Careers

Careers Contacts in School:

School SLT: Lead Karen Kelso
E-mail: admin@st-benedicts.cumbria.sch.uk
Tel: 01946 692275 (Ext 2043) 

Employers wishing to support our Careers Programme are welcome to contact Mrs Kelso our Senior Leader for Personal Development by emailing  admin@st-benedicts.cumbria.sch.uk

Link Governor: Kayleigh Daniels

Enterprise Advisor: Deborah Addison

Enterprise Co-ordinator: Rachelle Poyntx

Read our Provider Access Policy on our Policy Pages – click here

Full Careers Plan 2024 – PDF Download

Personal Development Lessons & Drop Down Days – PDF Download

Measuring & Assessing the Impact of our Careers Programme

It is hard to evaluate the success of any careers programme, however we use three methods:

• Published Data – The Department for Education published a range of data on pupil destinations at aged16 and 18. We compare our school with others in West Cumbria and all school in England.
• Compass Tool – We are using the Compass Analysis Tool to measure the progress of our careers education against the Gatsby Benchmarks (see above)
• Evaluating Activities – We try to evaluate the success of each activity by asking our students for feedback on the impact of the activity. In some cases we try & see what the longer term, rather than just the immediate impact is. 

Progress towards the Gatsby Benchmarks:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
December 2024	100%	100%	90%	100%	100%	100%	95%	87%
July 2024	100%	100%	90%	100%	100%	100%	95%	87%
March 2024	100%	100%	90%	100%	100%	100%	95%	87%
% of Schools Nationally meeting this benchmark (July 2023)	66%	81%	54%	76%	80%	64%	52%	75%

What are Gatsby Benchmarks? Click here 

Careerometer (LMI for All)

Use the Careerometer to compare different jobs — salary, working hours, etc.

Click the dotted square. Type in the first career that you think you might be interested in and select from the drop-down list, then add your second and third choice to see the comparison.

 

Useful Links & Documents

Parents Guide – What’s Next – Click here

UCAS – Click here

Unifrog – Click here

Link to find out more about the UCAS application process – Click here

Hello Futures – Click here