Career Education and Guidance Policy

At Queen Elizabeth's School the aim of the Careers Education and Guidance Programme is to raise pupils' awareness of the extent to which each steers toward his own destiny and to enable pupils to make informed choices about their future.

Our programme of careers education has been structured to help bridge the gap between school, higher education and the world of work. We recognise the need to embed a variety of approaches to careers education into the academic curriculum and the broader student experience and endeavour to achieve this through a number of initiatives:

• Systematic careers guidance interviews;
• Talks from speakers representing specific occupational sectors;
• Well-organised periods of work experience and voluntary work placements;
• Careers conventions where pupils gain access to a wide range of information and can discuss areas of interest with people who can give them expert advice;
• Mock interviews;
• Ready access to good quality information and resources;
• Information and Communication Technology;
• Effective links with outside agencies;
• Staff support and assistance.

Careers Education and Guidance is an important feature of our educational provision that complements our School ethos, structure and pastoral development plans and helps us fulfil our mission to produce boys who are confident, able and responsible.

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