Useful Information for Students, Teachers, Parents, Carers and Employers
At Cambian New Elizabethan School (CNES), we provide a comprehensive Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) programme for each key stage. Our aim is to raise aspirations and equip our students with knowledge and understanding, skills and attitudes as a foundation for managing their lifelong career and learning.
The planned programme of study helps our students to understand their interests, strengths, and challenges in relation to the world of work and lifelong education. Students also learn about different careers and opportunities for training, apprenticeships, and volunteering.
If you would like any further advice on CNES’s career programme, local colleges, work experience or careers advice please contact Sam Allen-Wiggin (Pathway to Adulthood Coordinator/Careers Advisor) Sam.allen-wiggin@cambiangroup.com
Further information on how we implement our careers programme can be found in our Policy and Procedure on Ready for Life (below). Additionally for information on how you can support the careers programme can be found in our Careers Overview and Stakeholder Support documents (below).
Careers Curriculum
Our career programme is tailored to meet the needs of our students at each key stage. Within the PSHE curriculum, pupils will look at aspects related to careers within the topic of Living in the Wider World. At KS2 careers education is embedded across the Summer Term, and KS3 students complete two half termly schemes of work.
Within PSHE, KS4 participate in completing a Short Course within PSHE. This contains a module called, “Careers and your Future,” which is completed in the Summer term of Year 10. During the Summer Term of Y11, pupils will be organising, preparing, and undergoing Work Experience.
KS5 complete two termly schemes of work; one in the Autumn Term and one in the Summer Term. Within this, there will be an opportunity for Work Experience placement and appropriate times through the year to meet the individualised learning plan for the pupils.
KS3 Year 1
Create a career profile
Developing skills and aspirations – teamwork and enterprise skills
Raising aspirations
Skills and qualities of employees
Skills and qualities of entrepreneurs
Equality inside and outside of school
Developing strengths and aspirations
Importance of skills such as leadership
Guest speakers
Careers Speed Dating
Enterprice Day
Celebrating National Careers Week and National Employability Week
KS3 Year 2
Create a career profile
Equality of opportunity in careers and life choices
Different types of work
Different patterns of work
Careers - online safety and digital literacy
Budgeting and making financial decisions
Guest speakers
Careers Speed Dating
Enterprice Day
Celebrating National Careers Week and National Employability Week
KS3 Year 3
Create a career profile
Learning strengths
Career options
Goal setting as part of the GCSE options process
Identifying the options for GCSE and Post 16
What makes a good employer?
How to boost your employability
How your online presence can affect work life/employability.
Guest speakers
Careers Speed Dating
Enterprice Day
Celebrating National Careers Week and National Emplyability Week
KS4 Year 1
Create a career profile
Preparation for work experience
Readiness for work
Linking skills, strengths, and interests to career choices
Career progression
Career advice and guidance
Skills and attributes - problem solving
Employability and future plans
Guest speakers
Careers Fair Visits
Careers Interviews
Celebrating National Careers Week, National Employability Week and Internship/Apprenticeship Week
KS4 Year 2
Create a career profile
Work experience – preparation for and evaluation of work experience.
Readiness for work.
Application processes.
Skills for Further Education, Employment and Career Progression.
Developing a career identity
Digital footprint and online presence
Guest speakers
Careers Fair Visits
Careers Interviews
Post 16 Open Afternoon
Celebrating National Careers Week, National Employability Week and Internship/Appreniceship Week
Work Experience in the Summer Term.
KS5
KS5 is completed as an OCN Level 1/Entry Level 3 Progression Unit
Searching for job vacancies
Identifying training opportunities
Completing application forms
Creating a CV
Preparing for a job interview
Mock interview
Producing a career action plan
Guest speakers
Careers Fair visits
Celebrating National Careers Week, National Employability Week and Internship/Apprenticeship Week
Work Experience
KS4
All students at Key Stage 4 follow a core curriculum of Maths, English and Science; in addition, they will study two additional courses which will be chosen towards the end of Year 9. To support our students with choosing their options, they along with their parents/careers are provided with information to ensure they make the right choices to suit their interests, strengths and potential career aspirations.
Careers Advice
All of our Year 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and where appropriate Year 9 students, are given independent careers advice by a qualified CEIAG advisor on an annual basis.
Students can then use the feedback from these interviews to consider their further education and employment options.
Work Experience
Work experience is an important part of the educational entitlement of students at CNES. All students in KS4/KS5 where appropriate, are given the opportunity to complete a work experience placement, which may be either internal within the school environment or with a business in the local area. Where appropriate, students are supported on placement by CNES staff.
If you are an employer and can offer a work experience placement, please contact Sam Allen-Wiggin (Pathway to Adulthood Coordinator/Careers Advisor) Sam.allen-wiggin@cambiangroup.com
Useful Career Information Websites
Career Pilot : Plan your future work & study
Career Pilot is a free and comprehensive digital platform, specialising in careers guidance for young people in schools and colleges.
Find Out MoreThe National Careers Service
Provides, free and impartial careers advice, information, and guidance to anyone aged 13+ across all stage of the careers journey.
Find Out MoreTarget Careers
TARGET careers aim to help young people make choices about their future. They provide information and advice on the range of career possibilities and identify routes into them.
Find Out MoreNational Apprenticeship Website
This website is a government run and funded website that supports young people through finding and applying for apprenticeships.
Find Out MoreBarclays Skills For Life
Barclays Life Skills offers resources and advice in order to prepare young people for the future workplace.
Find Out Moreicould
icould uses personal stories to inform and inspire young people’s career choices. The site features over 1000 videos of real people talking about their careers – explaining their job role, career path and how different factors have shaped their choices.
Find Out MoreNot Going to Uni
Not Going to Uni helps school and college leavers to make informed decisions about their future by showing the opportunities that exist outside of the traditional university route. These can include apprenticeships, degree apprenticeships, gap years, traineeships and jobs.
Find Out MoreSkills 4 Worcestershire
Skills 4 Worcestershire supports with careers information in Worcestershire.
Find Out MoreLabour market information
LMI explains what the key industries and businesses are in in the Worcestershire area.
Find Out MoreChoices – Life Beyond School
Choices gives information about careers pathway advice for students with SEND across Worcestershire.
Find Out MoreGatsby Foundation: Good Career
The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework of eight key areas designed to help schools and colleges provide high-quality career guidance, ensuring young people are well-prepared for the future. At CNES we assess and monitor our careers programme against the Gatsby benchmarks.
Find Out MoreWorcestershire Careers
Worcestershire Careers targets young people age 16 to 24 with careers advice.
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