Careers at Haywood Academy
Careers education, information and guidance (CEIAG) is a priority at Haywood Academy.
We believe all our students should be equipped with the information, knowledge and understanding needed to make informed decisions at key transition points in their school life and beyond. We are committed to ensuring the ARCH values of ‘Aspiration, Respect, Community and Hard work’ and the careers guidance received by students helps them to develop these values.
In 2017, the government launched its new careers strategy, placing the Gatsby Benchmarks at its heart. The Gatsby Foundation produced these new guidelines for careers provision following research by Sir John Holman to establish the best way to ensure young people in schools received the best careers education. The careers provision at Haywood Academy is on target to meet all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks by the end of the year and the Academy is currently working towards the Quality in Careers Standard.
Please use the links and information below to access further information about our careers programme. If you would like to speak to the academy regarding careers provision, please contact Mr Baillie, Careers Lead, via the main office on 01782 853535, or by email [email protected].
Benchmark
- 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
A Brief guide to Careers for Parents and Guardians
Measuring Impact of the Academy Careers Programme
The Academy uses Compass+ in partnership with the Careers and Enterprise Company to monitor and evaluate provision regularly against the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks. We also gather feedback from students, teachers, external careers advisors and other stakeholders on a regular basis following events. Together, these procedures allow the Academy to make continual improvements to the impact of the careers programme.
City College
City College supports students and provides them with opportunities post 16, whether they wish to progress to University, or enter the world of work. Teachers work across Haywood academy and City College this ensures that all curriculum areas are fully up to date on post-16 information to support students decision making.
City College also works closely with Haywood Academy to support all students’ options post-16 and ensure they have a relevant and inspiring curriculum offer. Also, Academy students have opportunities through year 10 and 11 to develop wider employability skills such as communication and teamwork during sessions within the College environment.
University Partnerships
Business Partnerships
Haywood Academy works with an increasing number of local employers to ensure our students get exposure to industry professionals and high quality experience of the work place to help inform their future pathways. We have many business partnerships used in recent years that students have had direct workplace interaction with, such as a Maths project developed and delivered with Seddon, and an English project with Stoke City.
To ensure continuous improvement of the Careers Curriculum we are always looking for professionals to work with us, based on student voice and labour market opportunities in varying and dynamic fields. If you would like to be involved in the work we do with careers please contact Mr Baillie (Careers Lead) who will be keen to involve you in developing opportunities for students and employer centred events.
Raising Participation Age (RPA)
It is now Government Policy that all young people will be expected to continue in education or training. This is called raising the Participation Age (RPA)
What does this mean?
Young people who complete Year 11 will continue learning until at least their 18 Birthday (Year 12, Year 13). This does not mean young people must stay on at school. They can choose from one of the following:
- Full time education: School Sixth Form or college
- Apprenticeship
- Foundation Learning offered at local training providers
- Part-time education or training if a young person is employed, self-employed or volunteering full- time (defined as 20 hours or more a week)
For more information visit www.education.gov.uk
Who can help?
Careers Guidance Service – Haywood Academy has a Careers Advice and Guidance Team who are employed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The Careers Advisers offer an unbiased careers advice and guidance service for students. They help students to think through their ideas and weigh up the pros and cons of different options.
Our Careers Adviser is:
- Victoria Campanelle
If you would like more information or want to request an appointment please contact Mr Baillie, Careers Lead, via the main office on 01782 853535, or by email [email protected].
External Links Careers Support
- https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk
This government website has salary, skills, routes and details for many careers. - https://www.ucas.com/careers-advice
This site has a quiz to help you to decide what might suit you. It also has detailed descriptions of hundreds of careers and the different routes you can follow to get there. - https://www.unifrog.org
This site allows you to compare colleges, universities and other post 16 and post 18 providers. - https://www.careersbox.co.uk
View videos about a range of different career areas. - https://icould.com
Excellent site with videos and real stories to inspire your career choice - www.nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk
A site full of job profiles and links to courses. You can also do a skills assessment. - Skillsometer can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future. You will be presented with a series of statements. Select the emoji that shows how you feel about each statement. You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.
- Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers.
It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.
Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare. You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected.
LMI Labour Market Information
The official labour statistics for our regional area
- Labour Market Profile – Stoke on Trent
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157171/report.aspx - Labour Market Profile – Staffordshire
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1941962816/report.aspx?town=Staffordshire
