Our Careers Programme is a planned and progressive programme for all students in Years 7–11. It is designed to help students develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and experiences they need to make informed decisions about their future education, training and employment.

The programme is aligned with the Department for Education statutory guidance and the eight Gatsby Benchmarks for Good Career Guidance. It is also informed by the Career Development Institute (CDI) Career Development Framework, which focuses on six areas of career development: Grow throughout life, Explore possibilities, Manage career, Create opportunities, Balance life and work, and See the big picture.

Our careers provision includes:

• Timetabled careers education lessons
• Careers and labour market information
• Encounters with employers and employees
• Experiences of workplaces and work-related learning
• Further and higher education encounters
• Information about apprenticeships, technical and vocational pathways
• One-to-one careers guidance
• Careers learning through the curriculum and CPSHE
• Support with post-16 and post-18 choices, applications and transition

The programme is inclusive and responsive to the needs of each student, supporting them to understand their strengths and interests, explore a wide range of opportunities and develop the skills needed for successful transitions and lifelong career development.

Careers Guidance

Mrs Lee, our Careers Leader, is qualified to Level 6 in Careers Guidance and Development and follows the CDI Code of Ethics.

Our careers guidance is:

• Impartial and focused on supporting students to make informed choices
• Inclusive of the full range of education, training and employment pathways, including sixth forms, colleges, apprenticeships, technical and vocational routes
• Tailored to the individual needs, interests and aspirations of each student
• Designed to support students to understand their options, make informed decisions and plan their next steps
• Delivered with the best interests of students at its centre

Provider Access Legislation

Under the Provider Access Legislation, schools must provide pupils in Years 8–13 with at least six meaningful encounters with providers of technical education and apprenticeships.

These encounters are designed to ensure that students understand the full range of education and training pathways available to them, including apprenticeships, T Levels, Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs), vocational and technical routes.

The six encounters are structured across three key phases:

• First key phase – Year 8 or Year 9: Two encounters, which are mandatory for all pupils to attend.
• Second key phase – Year 10 or Year 11: Two encounters, which are mandatory for all pupils to attend.
• Third key phase – Year 12 or Year 13: Two encounters, which the school is required to provide but which are optional for pupils to attend.

Provider encounters should give students the opportunity to learn about the provider, the technical qualifications or apprenticeships available, the careers these routes can lead to, and what learning or training with the provider is like. Students should also have opportunities to ask questions and reflect on what they have learned.

Our Provider Access Policy sets out how St Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls provides opportunities for education and training providers to engage with our students and how providers can request access to the school.

Careers Newsletters

• November 2022
• February 2023
• March 2023
• July 2023
• March 2024
• July 2025
• December 2025
• March 2026

St. Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls has been awarded the Quality in Careers Standard. This accreditation recognises the school’s commitment in providing excellent careers provision for all of our students.  We are extremely proud.

View our news article here and certificate below. 

By working in partnership with external agencies, we will provide accurate and focused careers information, advice and guidance tailored to individual needs to enable young people to make informed choices about their future career routes.

We always welcome the opportunity to develop new partnerships to add to our existing partnerships. If you are an employer, apprenticeship provider, university, higher education provider, a parent or alumni and would like to arrange to come in to deliver careers related talks to our students, please contact: Mrs Julie Lee (Contact Details above).

A number of events, integrated into the school careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to students and/or their parents/carers

We are keen to gain feedback from a range of stakeholders including parents, students, teachers and employers. If you would like to give us feedback about our careers programme, please get in touch using the email above.

If you are interested in working with young people but unsure how, please see the following guide which helps employers to effectively support students with experiences of the workplace:
https://resources.careersandenterprise.co.uk/for/employers-and-volunteers

If you are interested in talking to our students, please fill in this form: https://forms.office.com/e/tZ64fxd8Z6

Work experience is an important part of our careers programme. It enables students to develop an understanding of the workplace, explore areas of career interest and develop valuable employability skills.

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 10 students are given the opportunity to take part in meaningful work experience during the summer term. Students are encouraged to research and arrange a placement that reflects their interests, skills and future aspirations, with support from their parent or carer.

The school provides guidance and resources to help students identify suitable opportunities and understand how to approach employers. However, students and their parents or carers are responsible for securing a placement, and the school does not guarantee or arrange individual placements.

All proposed placements are subject to appropriate checks and safeguarding, health and safety and accessibility arrangements. Students receive preparation before their placement and are given opportunities to reflect on their experiences afterwards.
Where a student is unable to secure a suitable placement, the school will provide appropriate alternative work-related learning opportunities.

We recognise that students may require additional support or reasonable adjustments to access work experience. We work with students, parents/carers and relevant staff to help ensure that all students can benefit from meaningful workplace learning.

