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Careers Education
Our Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) programme aims to be inclusive of all Stratford School Academy pupils, helping our young people to gain the knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes required to make informed choices about their futures.
At Stratford School Academy, we value the importance of students gaining insight into different careers to support them in making these decisions. All students have access to Morrisby, a careers platform that enables them to explore their skills and interests and understand how these can be transferred into specific careers.
We encourage our students to reflect on the skills and experiences that they are developing both through their education and through extra-curricular activities. Our PSHCE careers curriculum, prompts students to consider their strengths, interests, and the demands of the current labour market.
In addition, all year groups actively participate in National Careers Week, National Apprenticeship Week, and Green Careers Week. Through assemblies, tutor activities, and trips, students are encouraged to think about their aspirations, how their subjects connect to different career pathways, and what further skills they may need to develop for the future.
We believe that providing students with high-quality careers education and guidance is key to enabling them to succeed beyond school. Our programme is developed in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks, which provide a nationally recognised framework for effective whole-school careers provision.
Careers Leader
Our academy Careers Leader, Ms. Courtney Green, holds a Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance and Development and is registered with the Careers Development Institute. Ms. Green adheres to the CDI Code of Ethics to ensure impartiality in her careers practice.
During Year 10 – Year 11, all students will have a one-to-one session with a careers adviser to discuss their aspirations and options as they approach the end of KS4. Post-interview feedback is collected to quality-assure the careers guidance students receive.
To request a careers meeting for your child, please email or call
c.green@stratfordschoolacademy.org 0203 823 2060
Alumni
Future First supports our schools' careers programme by helping us manage and grow our alumni network. Through this network, former students share their career journeys, inspire our current pupils, and offer valuable advice on developing the essential skills needed for the workplace.
We are always eager to welcome more past students and supporters to our alumni community. By joining, you can play a vital role in shaping the aspirations of our young people and helping them prepare for the future.
https://www.futurefirsthub.org.uk/register/stratfordschool
Monitoring of the Careers Programme
- Destination data is used to measure the long-term impact of the careers programme, we are proud that in 2024, 99% of our students continued into education, training or employment after finishing Year 11.
- Feedback is collected from careers events, by teachers, employers and students to quality assure our programme.
- The careers programme is regularly evaluated through a termly Compass+ Questionnaire.
- Parents and carers provide feedback on careers education through the Kirkland Rowland Survey, Parent Coffee Morning feedback forms and Parent/ Carer Forums.
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Careers Websites
UCAS
Support with exploring both post 16 and post 18 options, exploring subject content, universities and apprenticeships. There is also support with career planning and writing personal statements for college.
Career Pilot
Career Pilot helps young people with exploring their choices at 14, 16 and 18. There is lots of information about vocational qualifications, A Levels, Apprenticeships and finding work experience!
My World of Work
My World of Work enables students to develop a better understanding of what the working world looks like. Students can hear from real people to discover what their carer is like, in short snippets.
GOV find an Apprenticeship
Find apprenticeships with gov.uk in diverse career sectors and industries as well as details about apprenticeships in general.
Find an Apprenticeship Service
National Careers Service
This is the government’s careers website, with tools and descriptions of jobs, training routes and salary information. On this website you can take a skills assessment, explore different careers and even speak to a careers adviser through the chat function.
Prospects
Prospects is a graduate careers website, with detailed job descriptions, as well as guidance for progressing in your career. There are sections which break down clearly the differences in roles within a career sector.
Labour Market Information
Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers.
It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.
Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare.
