Careers Education & Guidance
Careers Education, Independant Advice & Guidance
A good quality careers guidance and education programme will raise the aspirations of young people. By linking activities in school with preparation for life post 16 and 18, careers guidance increases motivation and contributes to raising pupil achievement. It helps students focus on their longer-term career ambitions and ensures an equality of opportunity for all.
At The Deepings School we provide a comprehensive programme including work related learning, enterprise education, employability skills and support with key stage option choices. As part of their entitlement, students have access to external providers to learn about technical qualifications and apprenticeships. Please see our provider access policy document, linked to this page. Careers guidance is on-going and is delivered through PSHE lessons, tutor periods, subject teaching, collapsed timetable events and external trips and is enhanced by working with local businesses. The Careers programme is developed in consideration of the CDI framework and the Gatsby Report's eight benchmarks.Further details of specific activities are provided in the Programme Overview page.
The school annually assesses the impact of the careers programme using the Compass self-assessment tool and this is verified via an external moderator. Views are sought from all stakeholders, to consider the needs of students and the local, national and global jobs market.
The Deepings School currently contracts an external, professionally qualified personal guidance adviser and any student can request an appointment via their pastoral team. The school shares student data, where appropriate, to ensure impartial and individual advice and support can be offered. Students, parents and carers should advise the school if they do not wish to give their consent for this. Intended destinations data is also shared with the Local Authority.The school's privacy notice can be found via the following link Privacy Policy - Students (anthemtrust.uk)
Year 10 and Year 12 students have the opportunity to undertake a period of work experience. For students unable to undertake a physical placement, there will be a programme of 'virtual' experiences and work-related activities delivered in school. This is an invaluable opportunity to develop employability skills and sample the world of work through meaningful encounters.
The school retains the prestigious Careers Mark Platinum award, the first school in Lincolnshire to achieve this. This National Quality in Careers Standard provides an additional assessment of the impact of our programme. Another successful re-validation took place in November 2023, when it was confirmed that the school is fully meeting all the Gatsby Benchmarks. Revalidation will take place again in November 2025.
The careers lead for The Deepings School is Jacqueline Harvey, Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Personal Development.
Destinations
Our NEET (not in employment, education or training) figures remain low, despite the challenges following the pandemic. Relevant information provided by Lincolnshire County Council in February 2023 are detailed below.
Our 2022 Year 11 leavers (248) progressed successfully onto pathways of their choice with 98.0% of the cohort meeting the RPA (raising of the participation age) compliance, compared with 94.7% England and 92.4% Lincolnshire. 243 continued to their intended destination and five moved out of the area.
Year 12 (93 students) achieved 98.9%, compared with 88.5% England and 85.9% Lincolnshire. 88 moving into Year 13 at the school's Sixth Form, one moving our of the area and four moving on to further education. All learners are supported with their transition applications, however, FE establishments in neighbouring counties are unable to share course enrolment data with us, to allow us to reconfirm the destination of a few of our students.Three year reporting data provided by Confident Choices enables us to confirm that students are continuing with their choice of Post 16 course.
Data has been up-dated following receipt of the initial Confident Choices reports in January 2023. Please refer to documents at the bottom of the home page.
The link below provides access to the DfE performance tables regarding student destinations at the deepings school.
