Careers Support
All students will be supported through a programme of Careers Advice and Guidance.
We recognise that you will need careful support and specialist information to enable positive progress through the complex issue of curriculum choice and personal progression.
You will be seen individually on several occasions through your education so that the choices which you make are relevant and appropriate to both your academic ability level and your personal qualities.
Careers Support
The careers education and guidance at De Lacy Academy is delivered by Progress Careers . Progress Careers is an external, independent and impartial careers guidance service who will support students to aim high in their career goals and aspirations.
Our adviser is Naomi Whiting who is in school every Thursday and are based in the office next to reception. Appointments can be made with them or you can pop in for an informal chat during break and lunch time.
Click on the link below to visit their website.
In school, the Assistant Principal, Mrs Taberner is the SLT careers contact. Mrs Grassby looks after CEIAG on a daily basis. Please see her at any time for advice or guidance. She can be contacted by email at: grassbyl@delacyacademy.org.uk or through the school switchboard.
RPA
Please see link below to see the government’s guidleines on school leaving age.
General website links
Regional (Yorkshire & The Humber)
National (United Kingdom)
Apprenticeships
University
Student Entitlement
The careers education and guidance programme at De Lacy Academy seeks to positively support you to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work.
We will support you to aim high in your career goals and aspirations.
As a pupil at De Lacy Academy you are entitled to a careers education and guidance programme which:
- is personal to you and always puts your interests first
- motivates and inspires you to consider all opportunities open to you within and outside De Lacy Academy
- helps you to gain the skills you need to make your career ambitions a reality
- provides the support you need to be successful
- helps you access any additional support you might need
- is delivered by trained and qualified teachers and advisers, with up-to-date knowledge and understanding of career pathways and local labour market information
- protects and respects your personal information and shares it only with your consent
Together with a range of career professionals, businesses and training providers we will support your career development in a number of ways including:
- Information and discussion in lessons and assemblies to help you make decisions about your future
- Activities and events such as employability days
- Access to careers advisers in a variety of ways including individual meetings, drop-in sessions, enrichment activities and on results days
- Careers information and computer-based careers programmes
- Information and updates on notice boards
- The De Lacy Academy website
Parents’ Entitlement
Investing in your Son/ Daughter’s Future
Research has consistently shown that parents and carers are the most influential factor in students’ decisions about the future. Your support and encouragement influences their choices, and the guidance you provide will be invaluable to their eventual achievements and career pathways. This might feel a little daunting…the jobs of the future may be very different from your own experiences and choices. In fact, they may not even have been invented yet!
There are some very simple and practical steps you can take to support your child.
- Talk to them about their current educational attainment and estimated grades and encourage them to aim high (the skills shortages of the future will be in higher level jobs)
- Discuss where they want to be and research how to get there (lots of great resources in the Academy and on the internet)
- Use the links on the academy website www.delacyacademy.org.uk
- Encourage them to seek out the advice and experiences they need to help them achieve their goals
- Help them with the steps they need to take
Together with a range of career professionals, businesses and training providers we will support your son’s/daughter’s career development in a number of ways including:
- Information and discussion in lessons and assemblies to help them make decisions about your future
- Activities and events such as employability days
- Access to careers advisers in a variety of ways including individual meetings, drop-in sessions, enrichment activities, parents and option evenings and on results days
- Careers information and computer-based careers programmes
- Information and updates on notice boards and websites