Co-op Academy Southfield CEIAG Programme

2023-2024

Approved: April 2024

Last reviewed on: March 24

Next review due by: Nov 24

Careers Leader :   Ms Oonagh McNee

Careers Coordinator: Mrs Farzana Maqsood

Careers Advisor: Mrs Lisa Knowles

Rationale and Vision

Our academy  is committed to ensuring all of our students have access to highly impartial careers advice and to a range of employers who can support them in considering their future. To help us do this we align our CEIAG Plan to the Gatsby Benchmarks which have been explicitly referenced throughout the DfE’s Careers Strategy (December 2017) the Statutory Guidance for careers (January 2018) and aligns to the delivery of independent careers guidance to year 8-13 pupils in accordance with section 42A of the Education Act 1997. We also have a Provide Access Policy that focuses specifically on technician qualifications and apprenticeships that is available in our policies section.

The 8 Gatsby benchmarks are outlined below:

1. A stable careers programme

2. Learning from career and labour market information

3. Addressing the needs of each student

4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

5. Encounters with employers and employees

6. Experience of work places

7. Encounters with further and higher education

8. Personal guidance

The vision for the development of CEIAG across our academy is to provide the very best opportunities to enable  our students to make informed and incisive decisions throughout, and beyond, their school life. By using the Gatsby benchmarks as a framework of best practice we have  a CEIAG programme that meets the needs or our ever changing cohort of students, providers and labour market landscape. Our plan promotes equality of opportunity, celebrates diversity and challenges stereotypes whilst inspiring, raising aspirations and giving our students an optimistic outlook on life and their place in the world of work.  We are always  guided by our Co-op values:

Do what matters most

What matters most is ensuring that our students achieve the best possible outcomes.

Be yourself, always

We bring our best self to work, so that we each contribute a bit of our own unique Co-op difference, and respect others for doing the same.

Show you care

We care about our Co-op, our colleagues, our members, our students, their parents and communities, now and for the future.

Succeed together

Co-operating is what makes us different; we’re better and stronger when we work together.

Incorporate Co-op values.

Intent

At Co-op Academy Southfield we value our students and their uniqueness. We will never let anything get in the way of our high aspirations for them. To make sure that they achieve all that they are capable of, we will ensure that our curriculum is literacy rich and is broad and balanced so that the students have exposure to a curriculum that engages and challenges them regardless of their background. Our curriculum will be sequenced so that the students are taught firm foundations and that subsequent learning builds upon what the students already know and can do. We want the students to become responsible citizens who can make positive contributions in adulthood and so we ensure that they are fully equipped with the skills and knowledge to thrive in modern Britain. We will make sure that they are supported in a range of situations external to the school environment too so that we are contributing to their personal development as well as their academic development. The Co-op Values will be the golden thread running through our endeavours and our approaches.

Our CEIAG programme is both  bespoke  and unique to our academy and is reviewed on an annual basis to meet our students needs based on our monitoring and evaluation processes. Our programme is designed  to entitle all learners to develop their  knowledge, skills, understanding and cultural capital they need to  go on to destinations that meet their aspirations, needs and interests.  Our CEIAG programme prepares students for life beyond Southfield.

With this in mind we aim:

• To provide impartial and independent advice for all pupils (Gatsby Benchmark 1 - 8)
• To contribute to strategies for raising achievement, especially by increasing motivation, attitude to learning and attendance (Gatsby 3)
• To support inclusion, challenge stereotyping and promote equality of opportunity (Gatsby 3,4)
• To encourage participation in continued lifelong learning (Gatsby 7,8)
• To develop enterprise skills and participate in learning about employment skills (Gatsby 2,3)
• To provide relevant information and understanding of the wide range of destinations available to ensure students and families make the right choices regarding their post 16 / 18 options (Gatsby 3,5,6,7,8)
• To contribute to the economic prosperity of individuals and communities (Gatsby 2,5,7)
• To meet the needs of all our pupils through appropriate differentiation (Gatsby 3)
• To focus students on their future aspirations and opportunities (Gatsby 3,4,8)
• To involve parents and carers (Gatsby 1,2,5,6,7)
• To support the raising of the participation age and assist with positive destinations for all pupils post 16, 17 and 18 (Gatsby 1,4,8)
• To meet the needs of our current cohort of students across each year group (Gatsby 1,3)
• To use current LMI to enable students, staff and parents to engage actively with local and national CEIAG information so that they can increase their knowledge and understanding about the world of work. (Gatsby 1,2,3)
• To use student's parents, staff feedback to reflect on our current provision in order to develop our future CEIAG programme (Gatsby 1,2,3)
• All stakeholders have a clear understanding of CEIAG and rationale and vision (Gatsby 1)
• To monitor and evaluate current provision in order to ensure our programme is quality assured in line with other curriculum areas  (Gatsby 1)
• To share best practice with other Co-op academies at network events to ensure reflection and development of own programme (Gatsby 1)
• To ensure all students actively engage with a CEIAG tracking platform to support them in making informed choices about their Career development plan (Gatsby 1,2,3)
• To work towards a Quality in Careers award in recognition of all that our academy offers (Gatsby 1)

