Careers

Careers Education is an important part of our provision for all students at Walney School. Careers advice is integrated throughout the curriculum to enable our students to make real world connections between their studies and their future.

There are two senior leaders with responsibility for Careers and Enterprise education: Mrs Allison Redshaw, deputy headteacher and Careers Leader and Mrs Kelly Maden, assistant headteacher and Careers Coordinator. Both senior leaders can be contacted via the 'Contact' page on this website.

Mission Statement

“At Walney School we aim to provide careers guidance that raises aspirations, challenges stereotypical thinking (in terms of gender etc.) and develops life- long learning skills in our students. We aim to ensure that, when they leave Walney School, 100% of our students enter sustained employment, education or training and that this is the most appropriate level for them.”

We are passionate about inspiring our students to be the best that they can be and to reach for the stars in their future career choice. We endeavour to provide students with the best careers advice they deserve and need.

Personalised and progressive careers advice and guidance is available throughout the school years. Please click on the link at the side to see our Careers Programme in full.

Year 7 - An emphasis on self-awareness, dealing with transition from Primary School to Secondary School and working on social skills. This includes work on recognising talents and skills to raise confidence and aspiration. Students are encouraged to develop skills through extra-curricular activities. The Employability Passport is introduced in year 7. Students work towards their Bronze Award throughout the year.

Year 8 - Students learn more about themselves, their motivators and personality types. Students learn about different sectors and job roles and where to look for careers information. They explore how to budget and plan for their futures and financial well-being. Students work towards the Silver Award on their Employability Passport.

Year 9 - Options. A programme designed to support students through the process of choosing KS4 options. This includes opportunities for students to visit universities and get involved in activities which promote employability skills and enable students to recognise their own skills. Students, along with their parents have access to all subject teachers at an Options evening. Advice is available to develop the understanding of option choices. Students are actively encouraged to choose a balanced timetable based upon their interests and skills. Students work towards the Gold Award on their Employability Passport.

Year 10 - Post 16 options preparation begins. Students explore the link between personal qualities, enterprise ability, qualifications and career development. They take part in an Employability week, in which they are able to visit local further and higher education colleges, have encounters with a large number of employers and employees from the local area and have opportunities to develop soft skills e.g. teamwork, leadership, communication, time management. They also receive independent advice and guidance on the labour market information on the career opportunities in our area, interview techniques and CV writing. Students work towards the Platinum Award on their Employability Passport.

Year 11 - Students receive information through several assemblies and an open evening to support the exciting opportunities of post-16 Education and training. This includes assistance with any application process. Employers and training providers will give detailed information on local apprenticeship and training opportunities. Students receive a minimum of two 1:1 Career Guidance Interviews and work towards the Work Ready Award on their Employability Passport.

Careers Policy June 2019

Inspiring IAG Code of Practice

Links for Post 16 Education & Training

Click on the logos to access the website for these providers:

Barrow Sixth Form

Wednesday 13th November 5.00pm-8.00pm Open Evening
25th June and 27th June 9.30-3.30- year 10 taster days

Furness College

Wednesday 27th November 5.00pm-8.00pm Open Evening
Monday 9th March 2020 1.00-3.00pm- year 11 advice day
26th June and 1st July 2020 9.30-3.30- Year 10 taster days
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Ulverston Sixth Form
Thursday 26th September 2019 5.30-7.30pm Open Evening

Kendal College

2019/2020
Wednesday 4th December 2019 4.30-7.00pm Open Evening
2nd March 2020 Open Evening
21st April 2020 Open Evening
18th June 2020 Open Evening
If you are unable to attend any of the dates above. Contact the College and they will make alternative arrangements with you : hello@kendal.ac.uk

Lancaster and Morecambe College

2019/2020
Tuesday 8th October 4:30pm-7pm
Tuesday 12th November 4:30pm-7pm
Tuesday 4th February 4:30pm-7pm
Tuesday 3rd March 4:30pm-6:30pm (Apprenticeship Open Evening with approx. 40 employers)
Tue 23rd June 4:30pm-7pm
Visit Lancaster and Morecambe College website for more information or to register your place at open events.

Newton Rigg College (Penrith)

2019/2020
Saturday 9th November 2019 (Registration from 10.00am, session 10.30am-1.30pm)
Saturday 1st February 2020 (Registration from 10.00am, session 10.30am-1.30pm)
Saturday 21st March 2020 (Registration from 10.00am, session 10.30am-1.30pm)
All sessions can be booked online at: https://www.newtonrigg.ac.uk/whats-on

Provider Access Policy

Introduction
This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to pupils at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Pupil Entitlement

All pupils in years 7-11 are entitled:

to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions, taster events and Futures Friday;
to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

Management of provider access requests

Procedure
A provider wishing to request access should contact Kelly Maden, CEIAG Lead.
Telephone: 01229 471528
Email: office@walney.cumbria.sch.uk

Opportunities for access
A number of events, integrated into the school careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to speak to students and/or their parents/carers.

