Careers Advice and Guidance
Aston Manor Academy is committed to raising aspirations, challenging stereotypes and instilling ambition
Careers advice and guidance at Aston Manor Academy aims to encourage students to make the most of the opportunities available and support and guide our students towards positive career pathways for their future.
Aston Manor Academy is committed to raising aspirations, challenging stereotypes and instilling ambition and the desire to succeed in all our students. We aim to encourage students to make the most of the opportunities available and support and guide our students towards positive career pathways for their future.
The purpose of our careers curriculum at Aston Manor Academy is to provide a stable careers programme, where each and every student is given the opportunity to succeed, no matter what their background, as they prepare for entering the world of work. Aston Manor Academy maintains an ethos of hard work, aspiration and success, all delivered through a culture of nurture, support and encouragement where students respect each other and grow in confidence and resilience.
Our mission statement, ‘All different, All equal, All achieving.’ is key to both our careers curriculum and the wider school vision and aims. We work together to meet the eight Gatsby benchmarks to ensure that students’ aspirations are raised through a variety of methods, including an awareness of local labour market information, meeting employers and visiting workplaces, experiences of further and higher education, links to careers within the curriculum, and personal guidance. We believe this allows our students to develop personal effectiveness and career readiness, resulting in positive outcomes in terms of education and employment.
The senior leadership team at Aston Manor Academy supports our pupils and we value and encourage this guidance to enhance opportunities and build aspirations to future pathways. We do this using a number of strategies including personal guidance, assemblies and workshops. Careers guidance is embedded through the curriculum and across the key stages to ensure pupils can successfully achieve their goals. An ambitious careers programme is vital to the life chances of the young people who attend Aston Manor Academy.
Meet our Careers team
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Lyn Ajibade Careers Coordinator KS3 -
Eileen Hughes Careers Coordinator KS4/5
Careers Education
Careers education at Aston Manor Academy is a comprehensive programme of activities that inform and inspire our students, preparing them for work and helping them to understand where different education and training choices could take them in the future. This is delivered throughout Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 and is tailored to each child and year group.
Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) is a major contributing factor towards the successful transition into the world of work. It is supported by parents, teachers, businesses, professionals and advisory agencies and includes information provided by the DfEs statutory guidance.
Aston Manor Academy also follows the eight benchmarks for delivering good career guidance as identified in the Gatsby ‘Good Career Guidance’ report. The aims and objectives are that students feel confident and well-informed about their choices and can engage proactively in decisions about the pathways they will take, now and in the future. Aston Manor Academy sets high standards for each student by raising aspirations and increasing motivation through inclusion and equality of opportunities. By encouraging participation with the local community, businesses and further and higher education institutions, we are able to better meet the needs of all our students.
Year 12 & 13 Careers Programme
Every year, the careers team organises a detailed programme of events, guest speakers and visits to universities to ensure our students are aware of the wide range of courses, careers and support available to students once they leave us.
Aston Manor Academy’s careers team is dedicated to ensuring students between Year 7 and 13 receive independent and impartial careers guidance, resulting in an embedded culture of high expectations and potential attainment at the school.
All students, parents and teachers have direct access to the National Careers Service www.nationalcareersservice.org
Our headteacher, subject teachers and Governors, together with all other members of the school, are committed to ensuring career education is a key part of the curriculum and everyday learning within the school, and that our students have the highest ambition.
