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West Bromwich Collegiate Academy is committed to providing its students with a varied programme of careers education and guidance activities to equip and enable them to make informed decisions and choices at key transition points; both during school and as they leave and head towards Post 16 education.

Our programme aims to help students develop, identify and add to their employability skills throughout their school life. It also contributes to the academy’s key values in ensuring excellence and raising aspirations whilst enabling students to acquire social and vocational skills. Importantly, it seeks to help students understand and be prepared for the ever changing and challenging work environment.

At Key Stage 3, careers information is integrated within the Form Time Personal Development Sessions, where several units focussing on Careers are covered, the Literacy for Life curriculum where careers are linked to specific subjects and will also be delivered via a series of Focus Days and stand-alone events and opportunities.

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If you  would like to provide any feedback on our Careers offering or have any suggestions please contact [email protected]

 

Our Goal

The overall goal of the careers programme for students is:

  • Self-Development: Understand themselves and the influences on them
  • Career Exploration: Investigate opportunities in learning and work
  • Career Management: Make and adjust plans for their desired pathway
  • Transition: Being fully equipped to transition into their chosen pathway

Careers Topics

Our career programme is inspired by the Gatsby benchmarks on careers education and includes:

  • Employability skills and preparation for work
  • Options at Year 9
  • Enterprise activities
  • Introducing higher education
  • Progression options – Post 16
  • Apprenticeships
  • Further Education
  • CV preparation and completing application forms

There will be a special focus on careers in Year 9.

The range of activities will be delivered by employers, further and higher education representatives, training providers, preparation organisations, teaching staff and the careers adviser.

Readiness for Work

To get students work-ready we will ensure that:

  • Students will have completed and regularly updated their Career Development Planner (Year 9 to Year 11).
  • Students will have developed a CV and cover letter by the end of Year 10.
  • We have developed students’ research skills so that they can make good use of the information they gain.
  • We have involved local businesses and community groups in the career development of the students.
  • We have run visits to workshops, careers related shows and conferences for students to raise aspirations and their careers knowledge and awareness.

Careers Programme

The Academy has a statutory duty to publish additional content regarding the careers programme including the careers lead.

As we are a small and growing school we do not have a designated post for Careers Lead.

Contacts details for those overseeing careers in the interim

Mollie Grainger, PSHE Lead and Teacher of Literacy for Life

[email protected]

 

Mary Gardner, Vice Principal

[email protected]

0121 393 4850

 

This information will be reviewed in July 2o21.

Students will complete a termly questionnaire to determine their preferences for careers and areas of industry. We will use Student Voice and Careers and Guidance interviews to assess the impact of our Careers Programme. We use Compass+ to track encounters with providers and employers and in-school activities. This allows us to evaluate the quality of our provision against the Gatsby Benchmarks.

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