Careers
Careers Education at Lady Lumley’s School
Here at Lady Lumley’s School we provide all our students with a wide range of careers provision, from Year 7 through to Year 13. Through our joined up thinking, we utilise our PSHCCE/Life curriculum to cover a range of career-based units of work. The Theme Weeks include identified learning objectives and outcomes, which are achieved through related activities. Alongside this our students have a number of opportunities to experience work related activities both within the school environment and through external visits.
We employ an independent careers advisor who is based in school on a weekly basis. The careers advisor provides our students with one to one careers support, advice and guidance. All students will be given interviews with the careers advisor during their time here at Lady Lumley’s School. However, they can book extra drop in sessions if they wish.
Further information and details can be found in the schools Careers Policy which can be accessed here: http://www.ladylumleys.n-yorks.sch.uk/uploads/files/curriculum/Provider%20access%20statement.docx
Careers Guidance Leadership and Management Team
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Team
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Nominated governor with responsibility for oversight of Careers Guidance
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Senior Leadership lead
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Tanya Elsworth
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Middle Leader(s) Careers Guidance
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Martin Heeley
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PSHCCE Co-ordinator
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Martin Heeley
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Enterprise Advisor
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tbc
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Independent Careers Advisor
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Anna Lowe
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External Providers
At Lady Lumley’s School we liaise with a number of external providers, such as NYBEP, local universities and the local labour market. However, we are always looking for opportunities to further broaden access to information, advice and guidance. We therefore welcome continued input from both existing and new providers. If you feel you would like to come into school to talk to our students about your service or any upcoming opportunities for our students. Please access our Provider Access Policy here.
Local Enterprise Advisor Link
Here at Lady Lumley’s School we realise the importance of collaboration, which is why we work in association with The Careers and Enterprise Company.
The Careers and Enterprise Company network is made up of Enterprise Coordinators and Enterprise Advisers. Enterprise Coordinators support a group of senior business volunteers, known as Enterprise Advisers, who they match with one of the school or colleges in the network.
Enterprise Advisers use their knowledge of the local business landscape to support the head teacher or careers team to develop an effective careers plan and to create opportunities with their business contacts in the area for their school or college’s students.
Your Careers Entitlement
As a student at Lady Lumley’s School, your careers programme will be based around the government’s Gatsby Benchmarks: https://www.gatsby.org.uk/education/focus-areas/good-career-guidance
Your careers delivery and content will be delivered during PSHCCE Theme Weeks, specifically organised external activities and during tutor time. The related activities vary across a range of subject areas. These can be seen below.
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Year Group
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Delivery and Content
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Year 7
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- Personal Skills – Life – Looking at the skills you already have or could develop further
- Finance – Life – Looking at basics of understanding money, saving and future-planning.
- Enterprise Day. Delivered by NYBEP and tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
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Year 8
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- Scarborough Science and Engineering Week. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- York Railway museum engineering open day.
- STEM day June – Ampleforth College
- Career Types + Skills – Life – Tying in with students’ visit to SSEW
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Year 9
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- Career Pathways + Sector Information – Life – Students discuss what motivates them and what each different sector involves, as part of wider discussions during Options process.
- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- Options assemblies. During the options process students are given information about subjects which may be suitable for certain careers.
- Options evenings. The opportunity to discuss options and careers choices with subject leaders.
- All students have 1-1 SLT interviews to discuss next steps
- Meetings with Careers Advisor
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Year 10
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- Finance & Budgeting – Life – Recapping a lot of the basics of finance terminology and simple budgeting.
- Career Pathways -Life - Students have chance to start researching post-16 options.
- Work Skills – Life – Following chance to look at post-16 options, students encouraged to start evaluating their own skill set. Coupled with NYBEP ‘What’s Stopping You’
- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- Careers Interviews with careers advisor.
- Apprenticeship information – ACE – followed by regular updates from local providers.
- Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
- Scarborough Hospital Work Placements, available for 4 students.
- Y10 Mock interviews. All students go through a mock interview process with local employers. Personal feedback is given to all students.
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Year 11
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- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- Career Pathways -Life - Students have chance to start researching post-16 options.
- Work Skills – Life – Following chance to look at post-16 options, students encouraged to start evaluating their own skill set.
- Careers Interviews with careers advisor.
- Apprenticeship support for specific students – using local provision E.g. Derwent Training.
- Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
- All students have 1-1 SLT interviews to discuss next steps.
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Year 12
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- Careers interviews with External advisor.
- UCAS support and advice through Year 12 to 13
- Apprenticeships support in-house and through National Apprenticeships Show in Harrogate
- Coventry University, Scarborough Campus – Taster Day and Transition event – links to careers and progression routes.
- Also visits into college by Coventry University re: personal finance etc.
- Open Day trip to Newcastle and Northumbria Universities – all Year 12 students usually annually in June
- PDP sessions guest speakers - through local businesses including Rosti-McKechnie GCHQ and North Yorkshire Police incl Apprenticeships and Vocational Degrees.
- Ongoing programme of Work Experience across Weds pm and at other times during week involving students across Year 12 and 13.
- All students provided access to Apprenticeship vacancies.
- Derwent Training. Assembly about higher level apprenticeships
- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- Taught Life curriculum – one lesson per fortnight.
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Year 13
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- Careers interviews with External advisor.
- UCAS support and advice through Year 12 to 13
- Apprenticeships support in-house and through Apprenticeships event in Harrogate
- Careers interviews
- Coventry University, Scarborough Campus – Taster Day and Transition event – links to careers and progression routes.
- Also visits into college by Coventry University re: personal finance etc.
- PDP sessions guest speakers - through local businesses including Rosti-McKechnie GCHQ and North Yorkshire Police incl Apprenticeships and Vocational Degrees.
- Ongoing programme of Work Experience across Weds pm and at other times during week involving students across Year 12 and 13.
- All students provided access to Apprenticeship vacancies through NYBEP through Tutors.
- Derwent Training. Assembly about higher level apprenticeships
- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- National Apprenticeship Show.
- Taught Life Curriculum – One lesson per fortnight.
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How we measure the impact of our careers programme?
- Feedback from students, staff, parents/carers and employers as part of the evaluation process.
- Post event feedback forms.
- Data overview to see if there has been a change in the progression routes off all students.
- Review of the student destination data.
- Students feedback following careers meetings.
- Analysing year on year NEET data.
- Is there a link between destination data and end of key stage four outcomes?
