Careers Education & Guidance is provided to every pupil from year 7 to 11. In both Key Stages, pupils participate in CEIAG lessons through a fortnightly one hour session, delivered by their Form Tutors.
All CEIAG lessons are geared towards preparing pupils for the world of work after education. Their CEIAG journey begins in Year 7 where pupils are given opportunities to discuss their skills, qualities and long term goals and continues right up until the end of Year 11 by which time pupils have explored their future pathways, written CVs and applied for college places Post-16.
To help and support pupils in making the right decisions after they leave school, all Year 11 pupils are offered a Careers interview in the autumn term to provide them with guidance and support in finding the right college place for them. In this interview pupils are able to view and take away local college prospectuses and will receive guidance on application deadlines and completing application forms.
In addition to their careers interviews, pupils and parents also have continuous careers support through the use of the careers email service whereby any questions or queries can be sent and will be answered by a specialist careers teacher within school. This service can be accessed by emailing careers@bishopbarrington.net.
All pupils are supported in their careers decision making by the careers software Careerscape and Kudos online. Pupils have opportunities to use these packages during their careers lessons, however they can also be accessed through the link on the right.
