Career Guidance at the Polesworth School & Sixth Form

The Polesworth Schools Career Education, Information, Advice & Guidance provision is delivered by taking a whole school approach. We aim to meet the statutory and non-statutory requirements enacted upon schools by the DfE in relation to the national Careers Strategy.

Introductions

Ms Razia Satti – Raising Aspirations & Careers Advisor/Lead – who can be contacted on the following email – careers@thepolesworthschool.com

Ms E Carty – Enterprise Co-ordinator from the Warwickshire Careers Hub Link for Careers

Mrs N Bates – Enterprise Advisor our Cornerstone Employer BBV/HS2 Link for Careers

Ms K Downing – The Polesworth School SLT Link for Careers

The Community Academies Trust Governor Link for Careers

How is Careers Education, Information, Advise & Guidance delivered

As per the DfE 2018 Careers Strategy and Statutory Guidance for schools to deliver we use the Gatsby Benchmarks with increased focus on the revised Gatsby Benchmarks. We work alongside a range of stakeholders and colleagues such as the Careers & Enterprise Company, Warwickshire Careers Hub, our Cornerstone Employer is BBV/HS2, regional and national Employers, Further Education Colleges, Universities and a range of organisations such as the MIT, WM Metro & Women in Transport, Civil Service, NHS and other Public Services organisations.

We facilitate, meaningful experiences onsite and offsite for our Learners to benefit from industry, technical and academic insights to enable and empower them to make long term informed career planning and career decisions. Please see our Careers Policies and Provider Access Policy (PAL) for greater insight.

Careers Resources

The whole school Careers platform is Unifrog. The platform is also accessible to Parents and Guardians by setting up a Parent/Guardian account and you will be able to see your Childs progress as well as support them in the use and exploration of careers, events, webinars and may more activities on the website.

Measuring Careers Guidance Impact

The Careers Framework that we use is the Gatsby Benchmarks and with a focus on the revised Gatsby Benchmarks and measure out impact not only through the termly Compass Evaluations (three per academic year). We also intend to evaluate our whole school careers programme annually and adjust and implement what is required to enable us to accommodate for all our Learners ‘career needs’ whilst they are at school and beyond school, as well as meeting statutory DfE requirements.

The 8 Gatsby Benchmarks Framework & Revised Benchmarks 5, 6 and 7 (2024)

A stable Careers Programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each young person
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with further and higher education
Personal guidance

We also intend to annually measure our impact through the Careers Internal Leadership Review (CILR), Careers Peer Reviews (CPR) and the annual Careers Future Skills Questionnaires for all our learners (CFSQs) for all year groups.

Personal Career Guidance meetings for our Learners

Statutory Career Guidance Meetings take place annually for KS4 & KS5 during Y11 and Y13. Our Learners across all years are welcome to meet with Ms Satti by appointment; in the first instant to email the request for a meeting or send a query to Ms Satti through the following email address – careers@thepoleswothschool.com

Work Experience (PAL)

We welcome employers contacting the school via the careers@thepolesworthschool.com seeking to undertake whole school industry talks and are willing to host our students for their Y10 Work Experience and Y12 Students for their Enrichment Experience. We also welcome any employer related enquires and welcome your participation to join us for our annual whole school Careers Fair by confirmation.