Careers Support at Fullerton House School

Introduction and aims
This page has been designed to support the statutory guidance issued by the DfE January 2018 (Careers guidance and access for education and training providers) This guidance will support/inform our careers education, information, advice and guidance policy.
  
Student entitlement:   In accordance to the DfE guidance (January 2018 – Careers guidance and access for education and training providers) we recognise all students in years 8-13 are entitled to:  

• find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;  

• hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;  

• understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses  

Within this it is acknowledged that for our students with complex needs we should always aspire to opportunities of paid employment. For those adults who leave school and best interests decisions support voluntary, educational or training opportunities being their best next step our careers guidance/transition planning processes will support a move towards these destinations.

Staff structure for careers provision
Our current named professional with responsibility for ensuring students have access to their entitlements under DfE guidance is:

Marc Hughes, Head Teacher,  Tel: 01709 861663  Email: marc.hughes@hesleygroup.co.uk

Working alongside student’s EHC plans and reviews
As a  school we seek to consider/acknowledge each student’s aspirations for adulthood and record these in our transition planning EHCP section; using such aspirations teachers will identify opportunities which enable students to find out further information/make visits to work based providers from year 10 upwards (where these provide meaning) to provide our students and their families with further information, advice and guidance. 

From Year 13 our named staff with responsibility for careers guidance will attend all EHCP reviews offering students and their families’ information in regard to future options – eg – colleges of further education – college prospectus/course information.  In Year 14 identified colleges of FE will be invited to student annual reviews arranging visits/interviews with students based upon preferences provided.

Annual program of careers related events
Additionally, a number of events, integrated into our school’s careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to students and/or their parents/carers: 

Current opportunities include:

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Key Stages 3 and 4	Visit to a local employer        Careers talk by specialist professional        Opportunity to visit a careers fair	Opportunities to visit college open events       Opportunity for a careers interview as required	Learning opportunities to develop CV skills
Key Stage 5	Visit to a local employer        Careers talk by specialist professional        Opportunity to visit a careers fair        Weekly meaningful work experience in an area of interest	Opportunities to visit college open events        Opportunity for a careers interview as required        Weekly meaningful work experience in an area of interest	Support with building CV, record of achievement and application forms as required.        Weekly meaningful work experience in an area of interest

Equality of Opportunity
We recognise that all students and their families have the same entitlement to opportunities to access training providers; using information obtained from students EHCPs and the views of families the school will share provider access information which is deemed appropriate.

Monitoring of Practice
Our policy and practice towards careers is reviewed annually by the Head Teacher, General Manager and named staff responsible for careers. Approval of the approach is verified by governors in the autumn term meeting.