In addition to our careers programme, we have our weekly assembly rota:

Assembly ThemesPlease speak to our CEIAG leader to identify the most suitable opportunities for you.

Premises and Facilities

The school will make the main hall, classrooms and/or private meeting rooms available for discussions between the provider and students, as appropriate to the activity. The school will also make available AV and other specialist equipment to support provider presentations. This will all be discussed and agreed in advance with the Careers Leader or Head of Year.

Providers are welcome to leave a copy of their prospectus or other relevant course literature with the Careers Leader for use in the Careers and Leadership Area. The Careers and Leadership area is available to all students at lunch and break times.

Careers Programme

We have a very simple goal, to ensure that all our students are supported to reach their potential and leave as happy, well-rounded individuals with the qualifications and skills they need for the next stage in their lives.

Walney School Careers programme

Walney School is committed to providing all of our students in years 7 to 11 with a comprehensive programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG). We endeavour to make links to employability skills in all lessons and provide our students with many opportunities to experience the different career path options available to them once they leave school at 16 years of age.

As part of our careers programme, students complete an Employability Passport each year through years 7-11, which builds a personal portfolio of their growing understanding of employability skills, careers and further education opportunities, and records their successes in achieving employability skills.

The employability skills that we aim to develop are:

Team working
Communication
Customer/client service & commercial business awareness
Organisation, planning & time management
Problem solving
Self-awareness
Entrepreneurial skills

Students work towards different awards for the completion of their Employability Passports in each year:

Bronze Award in Year 7
Silver Award in Year 8
Gold Award in Year 9
Platinum Award in Year 10
Work Ready Award in Year 11

All students at Walney School take part in a Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) Programme that:

Aims to inspire as well as inform and guide students
Is differentiated for the student and their needs
Is integrated into the students’ experience of the whole curriculum
Encourages all students to consider their career throughout Key Stage 3 and 4
Encourages all students to develop employability skills
Provides each student with high quality, impartial advice
Enables students to have encounters with employers and employees
Enables students to learn from career labour market information
Gives the opportunity for students to experience further and higher education
Raises aspirations and provides equality of opportunity

Walney School places a high priority on providing the best quality careers provision that we can and so we are working towards the Quality in Careers Standard Award. This year (208-19) we passed Stage 1 and we are now working towards Stage 2.

The Quality in Careers Standard is the national quality award for careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in schools, colleges and work-based learning. It is fully aligned with the eight Gatsby Benchmarks for "Good Career Guidance" and fully complies with the Department for Education's 'statutory guidance'.

The Gatsby Benchmarks are national benchmarks against which we measure our careers programme. The Gatsby Benchmarks are as follows:

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. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

Our students are also working towards different levels of the Student Leadership Accreditation in each year. This is a formal way to champion and celebrate the leadership skills our secondary students develop in and out of school, requiring students to create a portfolio in which they gather and upload evidence to showcase their skills.

Walney School Careers Programme

Our careers programme is a dynamic document which changes as new opportunities arise to provide our students with the best possible careers education. We may add or alter the programme as the academic year develops, but our aims for each year group remain the same.

