Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance
At St Mary’s we encourage every student to be aspirational and offer them a comprehensive programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) from Year 7 onwards.
St Mary’s has achieved the Quality Mark for careers education and guidance that is based on the Gatsby Benchmarks. In 2014, Lord Sainsbury’s Gatsby Charitable Foundation published a report titled “Good Career Guidance.” The report identified eight benchmarks that are the core dimensions of good careers and enterprise provision in schools and these are:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
The Gatsby Benchmarks have a key role in:
- raising young people’s aspirations and promoting access to all career pathways
- enabling all young people to develop the skills and outlook they need to achieve career wellbeing including adaptability and resilience
- underpinning the Department for Education guidance to schools on meeting their statutory responsibility for careers guidance
St Mary’s has a dedicated Careers Lead and Careers Adviser, Mrs Kerry Gaulton, who oversees all aspects of careers education, advice and guidance at St Mary’s. Mrs Gaulton can be contacted using admin@st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk
St Mary’s will facilitate access of providers to the School for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training
offer. This complies with the School’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997. For details click on this link:
SMHS CEIAG Access Policy Feb 2019
For full details of our CEIAG policy please click on the link below:
School : CEIAG Policy July 2019
St Mary’s invests in UNIFROG, a complete destinations platform that supports Students to explore careers, universities and apprenticeships. Year 7 – students will: Year 8 – students will: Year 9 – students will: We provide one-to-one career information, advice & guidance meetings for every student by the end of Year 11 and offer a drop-in service for all students to discuss careers and future study options. Year 10 – students will: Year 11 – students will: Students will have continued opportunities to visit further and higher education facilities, experience Apprenticeship and University fairs and have support throughout their Sixth form journey. Students will also: We are signed up to The Careers and Enterprise Company – The Enterprise Advisor Network –programme. The is a free provision managed locally by Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership to support us to achieve all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks– a target set by the department for Education in their Careers Strategy (Dec 2017). Further information about The Careers and Enterprise Company can be found here: Parents/Carers Should you wish to discuss your child’s future please contact their form tutor in the first instance, or Mrs Gaulton, our Careers Leader & Careers Adviser via email at admin@st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk We recognise and value the importance of working with local employers to support our career provision at the school. We are extremely keen to establish links with employers who will be able to enrich our students’ education and show them new possibilities within the world of work. We engage with over 100 different employers through work experience placements for our year 10 students. We welcome further support from employers specifically those within the law industry. For next academic year we are seeking employers to support our Careers Carousel, Year 10 work experience, year 12 work placements and mock interview day. If you can help us with any of these events please contact Kerry Gaulton, Careers Leader & Careers Adviser at admin@st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk In February, all Year 10 pupils will undertake one week’s work experience. In preparation for this the pupils will have Careers lessons to help prepare them for the world of work, this will include, health and safety at work and laws surrounding work. Work experience is important for getting into any career. Having some can make you stand out from the crowd on applications for courses, training, and jobs. If you do not know what job you want, or you cannot get your perfect placement, any work experience is better than none. Whatever job you try, you’ll learn more about yourself and working life. You’ll also gain skills in the process. It may even lead to more suitable experience with the same company. It could be good preparation for another opportunity that’s closer to what you want to do. Try not to worry about where you could go to get work experience. Concentrate on what you could learn or improve on. Initial Work Experience Letter to Parents WEX Early Contact Letter 2022 Work Experience Parent Guide for Parents 2022 https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/how-work-experience-can-help-you Current Labour Market Information can be found here: Living and Working in Hertfordshire, Living and Working in Broxbourne. We believe it is important for all our students to understand the Labour Market because this will help them to make realistic choices about their future. The following short video can help students to understand the Hertfordshire Labour Market better. https://youtu.be/qxEnwYjtk5w The following websites are recommended for career and study information. Careers Information University Information Apprenticeship InformationCareers Programme
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 5
The Careers and Enterprise Company
https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/Parents/Carers & Employer Engagement
Parents and carers play a significant role in helping students make informed choices about their study options and decisions about their future careers. Parents and carers are encouraged to talk with their child about their options and future aspirations. We value parents and carers input and encourage you to attend activities at school such as GCSE and A Level options evenings. We would also appreciate any offers of help with future events such as our Careers Carousel and Mock Interview day.Employer Engagement
Work Experience
Private Placement Form Student Own Placement Form 2022Destinations Data
Labour Market Information
