Teachers | Alder Community High School

Careers Advice and Guidance

Mrs S Dawson (SDA)

Assistant Headteacher

Mr J Oliver (JOL)

Head of Year 11

Aims of the Careers Programme

Our vision is to ensure every Alder student will leave school confident, ambitious, and prepared for life beyond Alder. They will experience an ambitious and inclusive careers programme rooted in our “We Are Alder” values, supporting them with impartial guidance, real-world encounters, and skills development, so that they can make positive and sustained transitions into their chosen post – 16 pathways.  

Our careers programme is rooted in equal opportunities and challenges stereotypical thinking and attitudes. It helps to remove all barriers to progress that students may encounter and ensures that they receive appropriate information and guidance, especially at key decision and transition points.

Our careers programme is underpinned by the Gatsby Benchmarks:

The Gatsby Benchmarks are:

A stable careers programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each pupil
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with further and higher education
Personal guidance

Careers Programme at Alder

Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance

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Policies

CEIAG Policies

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Alder students' careers education will be delivered across all curriculum areas throughout their time at Alder. Dedicated lesson time will be provided through Personal Development lessons; however, they will also gain valuable careers related experiences through a range of other events including:

Form time activities
Enrichment days
Ambition weeks
School trips
College taster days
University visits
Mock interview days
Careers fairs
Careers themed assemblies
Employer visits
Work experience

The first port of call for more information should be your child's form tutor. The Careers Lead at Alder is Mrs Dawson, supported by Mr Oliver who are always available to offer careers related advice.

All students will have at least one, personal meetings with our careers advisor who will provide independent and impartial careers advice. 

If you would like to request a careers appointment please follow this link.

Work Experience

In year 10 all students will take part in work experience during the summer term. More information will be provided during assemblies and form time activities.

The new government guidance on work experience emphasises meaningful work experiences which will support students to make positive sustained post-16 choices.

As a result of this we have committed to be part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Equalex pilot scheme which focusses on modern day work experience and offering this from KS3.

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