Our Curriculum
Aspirations & Careers
CEIAG
CEIAG is a key component of Little Lever School’s Life Chances Strategy, we are committed to providing a comprehensive and planned programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) for all students in years 7 to 11.
We aim to support and develop all of our students by:
Developing the skills and attributes required to review achievements, research and plan future actions, make informed decisions and proactively and effectively engage with the transition process to life beyond secondary school.
Providing a curriculum that ‘brings learning to life’ by highlighting connections between the learning a student experiences and the opportunities presented by higher education and future employment.
Developing an understanding of the world of work and the changing world in which we live.
Providing high quality, impartial careers guidance.
Developing, across all subject areas, the key skills and attributes that will support all of our students in securing future success, both whilst at school and in the wider world.
Committed to the fulfilment of the eight Gatsby benchmarks of Good Career Guidance:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
Aspirations & Careers Visual Learning Journey
View- Our Commitment
Little Lever School is committed to ensuring that our CEIAG programme continuously improves and it delivers the necessary impacts for our young people. This is achieved through:
A designated Leader of Careers (Mr M. Welch) and a designated Senior Careers Leader (Ms M. Moore).
An independent Careers Advisor who is dedicated to providing impartial careers information, advice and guidance to students on all the options available to them.
Reporting to SLT and Governors.
A dedicated online platform providing a broad range of up-to-date information and online resources on key post-16 opportunities.
Attendance and active engagement at the Bolton CEIAG Hub.
Establishing and developing links with FE Colleges, apprenticeship providers, University Technical Colleges and universities.
Establishing and developing links with employers.
Opportunities provided by NCOP in relation to Higher Education and the world of work.
Building a network of alumni who can help with the careers guidance and Life Chances plan.
Liaison and support from the Enterprise Coordinator
Monitoring of the eight Gatsby benchmarks through the Compass evaluation tool.
Tracking and evaluation of retention and destination data and analysing the data to provide our students with the latest trends and labour market information.
Evaluation through and accreditation by the Quality in Careers Standard Award.
- Destination Data
All students are supported and tracked during their time at Little Lever School. Interventions are put into place to support and ensure all students have a September guarantee. This is closely monitored by the CEIAG team so every leaver is engaged in some form of education, employment or training.
Students with additional needs are supported within school though additional careers meetings with our careers service, personalised visits to post 16 establishments are arranged and extra support is given to them whilst the students complete their post 16 application. We also work closely with the careers service to ensure that vulnerable students are supported throughout the summer before they enrol with their destination.
The school continues to offer support to leavers once the enrolments have taken place. Tracking is continued and support is offered to those who haven’t been able to secure an appropriate place at a post 16 destination.
- Programme of Activity
Discrete programme of CEIAG lessons delivered through the Life Chances programme (Years 7 to 11):
Year 7
Autumn Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, Personal Finance, Developing Key communication skills
Spring Term: Pixl Edge Qualification
Summer Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, Understanding myself: skills and qualities, Start online – Labour Market information
Year 8
Autumn Term: Pixl Edge Qualification
Spring Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, Interview technique, Stereotypes in the workplace, How to make ‘Well informed reasonable decisions’, Options Assembly, Options open evening, KS4 taster sessions, One to one/small group meetings with careers professional
Summer Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, One to one/small group meetings with careers professional
Year 9
Autumn Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, Enterprise Charity
Spring Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, One to one/small group meetings with careers professional, Personal Finance, Stereotypes in the work place, Revaluating understanding myself, Labour Market information
Summer Term: Pixl Edge Qualification, One to one/small group meetings with careers professional
Year 10
Autumn Term: One to one/small group meetings with careers professional, Enterprise charity event
Spring Term: One to one/small group meetings with careers professional
Summer Term: One to one/small group meetings with careers professional, Post 16 preparation – presentations, CV writing, Personal statement, Post 16 provider visits.
Year 11
Autumn Term: One to one/small group meetings with careers professional, Post 16 Fair, Post 16 provider assemblies, NCS Assembly
Spring Term: One to one/small group meetings with careers professional, Post 16 provider assemblies
Summer Term: One to one/small group meetings with careers professional, NCS Sign up
Throughout the academic year we also provide:
Identification of each student’s career aspiration to support personalisation of careers guidance.
Access to an independent Careers Advisor; students from all years are directed as required and may also request an appointment at any time.
A range of assemblies that focus on raising aspirations and future choices.
A comprehensive career education programme at key transition points, delivered by Edge tutors, Leader of Careers, Careers Advisor and SLT:
– Options process (dedicated CEIAG lessons, options assembly, options evening with an opportunity to speak with every subject area, ‘taster’ GCSE lessons, interview preparation, referral to Careers Advisor, one-to-one interview (parents and carers invited to attend) with feedback, parent/carer feedback/evaluation of process).
– Post-16 transition (‘How to help your child succeed’ evening, support for post-16 applications, presentations from a range of post-16 providers, post-16 evening with representatives from over 12 regional providers including sixth form colleges, apprenticeship providers, National Citizenship Service, Armed Forces and Connexions, college visits, individual college visits for SEND and vulnerable students).
Student completion of START programme; an online tool designed to support students in years 7 to 11 to make informed decisions about future study and careers options.
Work Experience placements
- Working With Parents & Carers
- Life After Little Lever - Supporting Transition into Key Stage 5
We want to ensure that our Year 11 students are effectively supported as they transition from Key Stage 4 into Key Stage 5 or employment with training. The resources found in the page below aim to help students, parents and carers with this transition.
https://www.little-lever.bolton.sch.uk/learning-zone/?subject-37=life-after-little-lever
- Provider Access Policy