The academy's Careers programme is embedded throughout the curriculum and is integral to our academy intent to prepare young people for the next phase of education; for a successful return to mainstream education or for their future employment role. The academy has high rates of reintegration and regularly outperforms the national average of similar schools, for the number of pupils who leave in Year 11 for a positive destination. The majority of pupils leaving in Year 11 will move on to a local college.

We work with the Derbyshire Education Business Partnership and the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership to provide further access to independent careers information, education, advice and guidance, and access to local employers.

Our new Careers Lead is Olivia Leaney. Olivia can be contacted to discuss our careers programme on 01246 237640, 07548 837344 or emailed on olivia.leaney@nedsc.derbyshire.sch.uk


What does our careers programme consist of?

We offer a weekly timetabled "Futures" lesson to all pupils from year 7 upwards. Our Futures curriculum is currently being developed to include Digital Skills and Finance from September 2022. We feel that these important skills will provide our pupils with the vital tools that they need to become a functional member of society. 

Pupils are exposed to a wide variety of careers over an academic year through their tutor time programme. For example a career in the army was discussed on Armed Forces day.

Some pupils in KS4 who require vocational experiences may have this offer as part of their timetable and for instance attend one day per week in a motor vehicle off site commissioned AP. 

All year 11 pupils will be offered one day per week of work experience from September 2022. This will provide real life experiences in the work place and broaden pupils expertise and skill set in preparation for transitioning to post 16. A large majority of the year 10 pupils may also engage in a regular work experience placement.

All teachers at our academy will be teachers of careers. All subjects will be linked to a future career each half term. This will broaden exposure to a wider variety of possible careers.

Pupils undergo mock interview practice organised in conjunction with the D2N2 hub to prepare them for interviews with industry professionals. 

We strongly believe in our careers programme for our pupil's entitlement to social inclusion.

If you are an industry or company that wishes to become part of our careers programme, then please contact our careers lead, Olivia Leaney on the above number or email.