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Co-op Academy Bebington CEIAG Programme

2024-2025

Approved by: SLT viewed by Governors

Date :September 2024

Last reviewed on:July 2024

Next review due by:July 2025

Careers Leader : Mrs Lisa Hesketh

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 of 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 Coop 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

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. We are committed to providing a coherently planned and sequenced programme that reflects our academies context and core values. 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 and interests. 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 learning including higher education, further education and apprenticeships (Gatsby 7,8)
To develop enterprise and employment skills (Gatsby 2,3)
To provide relevant information and understanding of the wide range of pathways and qualifications available to ensure students make the right choices regarding their post 16 / 18 options and hence reduce ‘drop out’ from and ‘course switching’ in education and training (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 adaptation (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 students, parents and staff feedback to reflect on our current provision in order to develop our future CEIAG programme (Gatsby 1,2,3)
To provide additional support to specific vulnerable groups such as SEND and pupil premium (Gatsby 1-8)
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 achieve / work towards a Quality in Careers award in recognition of all that our academy offers (Gatsby 1)

Implementation

Our programme is taught via bespoke activities, subject curriculum and extracurricular activities, and a wide range of enrichment activities.

CEIAG is delivered by a wide range of providers such as our CEIAG Coordinator Mrs Fardoe, teachers and support staff, FE Colleges, Universities, visiting speakers, employers and employees. This delivery includes bespoke workshops, assemblies, work visits, work experience, mock interviews, immersion days,careers fairs, step up days and via subject curriculum. Our students are supported and encouraged to explore possible pathways they may take in the future, to ensure they have the very best start in life. Our staff receive regular CPD to support them in embedding employability skills into their subject areas. 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) to UCAS applications to Apprenticeships. Parents are also encouraged to attend our CEIAG drop in sessions and parents evenings.

Year Group	Autumn Term (linked to BM)	Intended learning outcomes
7	Career Awareness assemblies November 2024 (Gatsby 1,2,3,5) Career insight/drop down day including experiences and activities provided by employers around vocational training and qualifications e.g. Engineering Development Trust (Gatsby 2,5, 3) LJMU working in our science department with students in school (Gatsby 7)	Start to raise awareness of local employment and career opportunities Start to develop an understanding of strengths and employability skills Start to develop an awareness of HE.
8	Career Awareness assemblies November 2024 (Gatsby 1,2,3,5)	Start to raise awareness of local employment and career opportunities
9	Career Awareness assemblies November 2024 Challenging stereotypes - Women into Science and Engineering. (Gatsby 1,2,3,5)	Increase awareness of local employment and career opportunities
10	Career Awareness assemblies November 2024 (Gatsby 1,2,3,5)	Continue to increase awareness of local employment and career opportunities
11	Drop down day - future focus. Input from, FE, ASK, employers & Shaping Futures, Future skills questionnaire (Gatsby 1,2,3,4,5) Career Awareness assemblies November 2024, Wirral Met and Chesh Coll SW speaking - vocational/ technical quals and apprenticeships (Gatsby 1,2,3,5) Next steps conversations/ surveys with the sixth form and careers team.(Gatsby 1,3,8) Post 16 Choices assembly - providers from Liverpool City Region offering insights into vocational/technical pathways and apprenticeships. (Gatsby 2) LJMU working in our science department with students in school (Gatsby 7)	Focus on routes into employment, destinations and specifically local opportunities and growth areas. Focus on technical routes into education Ensuring students move onto positive destinations and have at least one backup plan. Focus on technical routes into education Develop an understanding of a specific subject in HE.
12	Early careers foundation assembly (Gatsby 4) Campus visit for further and higher education, technical and vocational providers and employer encounters (Gatsby 5,6,7) The British Army scholarships (Gatsby 5) Career Awareness assemblies November 2024, Emily McC - Youth Empowerment Director at Comics Youth /community work (Gatsby 1,2,3,5) Induction residential with NCS (Gatsby 3,4,5,8)	Focus on building inclusive and developmental pathways in careers Exposure to HE, technical and vocational providers and the opportunity to speak directly with them. Awareness of routes into the Army Focus on specific sectors within employment that students would not normally have exposure to. Develop an understanding of social action and the third sector.
13	Early careers foundation assembly (Gatsby 4) Campus visit for further and higher education, technical and vocational providers and employer encounters (Gatsby 5,6,7) The British Army scholarships (Gatsby 5) Career Awareness assemblies November 2023, Emily McC - Youth Empowerment Director at Comics Youth /community work (Gatsby 1,2,3,5) National Apprenticeships show (Gatsby 2,3,5)	Focus on building inclusive and developmental pathways in careers Exposure to HE, technical and vocational providers and the opportunity to speak directly with them. Awareness of routes into the Army Focus on specific sectors within employment that students would not normally have exposure to. Focus on Apprenticeships, students have the opportunity to talk to employers and training providers directly.
Additional provision for targeted groups	1:1 interviews yr11 and referrals from all other years.(Gatsby 8) Enhanced transition for students with EHCPs (Gatsby 8) REACH programme yr 9 potential NEET students (Gatsby 2, 5, 6) Bebington Honours students in year 11 visit PWC(Gatsby 2, 5, 6) Careers drop in for parents (Gatsby 1, 2, 8) Yr 11 H&SC students visual insights session and online WEX (Gatsby 2, 4, 5, 6) Yr 10 and 11 RE students visit to a Synagogue (Gatsby 4, 6)	Students have access to a detailed personal careers plan Students have the opportunity to visit their next step with the support of Academy staff. Students are paired up with Link Contracting, sessions include visits to workplaces, employability skills and aspirations. Focusing on skills to support confidence and employability Opportunity for parents and carers to speak with careers staff in school, to find out about our provision and ask any questions regarding their child. Opportunity for students to experience a workplace virtually and speak with professionals in their setting. Opportunity for students to experience a workplace, the link with their curriculum and speak with professionals in their setting.

Year Group

Spring Term (linked to BM)

Intended learning outcomes

Careers fair, opportunity to talk to employers, FE, HE and apprenticeship providers on routes into careers (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7,8)

National Apprenticeship week, assemblies and guest speaker ASK/Co-op (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

National Careers week, assemblies and guest speakers (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

LJMU working in our science department with students in school (Gatsby 7)

An opportunity to talk to employers, training providers and HEIs around routes into employment.

Introduce Apprenticeships and how they differ to other routes into employment.

Introduce students to the different pathways into careers.

Start to develop an awareness of HE and the context of specialisms.

Careers fair, opportunity to talk to employers, FE, HE and apprenticeship providers on routes into careers (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7,8)

National Apprenticeship week, assemblies and guest speaker ASK/Co-op (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

National Careers week, assemblies and guest speakers (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

PSCHE drop down day- input from employers (Gatsby 2,4,5,7)

An opportunity to talk to employers, training providers and HEIs around routes into employment.

Develop understanding of Apprenticeships and the career opportunities.

To explore some of the career options available locally and the route into them

To engage in employer insights

Careers fair, opportunity to talk to employers, FE, HE and apprenticeship providers on routes into careers (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7,8)

National Apprenticeship week, assemblies and guest speaker ASK/Co-op (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

National Careers week, assemblies and guest speakers (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

Destinations drop down day- input from HE/FE, employers and Apprenticeship providers (Gatsby 2,4,5,7)

An opportunity to talk to employers, training providers and HEIs around routes into employment.

Deepen understanding of Apprenticeships and start to explore the opportunities locally

Discuss the different pathways into careers and to have employer insights into a few key growth areas locally.

To have an appreciation of routes into careers and what to take into account when choosing options at L2

Careers fair, opportunity to talk to employers, FE, HE and apprenticeship providers on routes into careers (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7,8)

National Apprenticeship week, assemblies and guest speaker ASK/Co-op (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

National Careers week, assemblies and guest speakers (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

An opportunity to talk to employers, training providers and HEIs around routes into employment.

Revisit Apprenticeships and look in more depth at the opportunities locally.

To develop students' understanding of the different pathways into careers.

Careers fair, opportunity to talk to employers, FE, HE and apprenticeship providers on routes into careers (Gatsby 1,2,3,5,7,8)

National Apprenticeship week, assemblies and guest speaker ASK/Co-op (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

National Careers week, assemblies and guest speakers (Gatsby 1,2,3,4)

Mock interviews with employers FE/HE and apprenticeship providers, One to one feedback on CVs from previous term as well as interview techniques (Gatsby 1,3,5)

LJMU working in our science department with students in school (Gatsby 7)

An opportunity to talk to employers, training providers and HEIs around routes into employment.

Revisit Apprenticeships and look at the live opportunities locally.

Further explore routes into employment and employer insights into specific industry opportunities locally.

Students have experience of a traditional application process and gain feedback on performance.

To continue to develop an understanding of a specific subject in HE.