Careers and Guidance (Raising Aspirations)
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 curriculum to cover a range of career based units of work, called Theme Weeks. 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: Provider Access Statement
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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To be confirmed
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Senior Leadership lead
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Stuart Cleary
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Middle Leader(s) Careers Guidance
Work Experience co-ordinator
NYBEP Work Experience Link
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Christian Walton and Sarah Turner
Christian Walton
Salma Hussein
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PSHCCE Co-ordinator
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Sarah Turner
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Enterprise Advisor
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Angela Major
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Independent Careers Advisor
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Anna Lowe
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External Providers
Here 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. Through this we have a designated Local Enterprise Adviser who works alongside the career co-ordinators in school, helping to ensure we provide effective work and career experiences for our students.
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.
Here at Lady Lumley’s School, we are lucky to have been assigned Angela Major. Angela is very local to the Pickering area; therefore, her knowledge about the local labour market is exemplary.
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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- Careers & Jobs Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Finance Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Enterprise Day. Delivered by 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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- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- York Railway museum engineering open day.
- STEM Day February
- STEM day June – Ampleforth College
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Year 9
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- Enterprise Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- 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.
- Scarborough Engineering week.
- All students have 1-1 SLT interviews to discuss next steps
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Year 10
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- Finance & Budgeting Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Career Pathways Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Work Skills Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Employability Theme Week. Delivered by tutor teachers during tutor time.
- Opportunity Knocks Careers Fair. Run in collaboration with NYBEP, our students will meet local employers face to face.
- Careers Interviews with careers advisor.
- Y10 Work Experience evening – with parents.
- Y10 Work Experience week. Students plan and organise a week in the work place, supported by NYBEP.
- Apprenticeship support for specific students – using local provision E.g. Derwent Training.
- 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.
- Apprenticeship Day.
- Careers Interviews with careers advisor.
- Y11 ‘What’s Stopping You’ talk from NYBEP.
- 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 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.
- 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 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.
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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.
- 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 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.
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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?
