Careers Guidance
Careers Education, Information and Guidance (CEIAG) at Blessed Trinity
The role of the Careers Department in school is to equip pupils with the skills and knowledge that they need to make informed decisions about their future. Our aim is to enable all pupils to achieve their full potential.
Requesting a Careers Interview
Mrs Hart is the Careers Lead in school and is available Monday – Friday in the Careers Office. If you would like to request an interview you can do so by following this link:
Careers Guidance Meeting Request Form (office.com)
Parents advice and resources
View support and information for helping your child with their career and education decisions.
Parents advice and resources | Skills for Careers (education.gov.uk)
Making your careers conversations easier - Talking Futures
Parents are welcome to attend careers interviews along with their son/daughter. Please email Mrs Hart – Careers Leader – khart@btrcc.lancs.sch.uk
Resources
There are lots of useful resources available to you, please see below for further details.
Available for download at the bottom of the page:
- Blessed Trinity RC College Careers Programme
- Careers Destination Data Report (2023 Update)
- Gatsby Benchmarks 2021-22
- Careers Advice for Year 11 Leavers
- Careers Guidance
- Parents Guide
Blessed Trinity RC College: Policy Access Statement (Baker Clause)
This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to pupils at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.
Blessed Trinity RC College use the Gatsby 8 benchmarks to inform the provision of Careers Education, Information and Guidance (CEIAG) delivered. As part of our commitment to informing students of the full range of learning and training routes available, we consider requests from training providers, vocational education routes and apprenticeship providers to speak to students and we will also approach these partners ourselves when planning and organising key CEIAG events throughout the school year.
CEG Policy including policy access statement (Baker Clause)
Opportunities for access
A number of opportunities exist within the CEIAG programme which may be suitable for providers to visit the school to speak to students. These include:
PSHE lessons
There are dedicated PSHE lessons for CEIAG at different points throughout the school year.
Xello
Students can access Xello using the link below:
Xello for students
Future U
We are working with Future U to support our pupils and provide them with the relevant information and guidance linked to Higher Education.
Careers Fair
Annual careers fair for pupils in Years 9, 10 and 11. We welcome employers, training providers, universities and FE providers to this event.
STEAM Event
We host a STEAM event for Years 7,8,9,10 and 11. We welcome employers, training providers, universities and FE providers to this exciting event.
Mock Interview
Event We welcome visitors to take part in this event, providing our Year 11 pupils with an interview experience.
Assemblies
We welcome visitors to the school regularly to enhance students understanding of the world of work.
Throughout the year
All requests should be emailed in advance of an expected date for the planned session. All requests will be given due consideration from the designated Careers Leader and Senior Leadership. Requests will be refused if:
• They impinge on student’s preparation for public or internal exams
• They clash with other planned school events
• The school is unable to provide staff to support the event
• Rooming is unable to be found due to timetabling clashes
In the first instance requests by providers should be sent to the designated Careers Leader Mrs K Hart khart@btrcc.lancs.sch.uk For questions on this or the wider CEIAG programme at Blessed Trinity, please do not hesitate contact us.
Measuring the Impact
How the school measure and assesses the impact of the careers programme on pupils 2021 – 2022
Blessed Trinity uses the Compass Plus programme to assess ongoing progress in relation to the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. This is completed in partnership with the Careers and Enterprise company every half term.
Blessed Trinity has a Careers Programme in place which is reviewed termly and adapted to meet the needs of pupils. Various methods are used to evaluate key careers events and their impact, this data is then fed into planning for the following term. The CEC Future Skills survey will be embedded into the school careers programme and will measure pupil progress from Y7 – Y11.
KS4 Destination Data is used as a measuring tool
Currently the Careers Programme is being reviewed to take into account the recently updated CDI Framework. The school careers programme will be mapped against the six career learning development skills.
1. Grow throughout life
2. Explore possibilities
3. Manage career
4. Create opportunities
5. Balance life and work
6. See the big picture
CEIAG sits within the school personal development programme.
Blessed Trinity offers careers information, advice and guidance to all pupils.
We continue to receive regular updates from colleges and training providers and will update this page on a regular basis. All year 11 pupils should've already applied. Mrs Hart will continue to contact individual pupils and provide careers support for anyone that hasn't yet secured anything. Please get in touch if you are worried about your plans for the future.
Mrs Hart - khart@btrcc.lancs.sch.uk
BTRCC Careers
& Transition Support
Welcome to our brand new portal!
https://sites.google.com/btrcc.co.uk/year11transition2021/home
Please navigate using the headings at the top of the page.
The portal is still under development and will be updated weekly.
If you have any questions then please contact