Careers

The Children’s Hospital School aim to build a world class careers system that will help young people choose the career that is right for them. To achieve this aim, our careers strategy sets out to develop and improve their careers provision for the children we teach reflecting on the Gatsby Benchmarks. CHS uses Compass+ as an online self-evaluation tool for school to assess how our careers support compares against the Gatsby Benchmarks and the national average. CHS recognise the importance of having careers advice and preparing all students for their next steps. To support students and help them make informed choices about their career paths CHS have a Service Level Agreement with Connexions.

Those involved:

James Stafford	Assistant Head Teacher and Careers Leader
Gemma Martin	Teaching Assistant and Work Experience Coordinator
Lynne Miller	Connexions Advisor
Rita Patel-Miller	Enterprise Advisor
Rosie McArtney-Chrisp	Enterprise Coordinator

Telephone 0116 229 8137

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Download CHS Policy and documents below:

If you are an employer and can support our students and school with our Careers programme we offer, please see details within the Provider Access Policy of how to get in touch.

Provider Access Policy

Post 16 Leaflet

Business Partnerships

We are always looking for ways to provide our students with real life experience of the workplace. If you are responsible for or employed at a business which is looking to develop links with local schools, please get in touch with James Stafford to discuss this further.

Post 16 Provisions Information

Gatsby Benchmark Overview

1. A stable careers programme	Start: www.startprofile.com Connexions The Prince’s Trust and PSHE
2. Learning from career and labour market information	Connexions The Prince’s Trust and PSHE
3. Addressing the needs of each student	Start Profiles Connexions meetings 1-1 for students in Year 11 and individual action plans created Support for all learners with college, apprenticeship and traineeship placements CV support for all Year 11 students with Connexions Travel route support: Home to college and college to home
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers	Career based assemblies at WBS for all students The Prince’s Trust and PSHE
5. Encounters with employers and employees	Enterprise week at WBS Work Experience is offered to all Year 11 Students Employer based assemblies Enterprise Advisor LLEP (Careers and Enterprise Company)
6. Experiences of workplaces	Work Experience (one week) Extended Work Experience Placements
7. Encounters with further and higher education	College Fair at WBS: All colleges and local higher education establishments represented Taster sessions with CHS staff or Connexions Advisor College visits Travel training
8. Personal guidance	Connexions: 1 -1 and group support Connexions: Open door policy for all students The Prince’s Trust and PSHE Year 11 interview support and mock interview with personalised feedback Tutor support for applications

How we measure and assess the impact of our careers programme on pupils

Student voice (carried out termly)
The Prince’s Trust module guidance tracker
Base meetings
Start usage data
Year 11 destinations report
Connexions end of year report
Transitions Tracking: All Year 11 leavers are monitored and tracked in September, October and January by CHS and Connexion Advisor. This data is stored on SIMS.
Year 11 leavers attending college: Students are tracked for three points from the first day of their course
Leicester City students remain on Connexions case load until their 20th Birthday
Leicestershire County students: Leicestershire County Careers Advisers: 0116 3056620

This information is reviewed and updated annually.