Vision for Careers & Enterprise Education at Telford Priory School
Tracey Willetts
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
Gatsby Benchmarks (DfE, 2018) Holman, J. (2014) Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Vision for the first 12 months
Ensure all students are able to make informed decisions about their range of options for their future. Raise aspirations in regards to employment & access to FE & HE and ensure all children reach their full potential.
Establish Strategic TPS Partnership Board– to include The Careers & Enterprise Company Co-ordinator for T&W, T& W Local Business Advisor, SLT link for Careers & Enterprise in the curriculum, Governor for Careers, Parent (CEIAG Framework)
Audit current TPS Careers Programme (Compass Audit Tool)
Introduce all staff to Compass Tracking Tool to identify coverage /gaps in regards Gatsby Benchmarks (2013) across the curriculum
Identify & target vulnerable and underperforming groups (Establish an inspirational and engaging alternative provision that still ensures access to meaning careers programme for all)
Embed Careers & Enterprise opportunities across the curriculum
Ensure an inclusive careers programme, evaluated by students, parents and stakeholders, such as business.
Aim towards achieving the Quality Award in CEIAG.
Impact
Increase % of students in employment or FE – to be in line with or above the National Statistics
Increased engagement & participation from identified disengaged or vulnerable students (NEETs)
School Improvement Plan will include an embedded careers programme, informed by TPS Partnership Board for Careers & Enterprise
All staff plan for Careers & Enterprise Education across the curriculum, ensuring students are able to make links between learning and employment and have a greater awareness of their future choices
Students from TPS engaged, inspired and fully prepared to have a positive impact on the workforce locally, nationally and globally