As a school we have a statutory and moral duty to provide students in all years a careers education, information, advice and guidance. Guidance takes place within the Personal Development curriculum with support from, not only Form Tutors and their Heads of Year, but also all Heads of Department and their Curriculum team via their schemes of work which include information given to all students about possible careers in their subject areas.

One to one interviews are allocated to groups of students with an independent advisor from Ideas4Careers who visits school once a week. Please liaise with Mrs C Hellend-Carr if you would like to have an interview, otherwise all students will be scheduled for an interview so that each young person has at least one interview with a careers adviser by the age of 16.  Interview slots are booked on a weekly basis and last 40 minutes.

What do personal career guidance meeting with Ideas4Careers aim to achieve?

Through professional careers guidance, we help students discover their strengths, explore opportunities and build confidence in planning their next steps, whether that’s further education, higher education, training, apprenticeships or employment. As members of Career Development Institute, we abide by their Code of Ethics meaning every student has high quality guidance.

Careers preparation, called Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) is taught to all years within the school.

We continually assess the impact of the careers programme through such things as student voice, statistical analysis of work experience placements and NEET figures. From our 2023 cohort,   100% of our students went onto Full Time Education or Apprenticeships, providing evidence  that our students leave us equipped with the skills and knowledge for future learning and employment.

The eight Gatsby Benchmarks serve as a framework for world class careers provision and have been adopted as part of the Government’s Careers Strategy which forms the statutory guidance for schools.

The eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance are:

1. A stable careers programme.
2. Learning from career and labour market information.
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil.
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.

Students are entitled to:

• clear advice and information about ALL the options available, so that they understand what they involve.
• support and guidance to help them make choices and complete a career plan for the future.
• help to decide what to do when they leave the school, including further learning, training and employment.
• a programme of careers education helping Students develop skills and knowledge to make choices and the transition to work and learning.
• an opportunity to learn about the world of work, including a week of work experience in Year 10.

Find out more by reading our Careers Education Information which can be found using the button on the right of this page.

Careers by Year Group

Year 7

Year 8

 Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Career Provider Access Policy

The John Flamsteed Community School policy for Access to other education and training providers has the following aims:

• To develop the knowledge and awareness of our students of all career pathways available to them, including technical qualifications and apprenticeships.
• To support young people to be able to learn more about opportunities for education and training outside of school before making crucial choices about their future options.
• To reduce drop out from courses and avoid the risk of students becoming NEET (Young people not in education, employment or training).

Please find read our Access Policy which can be found using the button on the right of this page.

Key Careers Contact

Our careers programme has been developed and is reviewed annually by the Careers Leader and Line Manager Mrs C Hellend-Carr and Mrs H Frost-Briggs based on current good practice guidelines by the Department
for Education.

Career Leader: Mrs C Hellend-Carr

Contact E-mail: hellendc@jfcs.org.uk

You can request to speak to Mrs Hellend-Carr by contacting the school on 01332 880260.