser, having had over three years of experience working in our Consilium schools as a careers adviser.
Miss Longstaff provides individual 1:1 careers guidance for pupils, and all pupils in Y11 are offered a careers guidance appointment to discuss their post-16 options. Miss Longstaff also interviews Y9 pupils ahead of KS4 option choices, and Y10 pupils in the summer term to prepare for their final school year. Y7 and Y8 pupils are also able to request careers interviews. Parents and carers are welcome to request and accompany their son/daughter to a careers meeting with Miss Longstaff by contacting the school to arrange this.
Should any employers or providers wish to contact Miss Longstaff they can be in touch by emailing jodie.longstaff@consilium-at.com
Explore Your Further Education Options
Consilium Academies is working with its schools to develop appropriate access arrangements which make sure all students have the chance to access a range of opportunities that provide advice and guidance on careers, including academic and technical qualifications and apprenticeships.
Our preference is to provide events that cover all opportunities and allow students to receive a balanced approach to career guidance. During this period of development, Heworth Grange School will allow access to recognised education and training providers to talk to students in Years 8-11 about appropriate approved programmes. The provider should email their request to the email address on the contact us page of the website, providing a range of dates and an overview of what will be offered. Unless this coincides with a scheduled career event, any additional opportunities will be offered to students & their parents at the end of the school day. Providers should be prepared to produce information, flyers, and presentations for students and parents in advance of the event as well as contact information as the school/trust will not be able to operate as a broker/manage attendance registers etc.
For any stakeholders - including employers, colleges, universities, apprenticeship providers, alumni or parents - wishing to support our CEIAG programme at Heworth Grange School, please see our Provider Access Statement to find out more.
Our School CEIAG policy can be found below:
Not sure what you would like to do after Year 11? There are lots of exciting opportunities waiting for you!
Click on the link below to visit our Further Education Careers Hub, where you can discover local colleges and sixth forms, explore different courses and qualifications, find out about entry requirements and learn more about the options available to you.
The Careers Curriculum at Heworth Grange
The careers curriculum is driven by our aims to provide pupils the opportunities, support and information they need in order to make informed decisions and achieve long term financial well-being.
We are working towards achieving the eight Gatsby benchmarks, identified as the core dimensions of good careers and enterprise provision in schools:
These benchmarks form the backbone of the DFE's guidance for delivering careers education in schools.
The DfE sets out why these benchmarks are important:
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“Every school and college should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by students, parents, teachers, governors and employers”
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“All teachers should link curriculum learning with careers.”
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“The curriculum offers excellent opportunities for developing the knowledge and skills that employers need and subject teachers can be powerful role models to attract pupils towards their subject and the careers that flow from it. Schools should ask all teachers to support the career development of young people in their tutorial role and through their subject teaching”
Careers Programme
As well as statutory duty, Heworth Grange School’s Careers Programme is guided by the updated eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance. Heworth Grange School endeavours to continually improve career provision and achieve the Gatsby Benchmarks. We use the Careers Compass +, Morrisby Careers and North East Ambitions audit tracker tools to monitor our practice against the Gatsby Benchmarks.
We Monitor & Evaluate Our Provision
- We collect student, teacher, provider, employer, and parental feedback on CEIAG experiences.
- This is done by:
- Feedback and evaluation forms
- Student Voice
- Text/Email requests
- Participation/attendance figures
- This is done by:
- We monitor NEET figures to assess the impact of our provision
- This is done by:
- Recording destination information
- Reporting information to and working with the Local Authority
- Working with local Post 16 providers
- This is done by:
- We report our findings to our Governing Body and Consilum Academies Trust.
- This is done by:
- Meetings on a half-term basis
- Summary updates
- Annual reports
- This is done by:
Statutory Duty
Heworth Grange School has a responsibility to ensure all registered students at the school are provided with independent career guidance from year 8 (12-13) to year 11 (15-16) (Education Act 1997, section 2A). Our programme is reviewed annually using a number of methods to evaluate the programme. Future Skills Questionnaire, Compass + evaluation tool and this academic year we will also be trialling the Career Impact Review System framework.
- It must be provided in an impartial manner.
- It should explore the range of educational or training options, including apprenticeships and other vocational pathways.
- Advice should promote the students’ best interests.
Heworth Grange School is required to ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access students in years 8 to 11 for the purposes of informing them about approved technical education, qualifications or apprenticeships.
We also have a Provider Access Policy that outlines the circumstances in which education and training providers will be given access to these students. (Education Act 1997, section 42B)
Heworth Grange School endeavours to follow the best practising guidance from the Department of Education and other expert and professional bodies.
How We Meet Statutory Duty
Education Act 1997, section 2A
As well as our Learning for Life curriculum, Heworth Grange provides students with access to some external sources of career guidance. This includes:
- Careers Fairs
- Employer visits and talks
- College and university visits
- Work experience
- Impartial career advice and guidance interviews
- Please refer to our Careers and IAG Policy for more information.
- Intent Document Intent, Implementation and Impact
Provider Access Education Act 1997, section 42B
Any education, training or apprenticeship provider wishing to request access should contact Martyn Searles. The provider should email their request to: martyn.searles@consilium-at.com
The provider should work with the school to organise a range of dates and an overview of what will be offered. Provider Access Policy
