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Employability and careers
New Road Academy
In this section you will be able to access New Road’s careers information.
We are very proud to have our Gatsby Benchmarks at 100% across the board and work incredibly hard to offer a well-rounded, inclusive and exciting programme.
Our careers section is design to support parents and their children with the options available to them after school.
The Gatsby Benchmark sets out a framework for academies to delivery ‘good career guidance’.
- A stable careers programme – Every academy should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by students, parents, governors and employers.
- Learning from career and labour market information – Every student, and their parents, should have access to good quality information about future study option and labour market opportunities. They will need the support of an informed advisor to make best use of available information.
- Addressing the need of each student – Students have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support needs to be tailored the needs of each student. A academy’s careers programme should be embed equality and diversity considerations throughout.
- Linking curriculum learning to careers – all teachers should like curriculum learning with careers. STEM subject teachers should highlight the relevance of STEM subject for a wide range of future career paths.
- Encounters with employers and employees – Every student should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace. This can be through a range of enrichment activities, including visiting speakers, mentoring and enterprise schemes.
- Experiences of workplaces – Every student should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits. work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and to expand their networks.
- Encounters with further and higher education – All students should understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace.
- Personal guidance –Every student should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a Careers Adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level. These should be available whenever significant study or career choices are being made.