Year 7

Aims of careers programme	Activities	Lead	External links	Gatsby Benchmark
Students develop an understanding of their own strengths and areas for development (both personally and academically)	Employability Passport – recording own strengths & subjects they enjoy (launched Autumn half term 1) Reflection time in lessons to look at feedback of their work and set targets for improvement (ongoing throughout year) 6 Week block of Careers and Leadership lessons in PDBW- involving starting to think about the future, developing employability and leadership skills, learning about themselves and developing presentation skills.	Mrs Maden Heads of Department Mrs Maden		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmark 3 & 4 Benchmark 1, 3 & 4
Students develop their team working skills, including understanding the different roles they can take within a team	Employability Passport – recording experiences of working in a team (launch Autumn) Transition Camp (Autumn half term 1) Group work in subjects (ongoing throughout year)	Mrs Maden Mr Gilbert Heads of Department		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmark 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students gain an understanding of the range of ways they communicate to others, including spoken and written, and understand how to communicate in different settings, including public speaking	Employability Passport – recording own experiences of developing communication skills (launched Autumn half term 1) Transition Camp (Autumn half term 1) Presentation skills in subjects (ongoing throughout year)	Mrs Maden Mr Gilbert Heads of Department		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students understand what employability skills are and how these can be developed	Employability Passport (launch Autumn & ongoing throughout year) & associated assemblies and form periods Employability Passport weeks (at least one each term) – in all subjects teachers support students to understand how they are developing employability skills through different subjects	Mrs Maden Mrs Maden & Heads of Department		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students increase their understanding of the range of jobs and careers there are locally and nationally	Labour Market Information assemblies (one each term) to introduce students to LMI Futures Friday: “What’s their story?” life and career path stories from visitors – twice a year drop down events for whole school	Mrs Redshaw Mrs Maden	Wide range of visitors (employers & employees) including: BAE Systems, Siemens, Orsted, HBN Restaurants, Morgan Sindall, GlaxoSmithKlein, Signal Films, Brathay Trust, etc.	Benchmark 2 Benchmark 5
Students increase their understanding of STEM related careers and the importance of STEM subjects for their future	STEM Roadshow – workshop presentation for all students (Autumn term) Tomorrow’s Engineers Robotics Challenge after school club. Junior Maths Challenge	Mrs Redshaw Mr Hastings Mr Ingham	BAE Systems, RAF & Royal Navy	Benchmarks 4 & 5 Benchmarks 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4

Year 8

Students further develop understanding of their own strengths and areas for development (both personally and academically)	Employability Passport – recording own strengths & subjects they enjoy Reflection time in lessons to look at feedback of their work and set targets for improvement (ongoing throughout year) 6 Week block of Careers and Leadership lessons in PDBW- involving starting to think about the future, developing employability and leadership skills, learning about themselves and developing presentation skills.	Mrs Maden Heads of Department Mrs Maden		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmark 3 & 4 Benchmark 1, 3 & 4
Students further develop their team working skills	Employability Passport – recording experiences of working in a team (launch Autumn) Group work in subjects (ongoing throughout year)	Mrs Maden Heads of Department		Benchmarks 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students gain deeper understanding of the range of ways they communicate to others and how to respond to different audiences	Employability Passport – recording own experiences of developing communication skills Presentation skills in subjects (ongoing throughout year)	Mrs Maden Heads of Department		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students develop their understanding of what employability skills are and how these can be developed	Employability Passport (launch Autumn & ongoing throughout year) & associated assemblies and form periods Employability Passport weeks (at least one each term) – in all subjects teachers support students to understand how they are developing employability skills through different subjects	Mrs Maden Heads of Department		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students increase their understanding of the range of jobs and careers there are locally and nationally	Labour Market Information assemblies (one each term) to introduce students to LMI Futures Friday: “What’s their story?” life and career path stories from visitors – twice a year drop down events for whole school	Mrs Redshaw Mrs Maden	Wide range of visitors (employers & employees) including: BAE Systems, Siemens, Orsted, HBN Restaurants, Morgan Sindall, GlaxoSmithKlein, Signal Films, Brathay Trust, etc. and further & higher education providers	Benchmark 2 Benchmark 5 & 7
Students increase their understanding of STEM related careers and the importance of STEM subjects for their future	STEM Roadshow – workshop presentation for all students (Autumn term) Junior Maths Challenge Big Bang Fair STEM activity day (Furness College) - opportunity for students to meet employers from different local businesses. Faraday Challenge STEM Inter-school competition (for selected students)	Mrs Redshaw Mr Ingham Mrs Booth Mrs Booth	BAE Systems, RAF & Royal Navy Variety of employers from local business	Benchmarks 4 & 5 Benchmarks 3 & 4 Benchmarks 4, 5 & 7 Benchmarks 3 & 4

