Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

Read Academy has high expectations for their students and will make every effort to help them make well informed and realistic decisions, which will enable them to reach their full potential in the future. We will achieve this by providing access to impartial and independent information and guidance about the range of education and training options that are most likely to help the young people achieve their ambitions.

Careers education helps young people to develop the knowledge, confidence and skills that they need to make well-informed, carefully considered choices and plans that enable them to progress smoothly into further learning and work, and to help them manage their careers and sustain employability throughout their lives.

Careers Lead: Miss Tahsin Patel
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Careers Lead Contact Email: tahsin@readacademy.co.uk
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Read Academy’s CEIAG programme is based around the principles of developing employability skills, taking into consideration the CDI (Career Development Institute) framework and the “Gatsby Benchmarks”.

Benchmarks	Summary
1. A stable careers programme	Every school and college should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by students, parents, teachers, governors and employers.
2. Learning from career and labour market information	Every student, and their parents, should have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. They will need the support of an informed adviser to make best use of available information.
3. Addressing the needs of each student	Students have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each student. A school’s careers programme should embed quality and diversity considerations throughout.
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers	All teachers should link curriculum learning with careers. STEM subject teachers should highlight the relevance of STEM subjects for a wide range of future career paths.
5. Encounters with employers and employees	Every student should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace. This can be through a range of enrichment activities including visiting speakers, mentoring and enterprise schemes.
6. Experience of workplaces	Every student should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities, and expand their networks.
7. Encounters with further and higher education	All students should understand the full range of learning opportunities available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace.
8. Personal guidance	Every student should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a careers adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level. These should be available whenever significant study or career choices are being made.

For further reading follow the link below:
Gatsby Benchmarks Explained

Labour Market Information

Labour Market Information (LMI) serves as a valuable resource for researching future job prospects, understanding required skills, and gauging employment demand.
LMI for all link https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/

‍Equality and Diversity within the Programme

‍CEIAG is provided to all students and provision is made to allow all students to access the Careers curriculum. Students are encouraged to follow career pathways that suit their interests, skills and strengths with the absence of stereotypes. All students are provided with the opportunities that reflect their needs to find a suitable career progression pathway.

‍Where to go if you want more information:

‍Access to Work is money from the Government to cover any extra costs of employing a disabled employee.
‍The Princes Trust has looked at the business benefits of working with schools.
The Government has written guidance for employers employing disabled people and people with health conditions
‍Employing autistic people- a guide for employers – How to support young people with autism.

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Useful links:
The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit for Schools and The SEND Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit provides a helpful insight into ideas and strategies for linking curriculum learning to careers:1041_gatsby_toolkit_for_schools_final.pdf (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

‍1051_SEND Gatsby Toolkit_Updates 2021_V4.pdf (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

‍The Careers and Enterprise Company provide school staff with a range of resources to link curriculum learning to careers:
‍Gatsby Benchmark 4 | CEC Resource Directory (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

‍Inspiring The Future is an online platform that allows school staff to arrange inspirational volunteers to assist in bringing lesson content to life by linking it to careers:
Secondary Schools and Colleges - Inspiring The Future

‍STEM Ambassadors aim to support schools with STEM talks/workshops:
‍STEM Ambassadors for post-16

‍Speakers for schools is a charity offering free resources that can help students with their career pathway:
‍Transform Your Future with SFS: Exclusive Student Opportunities (speakersforschools.org)
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Useful Links:
Using the Gatsby Benchmarks for students with SEND (goodcareerguidance.org.uk)

‍Independent review of careers guidance in specialist settings - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

‍Getting young voices heard - Coram Voice

‍Disability Rights UK | We are Disabled people working for an inclusive society

‍Council for Disabled Children
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Useful Links:
‍Parents Advice for Career Conversations - Talking Futures

‍Careers advice - job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/ - offer free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work.

‍https://icould.com/explore/#careerpaths – focusing on career pathways available after leaving secondary school (post-16)

‍www.brightknowledge.org – information about career pathways and subject specific careers (e.g. sport science, architecture, law etc.)

‍https://www.careersbox.co.uk/ - videos on career pathways

‍https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work - publicly funded employment support programme that aims to support people with additional needs to start or stay in work

‍https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ - careers advice related to post-16 career choices

‍www.suttontrust.com – summer schools to encourage widening participation in universities.

‍www.headstartcourses.org.uk – courses for any science and maths students to encourage them to consider science, maths or engineering at university.

‍www.hotrecruit.co.uk - Work experience
‍www.etrust.org.uk/the-year-in-industry- Work experience
‍www.work-experience.org.uk- Work experience
‍www.summerjobs4students.co.uk- Work experience

‍Current Programmes - Sculpt (sculptuk.org)
‍Education, Skills and Work | Mencap

‍Home | Disability charity Scope UK-Scope UK - charity works with disabled people and their families and offers employment support programmes.

‍Employment (autism.org.uk) -National Autistic Society
‍Seeking work-autistic adults (autism.org.uk)

‍https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work-GOV.UK- governmental support with access to work for people with disability or health condition

‍Ambitious about Autism - work experience& employment-Ambitious about Autism – charity focus on supporting people with autism & their families.
‍https://www.littlegate.org.uk/-Little Gate – charity helping young people with learning disabilities & autism into paid work.
‍https://www.thecdi.net/resources- https://www.thecdi.net/resources

‍Contact us
‍Would you like a copy of our careers policy or our provider access statement?
Do you have a question about our careers programme?
Or would you like to support us?

Please contact Miss Tahsin; tahsin@readacademy.co.uk

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