Careers Education, Information & Guidance (CEIAG)at Lutterworth College
Our aim at Lutterworth College is to provide students with high quality and impartial careers information, advice and guidance regarding students’ pathways into potential careers.
We want to ensure that all students are able to learn, flourish and succeed both now and in the future.
We enable students to make informed decisions at key times in their education, for example with option choices in Year 8 and Post 16 plans in Year 11, Year 12 and 13, as they plan for university or working life.
In addition to dedicated careers input for all year groups, the school’s CEIAG programme includes interaction with universities and the local business community. Year 12 students are encouraged to get involved in volunteering and extra-curricular activities to enrich their work and life experiences, ensuring that they have more to offer employers or educational institutions in the future.
Through involvement in activities such as one-to one guidance interviews, career workshops, presentations, group work and mentoring, students will learn about self-awareness, opportunity awareness and how to explore options available to them. They will learn about employability; transition skills and how to make informed decisions.
We evaluate the impact of our programme on students in various ways and gauge their thoughts and attitudes to careers advice & guidance, through student, parent and staff surveys using Microsoft Forms , as well as inviting feedback from employers who get involved in activities.
We aim to help them:
- Recognise and develop a range of transferable skills, attitudes and abilities that will enable them to be effective in a range of occupations
- Develop career awareness and enable them to manage their own career development
- Manage transitions in life and understand the importance of life-long learning
- Make informed decisions and plan their future
- Prepare for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of working life
Examples of support provided around careers for our students:
- Support for applying for apprenticeships/jobs
- Help with CV writing and cover letters
- Support for completing college applications & making personal statements
- Advice on the local labour market
- Support for making university applications
- Advice on local education/training options
This support is provided in a variety of ways, depending on the need of the student:
- One-to-one meetings
- Workshops
- Group sessions
- Aspire Careers drop-in sessions
- Referrals from staff - Pastoral Manager, Tutor, SENCO etc.
- Over email
- Assemblies
- Career Days
Parental Engagement
We also provide support for parents and guardians through information evenings and events. These include:
- GCSE Options Evening
- 6th Form Open Evening
- A parents guide to University applications
- Apprenticeship Evening
We are currently working with a number of external organisations to ensure that all CEIAG is impartial and well informed. In order to measure and quality assure our offer we are committed to working towards achieving the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks inline with the governments new statutory careers guidance policy.
The Gatsby Benchmarks are a framework of 8 guidelines that define the best careers provision in secondary schools. Here at Lutterworth College we are working hard to ensure that we meet all 8 benchmarks to the highest standard
More information on the Gatsby Benchmarks can be found via the following link:
Local Employer / Parental Support
If you are a local organisation or indeed a parent who would like to get involved and support our Careers Programme please email our Deputy Headteacher & Careers Leader Michelle Hadley: m.hadley@lutterworthcollege.com
We are extremely keen to engage with local businesses and employers to help us inform and educate students about the local and national labour market.
This links directly with Gatsby Benchmark 5 – Encounters with Employers and Employees, and Gatsby Benchmark 6 – Experiences of Workplaces. We provide many opportunities throughout the academic year for employers to interact with students: Careers & Apprenticeships, assemblies & presentations from external companies, work experience, Careers Days etc.
Providers Access Policy
Introduction
This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of
providers to pupils at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the
provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal
obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.
Please click below to view our policies, including the Provider Access Careers Policy:-
Provider Access Careers Policy
Pupil entitlement
All pupils in years 7-13 are entitled:
- 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;
- to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
- to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.
