Careers Information, Advice, Education and Guidance (CEIAG)

At Iceni Academy we are aiming to meet the personalised needs of everyone of our future workers. To aide us with this goal we focus on the 8 Gatsby benchmarks of good careers guidance.

The eight Gatsby benchmarks of Good Career Guidance

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 CEIAG programme at Iceni Academy is designed to help pupils understand themselves and develop their capabilities (self-development), investigate careers and opportunities (career exploration) and implement their career plans (career management) using the skills which are necessary to make informed decisions.

Iceni Academy provides a taught programme of careers education from Years 7 to 11, within the PSHE scheme of work and indirectly through every curriculum area. Every teacher will provide indirect careers advice as part of their normal day to day teaching. We have recently secured access to UniFrog, and all students will be able to access this once per half term in their PSHE lessons as well as whenever they wish to, from home. UniFrog helps students compare every university course, every apprenticeship, and Further Education courses – then apply successfully. We will be launching UniFrog in the Autumn Term, and look forward to sharing more information with you shortly.

Iceni Academy provides access to Careers Guidance throughout Years 10 and 11, in some cases careers guidance is also provided to identified students in Year 9. We are fortunate to pair with Beacon East so all our Key Stage 4 students have access to an impartial, qualified, careers adviser. Information is also imparted to pupils through training in specialised ICT packages, bespoke literature, form time sessions and through a wide variety of work-related learning activities.

Iceni Academy also provides the opportunity for employers and Post 16 providers to deliver assemblies directly to the Year 11 students so that they can make more informed choices.

Visits to careers events and to employers and visits to colleges and universities are a regular feature of Iceni Academy’s Careers Guidance programme.

We regularly assess the impact of our careers and information provision by asking the students, using surveys and through parliament meetings, what they think about the current information and what they would like to have provided in the future. At an academy level we look at our students Post 16 destinations to ensure that we are providing them with the appropriate Post 16 signposting.

Each year we have a number of employer encounters available, which students have the opportunity to take part in.  We also ensure that each department within the school is happy to give advice on careers in their subject area.

If you are interested in delivering an employer encounter, please contact Mrs Copeland (Tanya.Copeland@attrust.org.uk) to discuss possible dates.  Similarly, if you believe that you could offer something to our careers fair, also contact Mrs Copeland to discuss options.

The link below, Norfolk’s 14-19 Prospectus and Common Application Process, takes the user to the main application site that all children in Norfolk use when applying for courses in Norfolk.

www.helpyouchoose.org

You can find further details of our careers programme here: Careers Programme

General Careers Advice and Information

University Research

 

Mr Pryke is our Careers Lead – Stuart.Pryke@attrust.org.uk – 01366 728333