Careers Guidance

Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance

 

Careers Leader, Mrs N Elliott.  (nicola.elliott@oasissholing.org; 023 8044 8861)

Careers Adviser, Mrs C Jesson.

 

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At Oasis Academy Sholing, we pride ourselves on providing a full range of careers education in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks.

The eight Gatsby benchmarks of Good Career Guidance

1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

 

For more information please refer to  http://www.goodcareerguidance.org.uk/the-benchmarks.

 

Oasis Academy Sholing has a Personalised Learning & Enterprise Manager and a dedicated Careers Adviser who are available for the students throughout the school day and provide an extensive programme of Careers Education.

 

The careers team deliver a variety of events to support students’ at all transitional points of their education. They deliver Careers Days; where local employers, education establishments and training providers are invited in to school to work closely with students to raise awareness of the working world and the opportunities available to them, as well as raising aspirations and emphasising the importance of planning for their future.

They work closely with key staff to deliver aspects of the careers programme in the curriculum throughout Years 7 to 11.

 

Impartial advice is important to us at Oasis Academy Sholing. We aim to make sure that every student has the opportunity to access information, advice and guidance that is suited to their needs and requirements. One-to-one Careers Guidance interviews are available to all students. This is a great opportunity to explore their careers ideas and post 16 options. Students have assemblies giving them further education information, visits to workplaces and university experiences through programmes such as Learn with US (The University of Southampton). Students are encouraged to attend a full range of post 16 open evening events and Oasis Academy Sholing hosts its own Careers Fair at the start of the autumn term where local colleges, apprenticeship providers, universities and many local employers are represented.

 

Please see below our current careers programme. This is a constantly changing document. As each event happens we review feedback from Students, Staff, Parents and external visitors to make suitable improvements to ensure it is always fulfilling the Gatsby benchmarks listed above, as well as having the desired impact for the students.

 

CEIAG Programme

Autumn Term 1	Autumn Term 2
Year 11 Assemblies	Year 11 Assemblies
Careers Interview	Year 11 College Application Session
Year 11 Destinations Data	Parents Evenings
Year 8-11 Careers Fair	Year 11 Careers Day
KS4 Evening	Year 9 University Masterclass
Careers Network Meeting	Year 11 Careers interviews
Year 6 Open Evening	Year 11 Destinations Data
Job Information Talks	Job Information Talks
Work Place Visits	Work Place Visits
Year 11 iFuture Sessions	Year 11 iFuture sessions
Year 11 CV and Personal Statement Support	Year 11 CV and Personal Statement Support
Year 11 Mock Interviews	Year 11 Mock Interviews
Year 10 Work Experience Assembly

Spring Term 1	Spring Term 2
Year 11 Careers Interviews	Year 11 Careers Interviews
Year 9 Careers Day	Job Information Talks
Parents Evenings	Work Place Visits
Year 7 Kidzania Trip	Year 10 University Challenge Days
Job Information Talks	Parents Evenings
Drama and Theatre Taster	Year 8 Careers Day
Work Place Visits	Year 8 Pathway Assemblies
Careers Network Meeting	Year 8 Pathway Choices

Summer Term 1	Summer Term 2
Parents Evenings	Parents Evenings
Years 11,10 and 9 Careers Interviews	Years 11, 10 and 9 Careers Interviews
Job Information Talks	Job Information Talks
Work Place Visits	Work Place Visits
Year 10 Careers Day	Work Experience Assembly
Year 7 Visits to University	Year 8 University Taster Day
Careers Network Meeting	Year 10 College Taster Day
	Year 10 SEN Itchen Sixth Form College Taster Day
	Year 10 Work Experience Assembly
	Year 10 iFuture Sessions
	Year 9 G&T Itchen SF College Taster
	Year 7 Careers Day
	Year 7 "Take Your Child to Work Day"
	Year 10 Work Experience(2 weeks)
	Year 10 Mock Interview Day
	Year 10 CV Preparation Support

 

Work Experience

All students in Year 10 participate in two weeks of work experience. Students are encouraged to find their own placements, but assistance is provided when required.

 

NEET and Destination data

We spend a lot of time working with students, staff and external representatives on making sure that all students have an offer of further education or training for when they leave Oasis Academy Sholing and do not become NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).

We collect data each year on the destinations of our students and continue to track their progress as far as possible through further education providers. Please see below recent destination data:

 

YEAR 11 LEAVERS 2018 - INTENDED DESTINATIONS

 

NUMBER ON ROLL : 193

FURTHER EDUCATION	NUMBER	%	DESTINATIONS	TOTAL	%
Itchen Sixth Form College	84	43.52%	Number	193	100.00%
Southampton City College	28	14.51%	Further Education	170	88.08%
Richard Taunton Sixth Form College	9	4.66%	Modern Apprenticeship	23	11.92%
Sparsholt College	4	2.07%	Employment	0	0.0%
Barton Peveril	18	9.33%	Unknown Places	0	0.0%
Eastleigh College	4	2.07%	Other	0	0.0%
Fareham College	8	4.15%	OVERALL TOTAL	193	100.0%
Peter Symonds College	4	2.07%
Other/Out of Area	11	5.70%
TOTAL	170	88.0%
Modern Apprenticeship	23	11.92%
Employment	0	0.0%
Unknown	0	0.0%
Other	0	0.0%
OVERALL TOTAL	193	100.0%

 

We are always pleased to hear from anyone who would like to get involved in our Careers Education programme.

 

We are also starting to build an Alumni list, so if you or somebody you know is an ex-student, we would love to hear from you/them.

 

Date of next review of information published
September 2019