St Leonard's

At St Leonard’s Catholic School, we believe in equipping our students with the necessary tools and guidance to make fully informed decisions and embark confidently on their next journey, whether that’s pursuing apprenticeships or advancing into higher education.

At St Leonard’s we offer a wide range of support to our pupils. By collaborating with industry professionals, organising careers fairs, delivering careers sessions during tutor time and facilitating work experience placements, we ensure our pupils are exposed to real-world scenarios, enriching their understanding of various professions.

Our careers programme isn’t just about offering advice; it’s a structured framework designed to support our pupils at key stages in their academic careers, explore a diverse range of career paths and offer one-on-one guidance tailored to individual aspirations. We foster an environment where students can explore, reflect and make informed decisions about their future.

The Careers Lead at St Leonard’s Catholic School is Alex McVeigh. You can contact us using the contact form here.

The full CEIAG Policy and Provider Access Policy can be read by clicking the link below. The policy is reviewed and evaluated annually and is next due to be renewed in June 2025.

An overview of the full careers pathway from Year 7 to Year 13 is found below.

The detail of each year group is given below:

Year 7:

Careers and Your Future

Transition Points

Personal Skills and Qualities

Finding Careers Information

Career Management

Character Traits and Skills

Action Points

Year 8:

Careers and Aspirations

Labour Market Information

Exploring Careers

Making Decisions

Options Subjects

Qualifications and Pathways

Qualities and Skills Revisited

Year 9:

Understanding the Workplace

Jobs and Opportunities

Standard Occupation Classifications

Business Structures

Diversity, Equality and Stereotyping

Enterprise and Employability Skills

Introduction to Unifrog: My Personality

Year 10:

Saving and Managing Money

Employment and Financial Management

Launch of Work Experience

Employability Skills

Targeted Advertising

Exploring Payslips

Employment Rights

Consumer Rights

Year 11:

Post-16 Options

Planning for the Future

Personal Branding

CV Writing

Making Applications

Interview Preparations

Year 12:

Alternatives to University

Knowing My Strength and Skills

Producing a Compelling CV

Sixth Formers and Employment Rules

Transition Days

Year 13:

Ask Apprenticeships

UCAS Support

Early Connect

Building Professional Relationships

What is Professional Conduct?

Confidentiality in the Workplace

Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

The Gig Economy Explained

Careers in a Global Economy 

Measuring the Impact of Careers Education at St Leonard’s

• Careers activity observations (for example lessons, individual careers interviews, career guidance, activities/events, work experience).
• Work scrutiny of pupils’ files/exercise books.
• Scrutiny of sample careers interview action plans.
• Feedback discussions with focus groups of pupils, parents/carers, staff, employer representatives.
• Annual audit of Careers Guidance.
• Governors updates.

The Effectiveness of Guidance Activities is Evaluated Through:

• Attainment and achievement key indicators
• Destinations of our pupils
• Analysis of monitoring information as above
• NEETS
  

We will know we have been successful when continue to have high numbers of pupils progressing to
apprenticeships, universities – including selective universities, apprenticeships, and other positive destinations such as employment or a further education college. We will aim to close the gap in destinations between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and others.

We use the Destination Measures data, published by the Department for Education, to assess how successfully their pupils make the transition into the next stage of education or training, or into employment and data provided to us by the Local Authority e.g. Year 11 Leavers destinations.