Implementation

Our programme is meaningful and appropriate to learners. They engage with CEIAG opportunities through our subject curriculum, SMSC learning, enrichment activities and EHCP targets.

CEIAG is delivered by a wide range of providers such as our internal Careers Advisor, teachers and support staff, FE Colleges (e.g Bradford College) visiting speakers, employers and employees. This delivery includes bespoke workshops, assemblies, work visits, work experience (Takeover Day), careers fairs, enrichment, leadership opportunities and via subject curriculum.

Our students are supported and encouraged to engage with opportunities to support lifelong learning and be prepared for life beyond Southfield, ensuring that they have the very best start in life. Transition is very important to us, and we work closely with Bradford College to ensure that students really experience life beyond Southfield in a meaningful way - with sixth form students engaging in learning on the college campus.

Our parents can access our academy's website which provides clear links to a range of CEIAG related events and information about local market information (LMI) including destinations in Post 16 and Post 19. We work closely with Bradford Local Authority to support all students with EHCP targets and provision, in particular the PfA Team.  Parents  are also encouraged to attend our CEIAG information evenings and parents evenings.

Our curriculum provides lots of opportunities for students to develop their knowledge and skills. Our curriculum allows students to consolidate their learning, applying it in different contexts with different types of scaffolding to ensure that they have the opportunity to retain information.

Learning Outcomes

Whilst these are personalised to the learning journey that our students are on, and influenced by the way they engage and interact with the curriculum, our overall aim from CEIAG is to ensure that students are prepared for life beyond Southfield.

CEIAG Activities in KS3

• Displays about enterprise and work
• Job of the Week
• EHCP Annual Target Setting
• Mentoring & Academic Curriculum Support
• Access to a range of extra-curricular events and community participation activities
• Class based discussions about work students might like to do in the future, where they might want to live in the future, and how they could live independently, things that they want to do in the community (hobbies and interests) and their future health needs.
• Professional relationships are forged with feeder primary schools to establish the information and skills development opportunities that students have accessed, so that early and targeted intervention can be provided to support independence and preparation for adult life.
• Access to PSD curriculum
• Dragon’s Den
• Takeover Day

CEIAG Activities in KS4

• Displays about enterprise and work
• Job of the Week
• EHCP Annual Target Setting
• Mentoring & Academic Curriculum Support
• Access to a range of extra-curricular events and community participation activities
• School-based volunteering opportunities - both at a supported and independent level
• Opportunity for workplaces visits (as part of curriculum study)
• Employee Talks and Assemblies
• A curriculum that provides sequenced learning relating to Enterprise and the World of Work
• Careers Fair
• Access to PSD curriculum
• Transition support into Post 16 - Education and Adult Services
• Access to personal guidance
• Co-op Young Leaders
• Envision Project
• Takeover Day
• Co-op Shop

CEIAG Activities in KS5

• Displays about enterprise and work
• Job of the Week
• EHCP Annual Target Setting
• Mentoring & Academic Curriculum Support
• Increased community participation, and to activities identified within the Bradford Local Offer
• School-based and external volunteering opportunities. Students within KS5 also have access to our work experience programme which includes managing the school bank, running a community cafe or organising large scale school events. Students can apply for a work experience placement by referring to the Jobs Board in the Sixth Form Centre.
• Opportunity for workplaces visits (as part of curriculum study)
• Employee Talks and Assemblies
• A curriculum that provides sequenced learning about Enterprise and the World of Work. KS5 students have a wider range of access to creating and running small enterprises
• Access to PSD curriculum
• Packages of provision for students across five days a week
• Subject Curriculum
• Vocational profiles
• Careers Fair
• Transition support into Post 16 and Post 19 - Education and Adult Services
• Applications for Transition Social Workers
• Transition events and activities with Post 19 providers
• College Open Day Events
• Access to personal guidance
• Takeover Day
• Co-op Shop/ Termly Enterprise Fairs

