Norbury Manor Girls' High School

Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance

 At NMBEC we provide a comprehensive CEIAG programme for every year group and this includes aspects of work related learning, enterprise education, financial capability and understanding one’s self.

Most people spend many years of their life in a working environment and it is therefore important to equip our students with the necessary skills for them to make decisions about their future, to know how and where to access information and to link subject areas and qualifications with possible careers.

Careers education in the UK is a statutory requirement based around the following framework

We work closely with Connexions, who are in school each week to provide one-to-one/ group guidance interviews for our KS4/KS5 pupils. An informal drop-in facility is also available during break and lunchtimes. 

During their Key Stage 4 curriculum students will have the opportunity to explore different career prospects in an interactive personalised way.  They will also complete a programme of careers education designed to prepare them for the choices and decisions they will face in the future.  Students will also have the opportunity to discover subject specific careers information through their subject choices in project work and guest speakers.

NMBEC ENTITLEMENT STATEMENT FOR LEARNERS AND THEIR PARENTS/ CARERS

1. Learners

All learners in the school will:

a. Take part in a careers programme in years 7 to 13 that helps them to:

1. understand their education, training, employment and other progression opportunities

2. develop the skills they need to plan and manage their own personal development and career progression

3. access relevant information and learning from taster activities and experience of work

4. make and maintain individual progression plans to help them improve their prospects of success

5. offer feedback and ideas on how to improve the careers programme.

b. Have access to, and support with using careers information that is:

1. easy to find and available at convenient times and in convenient locations, including on the intranet

2. clearly labelled and referenced

3. comprehensive, giving details of all progression opportunities and associated support arrangements such as financial help

4. unbiased and up-to-date

c. Obtain careers guidance that is:

1. impartial

2. confidential

3. focused on individual needs and fit for purpose

4. supportive of equal opportunities

5. provided by people with relevant training and expertise.

2. Parents

All parents and carers can expect to:

a. be able to make an appointment with a member of staff or specialist adviser to discuss their children’s progress and future prospects

b. have access to tutors, subject teachers at parents’ evenings in years 7 to 11 and specialist advisers in years 9,11& 13

c. be invited to look at schemes of work, and careers activities, information and resources, using and contributing to them if they wish

d. receive invitations to take part in careers and information events such as ‘Post 16 Opportunities Evening’

e. view the CEG programme contents via the school website

f. have the opportunity to comment on the usefulness of the careers programme to their children and how it could be improved.