Careers and Employability - CEIAG
Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls is committed to providing its students with a high quality, rounded education that provides all students with the best start in life. This is also true of our comprehensive careers programme that gives students high quality, independent advice and guidance with regards to careers, further and higher education and future life choices.
Careers Leader Details: Our Careers Leader is Mr Kris Bolt. You can get in contact with Mr Bolt on kbolt@ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk or 0208 752 1525.
Careers Coordinator Details: Our Careers Coordinator is Miss Rebecca Gibson. You can get in contact with Ms Gibson on rgibson@ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk or 0208 752 1525.
We have an impartial careers advisor through Connexions, Ealing. This is currently Ms Faye Williamson who is on site during Wednesdays and Thursdays. You can contact Ms Williamson on fwilliamson@ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk or 0208 752 1525
We also have a dedicated Curriculum Committee who oversees our Careers programme at Ellen Wilkinson.
Calling all businesses!
If you are a business and would like to support our school with our careers provision, please get in touch with Mr Kris Bolt using the details above. If you are a college, university or further education provider please also get in contact to see how you can support the school.
We are always looking to further develop our CEIAG programme and engage with more employers and parents/carers. Here are some ways in which you could get involved:
- Talk in assembly (08:45-09:10)
- Run a workshop about your job/industry/pathway to employment
- Talk to students taking a subject that links to your career
- Conduct mock interviews
- Offer work placements
- Offer work shadowing
- Take students on a tour of your workplace.
Gatsby Benchmarks
In 2018, the government released a new careers strategy and statutory guidance for schools and colleges. It put an increased focus on using the Gatsby Benchmarks as a framework for best practice around which we can build our own careers provision.
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
Policies currently being updated - CIEAG Policy, access provider policy
Compass Careers Benchmark Tool November 2019 Results - Click here
Compass Careers Benchmark Tool March 2019 Results - Click here
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls Careers Plan
|
Year Group |
Activities |
Gatsby Benchmark |
|
Year 7 |
TFL Road Safety |
5 |
|
Dental Talk with EWS alumni |
5 & 8 |
|
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Introduction to Enterprise |
4 |
|
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Your Life You Choose |
4 &8 |
|
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Fast Tomato Careers Psychometric test |
2, 3, 4 & 8 |
|
|
Year 8 |
Guidance from impartial careers advisor; Small group sessions One to one access at options evening Opportunity to book personal guidance session; Student/Parent/Advisor |
2, 3 & 8 |
|
Y8 Monitors |
6 |
|
|
Options Evening/KS4 Options process |
3,4 & 8 |
|
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Self-development day by Brighter Futures |
4 &8 |
|
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Enrichment day on apprenticeships and careers pathways |
7 & 8 |
|
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Twitter headquarters computer science visit |
4 & 5 |
|
|
Heathrow Challenge |
5 |
|
|
Salter’s Forensic Challenge |
4 |
|
|
Southbank University Sports Ambassadors |
7 |
|
|
Fast Tomato Psychometric test |
2,3,4 & 8 |
|
|
Year 9 |
Guidance from impartial careers advisor; Small group sessions Opportunity to book personal guidance session; Student/Parent/Advisor |
2, 3 & 8 |
|
Business Tenner Challenge |
4 |
|
|
IGD Food Industry Employer Workshop |
4,5 & 8 |
|
|
Fast Tomato Careers Psychometric test |
2,3,4 & 8 |
|
|
Year 10 |
Guidance from impartial careers advisor; Small group sessions Opportunity to book personal guidance session; Student/Parent/Advisor |
2, 3 & 8 |
|
STEM- Maths and Science Day |
2, 3 & 4 |
|
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Year 10 Careers Taster Day |
3, 4, 5 & 8 |
|
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Fast Tomato Psychometric test |
2,3,4 & 8 |
|
|
Year 11 |
Guidance from impartial careers advisor; Small group sessions Opportunity to book personal guidance session; Student/Parent/Advisor |
2, 3 & 8 |
|
Post 16 Options choices |
2, 3,4 & 7 |
|
|
Apprenticeship Assembly |
2, 3, 4 & 7 |
|
|
What Next SEND Fair |
2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 |
|
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PSHCE Post 16 pathways |
4 & 7 |
|
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Year 11 Taster Day |
2, 3, 4, 5, & 7 |
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Fast Tomato Psychometric test |
2,3,4 & 8 |
|
|
Year 12/13 |
Guidance from impartial careers advisor: Small group sessions Opportunity to book personal guidance session; Student / Parent/ Advisor |
2, 3 & 8 |
|
Vocational Work Experience |
2, 5 & 6 |
|
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Young Enterprise |
2, 4 & 5 |
|
|
UCAS Speakers |
3 & 7 |
|
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University Taster Days |
3 & 7 |
|
LEAN- Across all year groups engagement with LEAN programme |
1 |
|
Curriculum Committee Meetings- Careers to be a standard item on the agenda |
1 |
| If you have any feedback for CEIAG Policy please email office@ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk |