Careers Advice and Support – Clifton Community School

The Careers Office is based near the Library and is staffed by Miss Baldwin, the School’s Careers Co-ordinator. Through the Careers Office, we can offer you a range of opportunities to plan and research your future study/employment options.

Mrs K Baldwin

Careers and Post 16 Transition Coordinator

kbaldwin@cliftonschool.org

Mrs J Webster

Careers Lead

jwebster@cliftonschool.org

Clifton Careers Policy

The Gatsby Benchmarks

Careers Programme

Strategic Goals

At Clifton Community School, we aim to fulfil a set of strategic goals set out by the department of education with regards to the careers programme and the support and advice we offer within the school.

All schools to begin working toward the Gatsby Benchmarks, meeting them by the end of 2020.
All schools to have a named Careers Leader in place by September 2018.
Schools and colleges should offer every young person in years 7 – 11 at least one encounter a year by 2020.
Schools and colleges to have access to an Enterprise Adviser by the end of 2020.
All schools should have in place a link governor for careers.
Every school must ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access all pupils in year 8 to year 11.

How the school measures and assesses the impact of the careers programme on pupils

Activity is evaluated by students on an individual basis.
Overall provision and ideas for improvement are tabled and discussed as agenda items at Student Council.
Provision is assessed against the national Gatsby Benchmarks and areas for development are identified.
Careers and employability provision is also informed through annual individual student surveys asking respondents to identify areas of interest and support needed – this information is then used to support individuals and plan provisions such as trips to specific places of learning or employment.
Provision is also informed through the sharing of good practice through local careers network meetings, the enterprise adviser network that the school is a part of and the professional development of the Careers Leader.