22/08/2024Careers, Enterprise and Work Related Skills
At Waingels we seek to improve the life chances of students through the development of employability skills. Through our programme of support for Careers and Enterprise we seek to increase motivation, raise aspirations and achievement, equip students with the knowledge and skills to make effective decisions, and help with developing career management and employability skills. Specifically:
- We will provide opportunities for students to develop enterprise skills
- We will provide independent information on the options available for 16-19 education and training including apprenticeships
- We will be impartial and show no bias towards a particular option or institution
- We will promote the best interests of the student to whom CIAG is given
- Those students identified as vulnerable or with specific needs will receive targeted support
- The school will refer to national quality standards when making decisions about CIAG providers.
The programme has been developed in line with the eight Gatsby benchmarks for ensuring best practise and to meet the requirements of the Department for Education’s statutory guidance 2018. We review this annually to make sure that we are meeting the needs of all students. Our next review is July 2024.
Waingels Careers Lead: Mrs Claire Ward, Assistant Headteacher
Email: careers@waingels.wokingham.sch.uk
Telephone: 0118 969 0336
Please click below for our Careers Policy
Please click below for our Provider Access Legislation
Please click below for Labour Market Information
Labour Market Information for Berkshire
For more information about our Careers and Enterprise programme please view the relevant sections.
Waingels Careers Curriculum
Our careers education programme provides our students with the opportunity to plan and manage their careers effectively, ensuring progression which is ambitious and aspirational. It promotes equality of opportunity, celebrates diversity and challenges stereotypes. It is designed to meet the Gatsby benchmarks and conforms to statutory requirements.
Waingels is committed to providing all students in Years 7-13 with a careers programme which is embedded into the curriculum and includes a variety of enrichment activities. The programme has been developed in line with the eight Gatsby benchmarks for ensuring best practice and to meet the requirements of the Department for Education’s statutory guidance 2018.
The Gatsby Benchmarks
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each student
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experience of work places
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
Our careers programme is embedded in our curriculum and forms part of each subject. In addition to this, we offer the below opportunities to spend time out of the curriculum to take advantage of local opportunities including working with global company, Microsoft.