For further information about Year 10 work experience, please contact Mrs Julie Lee, Careers Leader and Careers Adviser, at leej@st-annes.enfield.sch.uk.

Careers provision questionnaire form for Parents/Careers.  This form will be used as part of the school’s review and evaluation process for careers education information and guidance (CEIAG).

Parents Questionnaire - Please email completed Questionnaires to Mrs Lee leej@st-annes.enfield.sch.uk 

Have you found this online information page useful? Please complete our Parents/Carers Survey: 
https://forms.office.com/e/qyRseQPshR

Careers Parent/Carer database

We would like to invite  parents/carers to come in and speak to our students about their career paths. It would be really valuable for students to hear first hand about a range of different employability sectors. If you feel that this is something you could offer the school, please use the link below to fill out the form:

https://forms.office.com/r/CtPukhX7wX

Resources below give guidance on Careers in the curriculum:

• Where can Subjects take you
• Apprenticeships Teacher Guide
• CDI Framework
• Careers in the Curriculum
• Gatsby Good Careers Guidance
• T-Levels - Alternative to A Levels   ~   T-Levels: What's Available
• Traineeships
• Creative Degrees
• Medical Degrees
• Oxbridge Applications

Useful Websites for Students:

• Find an apprenticeship
• National Careers Service
• Rate My Apprenticeship
• Rate My Apprenticeship
• Careerpilot

Useful Resources:

• Which Activity Planners:
  • 11-14
  • 14-16
  • 16-18
• Guide to Choosing KS4 Options
• Guide to Post-16 Options
• Local Sixth Form & College Open Days
• Where can Subjects take you
• Guide to your future
• Oxbridge Applications
• Apprenticeships Overview

Labour Market Information (LMI) is the name for facts and figures about jobs and employment. The information is used to give an overall picture of the past, present and future of work. The labour market is the term used to describe the amount of people working and looking for work, and the amount of jobs. 

Useful Links

Have a look on the websites below for more useful information:

• Labour market overview, UK – Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlP0EhOLz8
• https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/explore_lmi/learning-units/what-is-lmi/

Careerometer

The Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers. It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.

Simply click on the dotted square and type in the title of the job you are interested in. The widget will then provide a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another occupation and compare them. You can also select ‘Display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation chosen

Use this link to access to Careerometer: https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/careerometer/

Destinations of Our Students

At St Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls, we support every student to make informed decisions about their next steps and to progress to a suitable and sustained destination after Year 11.

Our careers programme provides students with opportunities to explore the full range of post-16 pathways, including:

•Sixth form and further education colleges
•Technical and vocational education and training
•Apprenticeships
•T Levels and other technical qualifications
•Supported internships and specialist provision, where appropriate
•Employment and other suitable pathways

Tracking and Evaluating Destinations

The school collects and analyses information about students’ intended and actual destinations. This information helps us to:

•Monitor students’ progression after Year 11.
•Identify students who may require additional careers information, advice and guidance.
•Support students who do not yet have a clear intended destination.
•Inform individual careers guidance and transition support.
•Evaluate the impact of our careers programme and identify areas for further development.
•Inform future careers programme planning and provision.

During Year 11, students are supported to consider their post-16 options and are asked to provide information about their intended destinations, applications and offers where appropriate. This information is used to identify students who may need additional support with decision-making, applications or transition.

Students receive individual careers guidance from Mrs Julie Lee, Careers Leader and Careers Adviser, who holds a Level 6 qualification in Careers Guidance. Additional support is provided where required, including for students with SEND and those who may be at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training).

We recognise that there is no single destination that is right for every student. An appropriate next step will depend on each student's individual circumstances, including their attainment, strengths, interests, skills, aspirations and career goals. Students are therefore encouraged to explore a range of suitable options before making their decisions.

Local Authority Destinations Data

The school works with the Local Authority and uses destination information as part of its ongoing evaluation of careers provision.

The Enfield Local Authority Destinations Activity Survey Report 2023–24 provides information about the destinations of our Year 11 students following Key Stage 4.

The report recorded that 100% of St Anne’s Year 11 students were recorded as progressing to a further education or other education/training placement on leaving Key Stage 4.

This information contributes to our evaluation of the careers programme and helps us identify priorities for further development and support.

Examples of Post-16 Destinations

Our students have progressed to a wide range of further education, sixth form, technical, vocational and apprenticeship opportunities. Examples of destinations include:

•Big Creative Education
•BRIT School
•Woodhouse College
•London Academy of Excellence Tottenham and Stratford
•Other sixth forms and further education colleges

Click here to see the Local Authority Destinations Activity Survey Report

Destination information is reviewed annually and is used alongside student feedback, careers guidance records, participation in careers activities, employer and provider feedback and other evaluation evidence to help us continually improve our careers programme.