At Enfield County School for Girls we measure the impact of our Careers programme using the following measures:

• Self-Evaluating tool (Compass) –The Compass tool is supported by the Careers and Enterprise Company and we use this twice a year to measure our progress against the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks.
• Termly review of Careers Department Improvement plan
• September guarantee data and Intended destinations data is used to identify what students planned to achieve against what course that actually applied for.
• Feedback from Students/Staff/Parents and Carers.
• Post event evaluation forms from students and staff
• Employer and volunteer feedback forms

Introduction

This sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to pupils at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Pupil entitlement

All pupils in years 7-13 are entitled:

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

Management of provider access requests

Procedure

A provider wishing to request access should contact Ms D Bastienne (Careers Leader).

Telephone: 0208 363 3030

Email Careers: ecsgeneral@enfieldcs.enfield.sch.uk

Opportunities for access

The school offers a comprehensive Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance programme and an overview of this programme can be seen in the School’s Careers Charter which can be seen on the school website.

Please speak to our Careers Leader to identify the most suitable opportunity for you.

The school will make a suitable space available for discussions between the provider and students, as appropriate to the activity. The school will also make available ICT and other specialist equipment to support provider presentations. This will all be discussed and agreed in advance of the visit with the Careers Leader or a member of their team.

Providers are welcome to leave a copy of their prospectus or other relevant course literature with the Careers Leader so that they can be displayed in the Careers Section of the school library.

At Enfield County School for Girls we really value the skills and attributes that our former students can offer our school community. We encourage each student who leaves our school to become part of our Alumni.

We are in the process of establishing an alumni network for current and future students. This network of students will build and sustain the careers education programme.

We wish to celebrate the success as well as learn and grow from the career journeys of our former students.

Our current Alumni has been involved in many events that range from speaking in assemblies, Careers speed networking event, Careers fairs and  Careers clinics.

Are you passionate about inspiring younger students? Are you driven and ambitious about young people’s futures?