Careers
At King Edward VI High School, we are committed to providing all our students in years 7 to 13 with a comprehensive programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) and work related learning (WRL). We have a careers team who have designed a programme to link to the Gatsby Benchmarks and uses Unifrog as a source of advice and guidance. We also employ independent careers advice for students to make appointments for individual consultation.
The school is working with the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) to delivery our CEIAG programme. This is reviewed using the Career’s Compass Plus tool. We complete this review every half term.
The school is working with the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) to delivery our CEIAG programme. This is reviewed using the Career’s Compass Plus tool. We complete this review every half term.
Aims of CEIAG at KEVI:
· Aims to inspire as well as inform and guide students
· Is centred around the student and their needs
· Is integrated into the students’ experience of the whole curriculum
· Encourages all students to consider their career throughout Key Stage 3, 4 and 5
· Encourages all students to develop decision making skills
· Provides each student with high quality, impartial advice
· Raises aspirations and promotes equality and diversity
· Aims to inspire as well as inform and guide students
· Is centred around the student and their needs
· Is integrated into the students’ experience of the whole curriculum
· Encourages all students to consider their career throughout Key Stage 3, 4 and 5
· Encourages all students to develop decision making skills
· Provides each student with high quality, impartial advice
· Raises aspirations and promotes equality and diversity
Careers Information for Employers
Miss M Mee & Miss D Tickell are the Careers Leaders at King Edward VI, there is a careers team who design and oversee the content delivery of CEIAG. In addition they arrange employer workplace visits, careers workshops for students, and business enterprise activities. Students also have the opportunity of attending higher education careers events though our work with the Higher Horizons organisation.
If you want to get involved with delivering CEIAG at KEVI please click on the link below; we can’t wait to hear from you!
Miss M Mee & Miss D Tickell are the Careers Leaders at King Edward VI, there is a careers team who design and oversee the content delivery of CEIAG. In addition they arrange employer workplace visits, careers workshops for students, and business enterprise activities. Students also have the opportunity of attending higher education careers events though our work with the Higher Horizons organisation.
If you want to get involved with delivering CEIAG at KEVI please click on the link below; we can’t wait to hear from you!
Careers Information for Parents and Carers
King Edward VI High School believes strongly in the importance and the role of Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEAIG). We have a comprehensive careers education and guidance program, which includes detailed preparation for post-16 courses and all work experience placements. Our CEAIG programme includes employer workshops for students and activities including Y9 Enterprise Day. Students also have opportunities to attend careers events in Further Education and Higher Education, go on visits to employers and businesses.
King Edward VI has a dedicated careers team headed by Miss M Mee and Miss D Tickell. Entrust provide our independent careers advisor for all students. They offer impartial advice and guidance from Year 9 right through to Year 13. Additional support is provided for students in Year 9 when they are choosing their Key Stage 4 (GCSE/BTEC) options.
The Government’s Careers Strategy and statutory guidance uses the Gatsby Benchmarks to set out a range of requirements that schools and colleges must meet. We have mapped out how each our activities and events can support our students to make informed careers choices and achieve their full potential. An effective careers programme, as outlined in the Gatsby Report must meet the following 8 benchmarks:
1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance
The COMPASS benchmark tool assesses schools’ progress towards meeting the 8 benchmarks. You can click here to view our current progress.
All student leavers will be given a wide range of impartial information to make informed post-16 choices about their future. We liaise with local and specialist national colleges, training providers, employers and the voluntary sector to ensure that knowledge is up to date and information can be shared about the needs, demands and the trends within the labour market locally, nationally and globally.
King Edward VI High School believes strongly in the importance and the role of Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEAIG). We have a comprehensive careers education and guidance program, which includes detailed preparation for post-16 courses and all work experience placements. Our CEAIG programme includes employer workshops for students and activities including Y9 Enterprise Day. Students also have opportunities to attend careers events in Further Education and Higher Education, go on visits to employers and businesses.
King Edward VI has a dedicated careers team headed by Miss M Mee and Miss D Tickell. Entrust provide our independent careers advisor for all students. They offer impartial advice and guidance from Year 9 right through to Year 13. Additional support is provided for students in Year 9 when they are choosing their Key Stage 4 (GCSE/BTEC) options.
The Government’s Careers Strategy and statutory guidance uses the Gatsby Benchmarks to set out a range of requirements that schools and colleges must meet. We have mapped out how each our activities and events can support our students to make informed careers choices and achieve their full potential. An effective careers programme, as outlined in the Gatsby Report must meet the following 8 benchmarks:
1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance
The COMPASS benchmark tool assesses schools’ progress towards meeting the 8 benchmarks. You can click here to view our current progress.
