Caldew School Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance

Caldew is committed to delivering high quality Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG), which is personalised and impartial, to all of its students.

We recognise how important it is for our students to receive effective and bespoke careers advice and guidance in order for them to make informed choices about their future.

We are working hard to ensure our students are enterprising, self-confident and resilient as well as having an all-round education in order for them to achieve their career goals.

Our advice and guidance supports students throughout their progression to further and higher education, traineeships and apprenticeships.

We are supported by a large number of further and higher education organisations. We are very fortunate as a school to have a large volume of businesses who have supported our students with Work Ready Days, interview advice, workshops and work experience opportunities.

We also offer extra-curricular opportunities that support career development including Duke of Edinburgh, National Citizenship and Young Enterprise and we encourage students to carry out voluntary and charity work that can enhance their career prospects.

If you would like further information or you can support our careers advice and guidance we would like to hear from you.

Contact: Ms Cheryl Eastburn

Caldew School welcomes the opportunity in giving FE, HE and training providers the opportunity to talk to students at the school. Please click on the link “Provider Access Policy.”

Caldew School Access Provider Policy

Caldew School Events and Activities Plan

We continually monitor and evaluate our careers provision so that we can tailor our careers programme to the needs of employers and our students. We will review this policy in October 2025

Employer Information

We are very keen to engage with businesses and employers to help us inform and educate students about the local and national employment opportunities.

This links directly with Gatsby Benchmark 5 – Encounters with Employers and Employees, and Gatsby Benchmark 6 – Experiences of Workplaces. We provide many opportunities for businesses to interact with students: World of Work days, Career Carousels, Employability Skills workshops, Careers Fairs, presentations, work experience, small group work etc.

If you would like to get involved, or wish to advertise any apprenticeship vacancies through the college, then please contact the Careers Leader, Cheryl Eastburn on (01228) 710044 or email Cheryl.Eastburn@caldew.cumbria.sch.uk

Parents: Keeping you up to date with options available for your child is available at the Parents' Evenings over the course of the year.

Caldew School uses Compass + to plan our careers programme and track student attendance at Careers events and activities. Students and parents can request a copy of their record of attendance by emailing our Careers Lead Cheryl.Eastburn@caldew.cumbria.sch.uk

We post up to date external careers events and activities on our social networks -

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

Click here for the school's Career, Education, Information Advice and Guidance policy.

Target Careers have produced an eBook to help parents get involved and encourage their children in finding their future careers. This guide is designed to provide an overview of how parents can help support their son or daughter with these important choices. click on the link below:

https://targetcareers.co.uk/sites/targetcareers.co.uk/files/public/paths-to-careers-parents-guide_2021.pdf

At Caldew school we use the Gatsby Benchmarks to measure the quality of our careers provision.

For further information please follow the link to the Gatsby Benchmark website:

https://www.gatsby.org.uk/education/focus-areas/good-career-guidance

Kudos

Kudos is Caldew School's online career development service. It helps students explore their career options looking at subjects, courses and training.

If you are unsure what careers you may be interested in, Kudos can give you ideas based on what you like and dislike.

Packed with information on what employers are looking for, what you can earn and what qualifications you'll need - it is a passport to your future.

Firefly

Students can use the Virtual Learning Environment, Firefly to access careers advice, events and activities as well as support with CV’s, cover letters and application forms.

If you are unsure of your user details please see the IT Technicians.

Labour Market Information

The world of work is continually changing, particularly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and you may wonder what future employment opportunities will look like; whether you’re a young person entering the world of work, changing your career path, running a business, getting back into work or advising someone. Looking at future trends, the area around you and the different ways in which we work can help many people with planning their future career.

What is the “labour market”?

Labour market information can tell you:

• The number of people in certain types of jobs.

• Which industries are recruiting and where they are located.

• What jobs and skills employers are looking for.

• Growing or declining job areas and general employment trends.

When thinking about career ideas it is useful to consider what is happening in the labour market

and always to have ‘back up’ ideas.

You can find out more on the link:

Labour Market Information