Careers Adviser: Ann Ritchie
anne.ritchie@careersinc.uk
Careers Lead Coordinator: Alan Hayden
a.hayden@ripon.outwood.com
Enterprise Adviser: Philippa Bogle
thebogleconsultancy@ntlworld.com
The careers education and guidance programme at Outwood Academy Ripon seeks to positively support you to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work.
As a student at Outwood Academy Ripon you are entitled to a careers education and guidance programme which:
Careers at Outwood Academy Ripon will support you to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work.
Mrs. Ritchie is the CareersInc Careers Adviser and the Academy works in partnership with CareersInc, an external, independent and impartial careers guidance service based in school
CareersInc can help with all aspects of careers and choices for the future including - option choices, sixth form, college, apprenticeships, university, funding, scholarships and vocational routes.
A Careers Adviser attends Parents Events – to help students with Options Choices and Post 16 Options.
The Careers Adviser has delivered a number of activities to Ripon Outwood students to help increase their awareness of the World of Work and support them in their career planning.
As part of the government’s Careers Strategy schools will be matched with a dedicated business volunteer, called an Enterprise Adviser. Philippa Bogle is Ripon Outwood’s Enterprise Adviser. Philippa has been helping the school to move forward with its plan to improve and develop careers provision by using her connections in the local business community to meet all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks by 2020.
Employers are you interested in working with young people? Would you like to shape your future workforce? Do you have recruitment issues?
Then contact Mr Hayden who will talk to you about how employers could support the Outwood Academy Ripon Careers programme and deliver and support careers activities.
Parents, you are a valuable resource for our Employer Contacts. If you are willing to share your employment experience and vocational awareness with students to broaden their occupational awareness. Contact Mr Hayden – a.hayden@ripon.outwood.com
Careers Leader: Email – a.hayden@ripon.outwood.com
Outwood Academy Ripon’s Careers Programme is committed to developing a whole school approach to providing all students with up-to-date, impartial, independent and varied careers, education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) as defined by the CDI framework and the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks. Our guidance and support aims to guarantee students have clear, aspirational and realistic goals for their future study. This it turn secures increased motivation towards studies, higher self-esteem, greater attainment at GCSE, and ever improving staying on rates at college, leading to all our learners securing meaningful and engaging employment.
We are determined to further develop our strong partnerships with training providers and employers to secure placements for our students and seek to ensure that our students have the skills that they, and the country, require. The development of the workplace skills will increasingly be supported by our curriculum and specific events, and we are introducing employer engagement sessions within curriculum subjects for the first time during 2018-19.
Through our Careers Programme young people will secure:
1. Encounters with employers, with workplaces and with further and higher education
2. Information about jobs and how the curriculum connects careers
3. A plan tailored to individual needs and supported by guidance
We are committed to the vision laid out in the DfE January 2018 document “Careers Guidance and Access for Education and Training Providers” in that:
What we have published online (*included within this section)
1. A stable careers programme
Our school will have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by students, parents, teachers, governors and employers.
2. Learning from career and labour market information (LMI)
Every student, and their parents, will have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities, that is relevant to our local area, supported by an informed adviser to make best use of available information.
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
Students have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each student. Our school’s careers programme should embed equality and diversity considerations throughout.
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
All teachers will link curriculum learning with careers where possible. STEM subject teachers will highlight the relevance of STEM subjects for a wide range of future career paths where lesson opportunities present themselves.
5. Encounters with employers and employees
Every student will have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace, in particular within curriculum lessons, at least one per year.
6. Experiences of workplaces
Every student will have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities, and expand their networks.
7. Encounters with further and higher education
All students will understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace
8. Personal guidance
Every student will have opportunities for guidance interviews with a career adviser, who is trained at Level 6 or higher, whenever significant study or career choices are being made. These interviews will be expected for all students but should be timed to meet their individual needs.
CEIAG Assemblies
Each term all year groups have a minimum of one CEIAG assembly. Term 1 is an introduction to CareersInc, our impartial, external careers advisors, and what they offer. Term 2 is an aspirational assembly led by our careers coordinator and in Term 3 there is a further education/higher education focus. There are several other assemblies that run throughout the year led by various external providers for various year groups with a focus on aspirations, further and higher education, careers and professions.
Careers Lunchtime Drop-Ins
Each month we have a scheduled lunchtime where local Post-16 and Apprenticeship providers are able to set up information stands and talk to students across all year groups.
CareersInc
CareersInc, our commissioned external careers advisors, offer students high quality, independent and impartial careers, education information advice and guidance supporting them to make informed choices about which post-16 courses suit their academic needs and aspirations.
Students can access careers information in many ways at Outwood Academy Ripon including:
We review the success of out careers programme by looking at the destinations of our exiting Year 11 students with a target of 0% NEET (students not in education, employment or training).
The careers information on this website will next be reviewed in February 2019.
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