George Dixon Academy

Careers Education – Purpose Vision Aims

Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

Purpose

Careers education and guidance has never been so important. Our purpose is to provide a holistic approach for life post-education that enables all pupils to gain an understanding of different career pathways. We want our pupils to leave George Dixon Academy with high aspirations and ambition that will prepare them for a secure future.   

Vision

All pupils from years 7 to 13 at George Dixon Academy receive a defined universal career programme that sets out to target specific knowledge, skills, and characteristics/behaviours for shaping pupils ‘career learning journey’ through the transition key stages of development (11-14; 14-16; 16-18).   

The Careers programme includes a structured weekly timetabled lesson that is planned for the academic year. There are also a range of activities designed for a specific year or focus individuals/groups that interlink through Separate, integrated, personalised and opt in provision.

Aims

Planning a curriculum that is designed around the eight Gatsby Benchmarks and the Six Learning Areas outlined by the Careers Development Institution (CDI) which are interlinked and are re-visited in a spiral curriculum at each key stage and post 16. 

Aligned with the whole Academy curriculum, careers education aims to further social justice by building specific knowledge, skills, and character. This is done by utilising the guidance toolkit and framework as a foundation benchmark that supports building a more ambitious careers programme for our pupils. Using the CDI framework provides guidance for the career programme and single activities as it accurately describes what learners will be expected to know, understand and be able to do to progress to their next transition stage.  

The Eight Gatsby Benchmarks

The six learning areas outlined by the Careers Development Institution (CDI)