Management of provider access requests
Procedure:
A provider wishing to request access should contact Michelle Hadley (Deputy Headteacher and Careers Leader)
Email: m.hadley@lutterworthcollege.com
Opportunities for access
A number of events, integrated into the school careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to pupils and/or their parents/carers
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Year 7 |
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair |
Career Aspiration Assembly
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Career Aspiration Assembly
PSHE Careers Module |
Year 8 |
Looking Ahead Assembly
KS5 & HE Options
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair
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Year 9 Subject Choices Assembly & mentor group opportunities
Year 9 Subject Choices event |
PSHE Careers Module |
Year 9 |
Career Aspiration Assembly
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair
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Career Aspiration Assembly
Careers Activity Day |
Career Aspiration Assembly
PSHE Careers Module |
Year 10 |
Career Aspiration Assembly
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair
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Career Aspiration Assembly
Careers Activity Day
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Career Aspiration Assembly
Work Experience week
PSHE Careers Module |
Year 11 |
Options at 16 Assembly & Workshops
PSHE Careers Module
Sixth Form Open Evening
Post 16 Afternoon Tea event
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair
1:1 Careers Meetings |
Sixth Form Progression meetings
Career Aspiration Assembly
1:1 Careers Meetings
Post 16 Afternoon Tea event |
Post 16 Taster sessions |
Year 12 |
Apprenticeship Workshops
Fatal Four- Emergency Services Day
Work Experience & Volunteering Assembly
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair
PSHE Careers Module |
Apprenticeship Workshops
Higher Education Fair
Work Experience & Volunteering Review 1
PSHE Careers Module |
Options at 18 day
HE & Career Planning Mentor Sessions
HE Information Evening (Parents & Students)
Work Experience & Volunteering Review 2
PSHE Careers Module
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Year 13 |
Apprenticeship Workshops
HE & Career Planning Mentor Sessions
Careers & Apprenticeship Fair |
Apprenticeship Workshops
Work Experience & Volunteering Review 3
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UCAS Clearing & Extra
Work Experience & Volunteering Review 4
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Please speak to our Careers Leader - Mrs Hadley - to identify the most suitable opportunity for you.
Premises and facilities
The school will make the main hall, Q Zone, classrooms or private meeting rooms available for discussions between the provider and students, as appropriate to the activity. The school will also make available AV and other specialist equipment to support provider presentations. This will all be discussed and agreed in advance of the visit with the Careers Leader or a member of their team.
Providers are welcome to leave a copy of their prospectus or other relevant course literature in the 6th form study centre (Q Zone) or the library, which is managed by the school librarian and the study centre manager.
Approval and review
Approved 12th March 2018 by Governors at The Lutterworth College Governors Meeting
Next review: November 2023
Helen Christie Chair of Governors Nick Summers Head teacher
Activities Offered Throughout the Year
In the Autumn term, the focus for Year 13 is on completing their UCAS applications and most crucially writing a strong Personal Statement.
More information on this can be found on the Applying to University page:
www.lutterworthcollege.com/Sixth-Form/UCAS/
Furthermore, the Autumn Term sees Lutterworth College host a Careers & Apprenticeship Fair with representation from a wide range of local employers, colleges & universities. It also includes an Introduction to Apprenticeships talk. This event is aimed at students across all Year groups from 7-13 and invites them to consider their options Post 16 or Post 18, be it college, university, traineeships, apprenticeships, Gap year, full-time employment etc.
Students are invited to take part in this event allowing them to liaise directly with colleges, universities and industry contacts from a range of key occupational areas including IT, logistics, engineering, construction, sport and leisure, business, health and social care, accountancy and finance and the Armed Forces, in order to investigate opportunities within the local area.
In the Spring Term the focus turns to Year 10 students as they participate in a Careers Activity Day, with talks on apprenticeships & university plus visits from local employers, a CV & interview skills workshop and activities with the RAF. During the Summer Term they embark upon their week block of work experience.
All students cover Careers Education as part of their PSHE sessions, in preparation for their next steps at Post-16. Students will access relevant websites to understand about FE pathways open to them such as Further Education colleges, apprenticeships and will also touch upon Personal Statement writing and Higher Education, as well as creating a CV and cover letter.
Meanwhile all Year 12 students will begin to draft a UCAS Personal Statement in Mentor Time, ahead of registering with UCAS Apply in July as part of the Higher Education Morning . This event involves talks regarding Student Finance and how to write an effective Personal Statement and other useful information for them to consider as part of the process of choosing a university and course. There is an Alternatives to Higher Education morning for those sure that university is not the right choice for them, involving local employers and working on students' employability skills.