Our Careers service is committed to working in line with the GATSBY benchmarks. These are:
| Benchmark | Description |
| 1. A stable careers programme | Every school and college should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by pupils, parents, teachers and employers. |
| 2. Learning from career and labour market information | Every pupil, and their parents, should have access to good- quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. They will need the support of an informed adviser to make best use of available information. |
| 3. Addressing the needs of each pupil | Pupils have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each pupil. A school’s careers programme should embed equality and diversity considerations throughout. |
| 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers | All teachers should link curriculum learning with careers. For example, STEM subject teachers should highlight the relevance of STEM subjects for a wide range of future career paths. |
| 5. Encounters with employers and employees | Every pupil should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace. This can be through a range of enrichment activities including visiting speakers, mentoring and enterprise schemes. |
| 6. Experiences of workplaces | Every pupil should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities, and expand their networks. |
| 7. Encounters with further and higher education | All pupils should understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace. |
| 8. Personal guidance | Every pupil should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a careers adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level. These should be available whenever significant study or career choices are being made. They should be expected for all pupils but should be timed to meet their individual needs. |
Provider Access
This statement sets out the arrangements for managing the access of providers to students at the Sixth Form for the purposes of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997 (Baker Clause).
Our events, integrated into the sixth form’s careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into the Sixth Form to speak to students and/or their parents.
Examples of opportunities available for employers/providers to attend are:
– Pop-up opportunities for promoting volunteering/jobs and work experience
– Employer/Provider visits to small group sessions, assemblies, or workshops
– Parents /open days and freshers Fair events
– Annual Career fair on Higher education and Apprenticeship.
We make our building available to allow access between the provider and students, as appropriate to the activity. Providers are welcome to leave a copy of their prospectus in our library. SBU6’s policies on safeguarding will be followed by providers accessing our premises as visitors to talk to our students.
A provider wishing to request access can contact: Caron Bernard, Head of Student Services caron.bernard@sbusixth.ac.uk and Sharon Carnegie, Vice Principal Student Experience sharon.carnegie@sbusixth.ac.uk