"Who we are today is creating who we are going to be tomorrow - let's help our next generation to prepare for tomorrow - TODAY"

At The Herewoode Academy we aim to support, enable and empower students, staff and parents/carers to maximise the full potential of our students.

The Herewoode Academy has been awarded Quality in Careers Standard Award Career Mark Gold in recognition of outstanding and continued commitment to careers education and guidance. We strive to give our students every opportunity. We encourage our students to be ambitious and have high aspirations. Through developing their communication skills, employability skills and self-confidence, we prepare them for the world of work.

Careers education is embedded through our extensive personal development programme, through subject curricula and outside the classroom through student centred activities. This ensures that students have the information they need to progress into further education, training or employment.

All students maintain a ‘Careers Passport’ which records their future aspirations. This is revisited annually and informs discussions with an independent careers’ advisor.

Some of the student-centred activities that happen for each year group:

Year	Autumn	Spring	Summer
7	Careers Passport Start U-Explore Programme? Progress Meetings	Careers Week Progress Meetings	Progress Meetings
8	Careers Passport Progress Meetings	Careers Week Progress Meetings University Visits	Progress Meetings University Visits
9	Careers Passport Progress Meetings Pathways Workshop Personal Development focussed on careers GCSE Options Assemblies IAG 121 with Pathways advisor	Careers Week Progress Meetings Subject Taster Sessions Subject Focus on Careers for Options IAG 121 with Pathways advisor University Visits	University experience days Progress Meetings IAG 121 with Pathways advisor University Visits
10	Careers Passport Progress Meetings Career Planning Careers Fair Employee workshop -Whats My Line	Careers Week Progress Meetings Career Planning University Visits	Career Planning Progress Meetings University Visits
11	Applications for Post-16 through Career Planning Careers Passport Mock Interviews Careers Fair 1:1 Meetings with a Connexions advisor P16 Taster Sessions Parents Evening re Careers Pathways Workshop Progress Meetings	Careers Week Career Planning 1:1 Meetings with a Connexions advisor Progress Meetings	1:1 Meetings with a Connexions advisor Progress Meetings

The impact of our career’s programme is measured by the proportion of students who move on to further educations, training or employment. This data is provided to the school through Connexions and is reviewed annually.

For information please contact our Careers co-ordinator Mrs King at eking@newcollege.leicester.sch.uk or on 0116 231 8500.

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