Key Stage 3
At New Heights School, we provide our pupils with a range of activities intended to develop skills employers value, including: creativity, problem-solving, risk-taking, resilience, teamwork, determination and self-reflection.
Mr Cunningham oversees and arranges Careers Education, Information and Guidance for Key Stage 3 at New Heights School. Email him on s.cunningham@newheights.liverpool.sch.uk or phone him on 0151 498 4055.
Our careers strategy aims to:
- Offer a structured careers programme which can be accessed on our website by students, teachers, parents, carers and employers.
- Enable students, parents and carers to access quality information about future study options and employment opportunities.
- Address the individual needs of students by offering careers guidance at different stages in their academic life. This impartial advice and guidance is currently delivered through the school in conjunction with Liverpool Carers Hub.
- Link curriculum learning with careers, so that students understand the relevance of subjects for a wide range of future career paths.
- Raise awareness of the full range of routes into academic and vocational learning opportunities available in schools, colleges, universities and the workplace.
- Link subjects taught in school to post 16 employment skills.
Careers education is a vital part of the school curriculum. It gives pupils hope and ambition and provides them with the knowledge to succeed in their future. Careers education is delivered to years 7-9 with the aim of all pupils gaining as many realistic and engaging opportunities as possible during their time at the school.
New Heights is part of the Liverpool City Region Careers Hub and is committed to working towards the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance.
Careers Programme
Termly:
Supported by Liverpool Careers Hub and Career Connect, our students will receive weekly Careers Education activities, many of which will be used to explore their interests and provide guidance on skills and personal attributes required to be successful in training and employment.
Monitoring Impact and Measuring Success
We aim to measure the impact and success of our careers programmes through several methods:
Monitoring Impact and Measuring Success
We aim to measure the impact and success of our careers programmes through several methods:
- Pupil awareness
- Pupil work
- Teacher planning
Review
Our Careers Programme and offer are reviewed annually, at the start of the academic year.
Review of CEIAG offering (Academic Year 2022-23)
Despite the legacy challenges of the global pandemic, we continued to develop our careers offer over the last academic year.
Our teachers continued to hold conversations about the important link between education and employment during their lessons.
During the Summer term, our students received 1-2-1 Careers Information, Advice and Guidance through meetings with a qualified Careers Advisor provided by Career Connect, as well as having the opportunity to participate in a Virtual Careers Event facilitated by Julie Jones of the Growth Platform. These were enhanced by weekly, timetabled Careers Education sessions and activities, delivered by form tutors.
During the Summer term, our students received 1-2-1 Careers Information, Advice and Guidance through meetings with a qualified Careers Advisor provided by Career Connect, as well as having the opportunity to participate in a Virtual Careers Event facilitated by Julie Jones of the Growth Platform. These sessions were enhanced by weekly, timetabled Careers Education sessions and activities, delivered by form tutors.
With an ever-changing cohort, the Autumn term saw our students continuing to receive 1-2-1 Careers Information, Advice and Guidance through further meetings with our qualified Careers Advisor provided by Career Connect, as well as having the opportunity to participate in a Virtual Careers Event facilitated by Julie Jones of the Growth Platform. These sessions continued to be enhanced by weekly, timetabled Careers Education sessions and activities, delivered by form tutors. We also hosted an external speaker, Andy Thornton, who discussed his personal employment journey and the work he now does working for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
During the final term of the year, we provided students also had the opportunity to receive 1-2-1 Careers Information, Advice and Guidance through meetings with a qualified Careers Advisor provided by Career Connect and offered another Virtual Careers Event facilitated by Julie Jones of the Growth Platform. These sessions continued to be enhanced by weekly, timetabled Careers Education sessions and activities, delivered by form tutors with employer-sought skills often mentioned in weekly assemblies. Students also had access to use our ICT-Suite, to explore the many current training and employment vacancies listed on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority training and employment website (https://lcrbemore.co.uk/).
Our close working partnership with Liverpool Careers Hub and Career Connect provides students with relevant literature and information which they could use to help them make careers-based decisions. During lessons, teachers continue to seek opportunities to link skills and activities offered in class with those sought by local and national employers.
Myerscough College Visit
"At Key Stage 3, we appreciate that encouraging our young people to consider their future potential careers can have a positive impact on their learning. On 28th September 2023, we were excited to welcome Amber and Lynne from Myerscough College to our school. They met with a number of our students to present their Post 16 academic offer or Level 1, 2 and 3 courses. The students learned about the Animal Welfare, Equine Studies, Arboriculture and Horticulture courses they offer, together with information about the possible progress routes, employment opportunities and self-employment skills nurtured by students during their time at the college. Our students showed a keen interest in the content of the presentation and asked lots of probing questions throughout. We hope to invite Amber and Lynne back to our school for a similar session early in the new year. "
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