All student leavers will be given a wide range of impartial information to make informed post-16 choices about their future. We liaise with local and specialist national colleges, training providers, employers and the voluntary sector to ensure that knowledge is up to date and information can be shared about the needs, demands and the trends within the labour market locally, nationally and globally.
Useful links
Click here to contact the careers team to make a careers guidance appointment for your child
Click here to contact the careers team to offer your help and expertise advice in your current career pathway
‘National Careers Service’ Job Profiles
Use the following link to access job profiles. Use these profiles to explore your career ideas. https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk
National Apprenticeship Service - use the following link to search and apply for vacancies https://www.getingofar.gov.uk/
Icould- Free access to over 1000 personal video stories, detailed job information, plus practical tips, insight and advice and Labour Market Information
http://icould.com
Careers Box - National online careers film and video library. You will be able to watch real people doing real jobs to help give you more of an insight
http://www.careersbox.co.uk/
TARGET careers
UK careers help and advice for school leavers
https://targetcareers.co.uk/
‘All about Careers’
A careers site highlighting job profiles, updates on job sectors, career matching tool and featured employer links
www.allaboutcareers.com
‘My kinda future’
A careers site to build your CV, meet employers and find a job
www.mykindafuture.com/
‘Get my first job’
a website to look at Apprenticeships and Traineeships
https://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk
Careers Springboard
Take a career test, explore your options, plan your future
www.mycareerspringboard.org
Success at School
Career advice for schools and students aged 13-19. Search jobs, advice & find out about employers, work experience, courses, career choices, apprenticeships.
successatschool.org/
Creative jobs and careers
ccskills.org.uk/careers
NHS careers
www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/
Careers in sport
careers-in-sport.co.uk or www.sportengland.org/
Construction Industry Training Board
www.citb.co.uk/
Engineering Industry Training Board
www.ecitb.org.uk/
Careers in law
www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/
Apprenticeships in the Motor Vehicle Trade
www.remit.co.uk/
FutureMorph
Science and maths careers
www.futuremorph.org
Where STEM can take you
www.wherestemcantakeyou.co.uk
Public Services
www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/
www.staffordshire.police.uk/
www.army.mod.uk/
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers
Click here to contact the careers team to offer your help and expertise advice in your current career pathway
‘National Careers Service’ Job Profiles
Use the following link to access job profiles. Use these profiles to explore your career ideas. https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk
National Apprenticeship Service - use the following link to search and apply for vacancies https://www.getingofar.gov.uk/
Icould- Free access to over 1000 personal video stories, detailed job information, plus practical tips, insight and advice and Labour Market Information
http://icould.com
Careers Box - National online careers film and video library. You will be able to watch real people doing real jobs to help give you more of an insight
http://www.careersbox.co.uk/
TARGET careers
UK careers help and advice for school leavers
https://targetcareers.co.uk/
‘All about Careers’
A careers site highlighting job profiles, updates on job sectors, career matching tool and featured employer links
www.allaboutcareers.com
‘My kinda future’
A careers site to build your CV, meet employers and find a job
www.mykindafuture.com/
‘Get my first job’
a website to look at Apprenticeships and Traineeships
https://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk
Careers Springboard
Take a career test, explore your options, plan your future
www.mycareerspringboard.org
Success at School
Career advice for schools and students aged 13-19. Search jobs, advice & find out about employers, work experience, courses, career choices, apprenticeships.
successatschool.org/
Creative jobs and careers
ccskills.org.uk/careers
NHS careers
www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/
Careers in sport
careers-in-sport.co.uk or www.sportengland.org/
Construction Industry Training Board
www.citb.co.uk/
Engineering Industry Training Board
www.ecitb.org.uk/
Careers in law
www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/
Apprenticeships in the Motor Vehicle Trade
www.remit.co.uk/
FutureMorph
Science and maths careers
www.futuremorph.org
Where STEM can take you
www.wherestemcantakeyou.co.uk
Public Services
www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/
www.staffordshire.police.uk/
www.army.mod.uk/
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers
For more information...
For more guidance or support, speak to our Careers Team:
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Miss D L Tickell
tickell.d@kevi.org.uk |
Mr D Lomas
lomas.d@kevi.org.uk |
Miss M Mee
mee.m@kevi.org.uk |
Mrs N K Williams
williams.n@kevi.org.uk |
The National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities. The service offers confidential and impartial advice. This is supported by qualified careers advisers.
The National Careers Service website aims to:
The National Careers Service website aims to:
- help you with careers decisions and planning
- support you in reviewing your skills and abilities and develop new goals
- motivate you to implement your plan of action
- enable you to make the best use of high quality career related tools.
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