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Choosing which direction to take after leaving school is a big decision.

Our effective careers programme helps our students at Red Kite School meet our mission statement and school motto:

Red Kite School strives to equip students with the skills, knowledge and citizenship skills to be successful in their future.

School Motto:

Respect – Responsibility – Resilience

We’re here to support our students and make sure they know about all the options open to them. Our curriculum focusses on careers, and we provide our students with meaningful career-related opportunities and activities throughout their time with us.

If you have any questions about careers, higher education, work experience, or if you would like more information about our careers programme, please contact our careers advisor Emma.

Careers Advisor – Emma Barton emma.barton@longdonparkschool.co.uk (Outcomes First Group)

Careers Curriculum Intent Statement

We want our students to experience a careers curriculum that establishes a growing knowledge and awareness of the world of work and what they, as young people, can aim for as they prepare for adulthood and Post-16 transition.  This includes delivering a breadth of opportunities and experiences that our students can start to build their own future pathways on.  As we aim to do this, we are also fully aware of the impact of the inherent difficulties our students have due to the nature of their needs and diagnoses and work closely with students and industry to overcome potential hurdles.

Intent – What will our pupils experience throughout their career curriculum?

    1. A careers curriculum that has contributions and feedback from them, their families, school staff and external employers
    2. Engagement with many different employers throughout Year 7 to Year 13 in variety of formats such as assemblies, visits, talks, project work, careers events
    3. Unbiased careers advice and support from a career’s advisor
    4. Working with them and their families as they prepare for their future and for life after education.
    5. Staff who are committed to and passionate about helping them develop as they make key decisions and prepare for their future pathways
    6. Access to careers learning from Year 7 onwards – learning that is linked through their curriculum provision and explicitly delivered sessions.

Purpose – Why do we want this?

    1. We want our students to work towards independent living and working.
    2. We want them to have hope and optimism, adaptability and resilience.
    3. We want our students to have access to, and engagement in, decent work in all its forms (personal, gift and paid)
    4. We want our students to learn and make progress so they can thrive and experience success in their future pathways.
    5. We want our students to pursue and value their own wellbeing and happiness
    6. We want our students to know their skills and strengths; know what they are good at and what they find hard.

Implementation – How will we deliver this?

    1. Students will be presented with opportunities to meet and talk with adults to find out about their career experiences to date
    2. Close working relationship with our Careers Advisor to support mentoring students in KS4.
    3. Experiences of different workplaces and environments
    4. Meaningful encounters with the world of work
    5. Careers fairs and skills workshops
    6. Students will have access to a careers programme from Year 7 onward and this will be routinely monitored and evaluated to ensure it is fit for purpose.

Impact – What is our expected impact?

    1. Students will have had experience of a wide range of opportunities, interests and options so they are best placed to make informed decisions about their future choices.
    2. Students will develop the skills needed for them to be employable, whether that is voluntarily or paid.
    3. Students will know the value of having work and commitments in their lives.
    4. Students will know that they have a valued and important part to play in the world in which they live, and they can and are motivated to contribute to society in a way which best suits their interests and skills.
    5. Students will know about and make use of the range of support and advice that is available to them in order to support their choices and decision making.
    6. Students will have a successful transition on from Year 11 into Post-16.
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