CEIAG Information
De La Salle is committed to providing a comprehensive and fully inclusive careers education for all of our pupils from years 7 to 11, with a view to inspire our pupils to develop an understanding of the different career pathways and opportunities open to them.
In recognition for our commitment to CEIAG, we are lead school in the Liverpool City Region Careers Hub.
A Careers Hub is a group of secondary schools and colleges located in the same geographic area, who work together alongside partners in the business, public, education and voluntary sectors to ensure that careers outcomes are improved for all young people. In the Liverpool City Region (LCR), the Careers Hub will be working with approximately 80 schools to provide intensive support to enable them to meet the eight Gatsby Benchmarks.
De La Salle’s dedicated Careers Team works with their Enterprise Coordinator and their Enterprise Adviser from industry to further develop our whole school approach to Careers and Enterprise education. We have a Link Governor with a responsibility for CEIAG developments and an impartial and independent Careers Guidance Adviser who is qualified to the industry standard level 6 as prescribed by the Careers Development Institute.
Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) is regarded as an integral part of the holistic development of students at De La Salle School. We believe in educating individual pupils of all abilities, each to maximum of his/her potential, so that every student can enjoy a high quality of life and contribute responsibly and fully to the community.
The Gatsby Benchmarks
The Gatsby Benchmarks are a framework of 8 guidelines that define the best careers provision in schools and colleges. The School’s Careers Strategy is founded on them. As well as providing a framework for a holistic CEIAG programme across Year 7-11, these guidelines are also embedded within our curriculum and extra-curricular activities.
Research tells us that careers education is fundamental to school improvement - pupils are motivated when they know what they want to achieve in their lives and how to go about it.
The publication of Careers Guidance and Access for Education & Training Providers in January 2018 clearly states:
“A successful careers guidance programme will also be reflected in higher numbers of pupils progressing to positive destinations such as apprenticeships, technical routes, sixth form colleges, FE colleges, university or employment.” Page 5
We measure and assess the impact of our careers programme through pupil and parent voice and through analysis of our destinations data. We also use the Compass Evaluation Tool provide by the Careers and Enterprise Company, on a termly basis to evaluate the schools careers programme against the benchmarks. Students complete feedback forms after individual careers events. Employer and external agency feedback is also requested.
For more information on the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks and how we as a school currently meet them, please click