YEAR 9

Students continue to develop understanding of their own strengths and areas for development (both personally and academically)	Employability Passport Reflection time in lessons to look at feedback of their work and set targets for improvement (ongoing throughout year) 6 Week block of Careers and Leadership lessons in PDBW	Mrs Maden Heads of Department Mrs Maden
Students are supported to make informed choices about their options	Aspirations survey (half term 1 & repeated on 3 occasions) Futures Assembly (half term 1) Your Future workshops(half term 2) Progression Routes assembly (half term 2) Options evening with parents (half term 3) 1:1 guidance interviews (half term 4 Workshop on researching careers (half term 4) Careers Fair (December) Students with an EHCP have 1:1 meetings with a trained careers advisor provided by INSPIRA.	Mrs Redshaw Mrs Maden Mrs Redshaw	Hello Future (CCOP) Wide range of employers & training providers, including: BAE, Siemens, the army, Royal Navy, NHS, Cumbria County Council, Gen2, Taylor Made Training, etc INSPIRA	Benchmarks 1, 3 & 8 Benchmark 5 Benchmark 3
Students further develop their team working skills	Employability Passport – recording experiences of working in a team (launch Autumn) Group work in subjects (ongoing throughout year)	Mrs Maden Heads of Department		Benchmarks 1, 3 & 4 Benchmarks 3 & 4
Students further increase their understanding of STEM related careers and the importance of STEM subjects for their future	Brilliant Club run by The Scholars Programme. Aims to widen access to highly selective universities by placing PhD researchers into schools as tutors to deliver programmes of university-style tutorials (selected students).	Mr Higgs	Hello Future/The Scholars Programme	Benchmarks 4 & 7
Students further increase their understanding of the range of jobs and careers there are locally and nationally	Futures Friday: Learn to Earn Enterprise day (autumn term) Futures Friday: “What’s their story?” life and career path stories from visitors (July) Labour Market Information assembly (autumn half term 1) Labour Market Information presentation for parents (spring term) Careers Fair (December)	Mrs Maden Mrs Maden Mrs Redshaw Mrs Redshaw Mrs Maden	Young Enterprise & variety of business vistors Wide range of visitors (employers & employees) including: BAE Systems, Siemens, Orsted, HBN Restaurants, Morgan Sindall, GlaxoSmithKlein, Signal Films, Brathay Trust, etc. and a range of further & higher education providers Hello Future Hello Future Wide range of employers & training providers, including: BAE, Siemens, the army, Royal Navy, NHS, Cumbria County Council, Gen2, Taylor Made Training, University of Cumbria, University of Lancaster, Lancaster & Morecombe College, Kendal College, Furness College, Barrow Sixth Form, UVHS Sixth Form, Newton Rigg College	Benchmarks 2 & 5 Benchmarks 5 & 7 Benchmark 2 Benchmark 2 Benchmarks 5 & 7
Students gain an understanding of the range of further and higher education options available to them	Talks from Oxford and Cambridge University and Labour Market Information followed by a visit to a University. Trip to Lancaster University for target grade 6-9 students. Careers Fair (December)	Mrs Maden Mrs Maden Mrs Maden	Hello Future/Oxford & Cambridge Universtities University of Lancaster Wide range of providers, including University of Cumbria, University of Lancaster, Lancaster & Morecombe College, Kendal College, Furness College, Barrow Sixth Form, UVHS Sixth Form, Newton Rigg College	Benchmark 7 Benchmark 7 Benchmark 7

YEAR 10

Click this link for details of apprenticeship events in our area through the month of February 2020:

Apprenticeship Events in February Y10 Walney School Careers Programme

YEAR 11

Click this link for details of apprenticeship events in our area through the month of February 2020:

Apprenticeship Events in February 2020 Year 11 Walney School Careers Programme

Futures Friday

We now have a minimum of two Futures Friday events each year and have up to 70 different visitors/companies coming into school to share their career stories with our students.

We have developed Futures Friday so that it now includes some hands on activities, where students experience the skills required in the careers of our local employers. Students in KS4 also have some choice as to which sectors they would like to meet employers from. In KS3 we strongly believe it is beneficial for our students to experience career stories from as many different visitors and sectors as we can, opening their eyes to the endless career possibilities available to them.

The day was organised to support all Walney students from years 7-11 to develop their employability skills and to understand how school life prepares them for the world of work. During the course of the day we welcomed 45 visitors into school to inspire our students with stories of their working life and career journeys. Our visitors were from a variety of employment sectors, including: fire service, teaching, engineering, construction, the arts, media, publishing, voluntary sector, accountancy, police service, etc. We were also joined by representatives from Hello Future, Inspira, Brathay Trust and Jobcentre Plus. The day launched our Employability Passport.

Quotes from local employers who visited us on Futures Friday:

Fantastic Students worked so hard all day- I loved it!
Lucy Forshaw, Young Enterprise

Students were great- they asked some really interesting questions
Andy Jolly, BAE Systems

Fantastic day, well organised, hope the pupils get out of it what I have
Simon Morgan, Cumbria Fire and Rescue

An amazing experience sharing my life story. The pupils listened and engaged. They are a credit to the school
Phil Sullivan, Barrow Police

Employability Passport

Employability passport (Y7 Y8)

Employability passport (Y9)

Employability passport (Y10)

Employability passport (Y11)