Careers

Careers at Childwall Sports and Science Academy and 6^th form will engage all our students as part of their academic and personal development to discover, learn and aspire to a variety of ambitious careers and educational pathways.

We provide our students with multiple learning opportunities to engage with the world of work through encounters with employers, professionals and opportunity providers. This allows students to discover their strengths and passions, whilst developing career management skills so they can confidently move towards their long and short-term career goals.

Every student at Childwall Sports and Science Academy is entitled to a thorough, personalised and ambitious programme of career events and personalised, independent careers guidance throughout their time at the school. They are guided towards whichever route they choose, whether this occurs at the end of KS4 or the end of KS5.

Our Careers provision intent:

• Learners develop short- and long-term careers goals by having multiple opportunities to encounter the world of work through visits and in school activities

• Learners are taken on a continuous path throughout their education that develops their career and self- awareness as well as essential career management skills enabling pupils to make informed decisions and applications throughout their personal and professional life

• Careers promotes and recognises a variety or careers and life choices and will always support pupils to make careers choices that reflect pupils’ individual aspirations and personal situations by delivering person-centred and just in time careers support to everyone at Childwall Sports & Science Academy.

• The Careers department thrives to involve our local parent, professional and employer community in the delivery of Careers Education and we will always look for opportunities to engage with established and emerging partners to deliver a relevant and responsive careers curriculum.

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Policies:

To read our Careers related school and Trust policies, please CLICK HERE.

CEIAG Entitlement Statement

Post 16 Destinations

Post 18 Destinations

D​estinations Comparison 2017-2022

Staff

For full details of the careers programme and any other enquiries, please contact:

Mrs A Koermer - Careers Manager 0151 722 1561

The following members of staff are also involved in Careers activities in school:

Miss J Wilde – Assistant Head with responsibility for Careers and Careers Leader

Mrs C Payne - Careers Information Advice and Guidance, UCAS administrator KS5

To contact any member of the Careers team at Childwall please email careers@childwallssa.org

Parents

Research shows that parents are still the main influencers of their children's career choices. We highly value our parental community and the experiences, knowledge and skills they can bring to the formal education of their children. We encourage our parents to support the delivery of our Careers Education and Experience programme, if you want to get involved please contact careers@childwallssa.org to find out how to help us to bring careers to life.

If you are looking for information on how to support your child with their career decisions visit the following websites and if you need any further support, please contact careers anytime or speak to us during your next Parents Evening at Childwall.

Successatschool.org have created a guide to help parents and carers steer their children through the confusing world of careers choices. From university and apprenticeships to work experience and gap years, the guide has it all. To access the guide please register here and Success at School will email you a copy of this highly recommended guide: https://mc.successatschool.org/parents-ebook

And if you are looking for support with your Career, make a free appointment with a National Careers Service Advisor who can support you regardless of your current employment status. National careers service https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/

We continually measure and assess the impact of our programme on students in various ways, such as student, parent and tutor surveys, as well as inviting feedback from employers who get involved in activities. We also use destination data obtained by the careers team through individual follow up to monitor trends about where our students move onto.

Careers Pathway

We provide a very detailed Careers Pathway which ensures that every student has access to a comprehensive CEIAG plan. CLICK HERE to view our Careers Learning Journey.

If you are interested in finding out more about this, please contact careers@childwallcssa.org and we are happy to discuss our programme, impact and evaluations with you.