Possible events also include

• Visits to FE College (Gatsby 1,3,7)
• PSHCE CEIAG element of SoL (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)
• Career sector assemblies (Gatsby 1,2,3,5)
• Enrichment learning (Gatsby 1, 2, 3 ,5,7)
• Careers fair (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7,8)
• External providers ie Enterprise /Dragon Den (Gatsby 1,2,3,5)
• LMI assembly/PSHCE /workshops (Gatsby 1,2,4)
• Workplace Takeover Day (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,6)
• CEIAG enrichment (Gatsby 1,2,3,4, 5,6)
• 1 - 1 interviews with in-house Careers Advisor (Gatsby 1,3,8)
• Tours and visits to Sixth Form (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7)
• Curriculum links to employers (Gatsby 1,2,3,4,5,6)
• Motivational speakers (Gatsby 1,2,3,5)
• STEM activities (Gatsby 1,2,3,4,5,6)
• Curriculum mapping (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

SEND and other vulnerable groups

All CEIAG opportunities are fully inclusive and are designed to engage with all students.  However embedded within our programme are additional events / activities to support our students with SEND such :

• A series of 1 - 1 interviews , parents invited, support assistant available (Gatsby 1,3)
• Preparing for adulthood  (Gatsby 1,2,3)
• Structured KS4 transition programme in post 16 ie taster sessions / days, mentoring  (Gatsby 1,2,3)
• Focused enterprise activity sessions  (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)
• Appropriate KS4 pathways available in curriculum   (Gatsby 1,3,4)

Staff

• Annual update on LMI (Gatsby 1,3,4,5)
• Annual feedback on Compass (Gatsby 1)
• Directed time to develop CEIAG in the curriculum (Gatsby 1,2,3,4,5,7)
• PSHCE curriculum review (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

Impact

Measuring the impact of our  CEIAG programme  supports us  to develop  it on a termly /  annual basis and to know that we are making a positive and empowering difference. We value  quantitative and qualitative feedback from all stakeholders and ensure our evaluations lead to change / amendments in our future planning. We undertake internal and external quality assurance to ensure our intent and implementation  is in-line with our expectations. We measure impact in the following ways:

• Positive destinations data for all
• Tracking of Compass over time
• Reduced NEET figures over time  (100% of Year 11 students, Y12 students, Y13 students and Y14 students went to positive destinations)
• Feedback and evaluation for all events, both quantitative and qualitative
• Increase in attendance / reduction in PA over time
• Reduction in behaviour incidents

Destination Data

Destinations are discussed during EHCP meetings; for additional information on where your child’s needs can be met after Southfield, please discuss this with our SENDCo, or a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Useful websites

Bradford College

https://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/courses/entry-level-2-skills-for-independence/ 

Mind The Gap

https://www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/

SORM

https://www.sormstudios.co.uk/

Bradford Local Offer

https://localoffer.bradford.gov.uk/kb5/bradford/directory/home.page

HFT

https://www.hft.org.uk/about-us/locations/north/hft-bradford/ 

Other

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/  (provides information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work)

Staff

https://www.skillsbuilder.org/homelearning

Everyone needs eight essential skills to succeed - whatever their path in life. Skills builder provides a range of resources for building these skills in a home setting - all underpinned by the Skills Builder Framework. Resources are available for learners aged 4 to 20+.

https://www.thewowshow.org/students/

The WOW Show (World of Work) - The WOW Show is a live online channel creating real-life encounters with the world of work to inspire young people about their futures. Have a look at some of the recordings and find out about any careers you are considering for your future.

https://www.speakersforschools.org/experience-2/vwex/

Speakers for schools - virtual work experiences Working with over 50 leading employers across industries, this offers students the chance to apply for interactive, high impact placements, through a safeguarded application portal and platform. During placements, students interact with employers, complete real work projects and work together to gain industry insights and skills.