Careers

CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance) is designed to prepare students for life in modern Britain by providing the knowledge, understanding, confidence and skills that they need to make informed choices and plans for their future learning and career.

Irlam and Cadishead Academy is committed to providing good quality, impartial information, advice and guidance to every student throughout their school career. We ensure that students come in to contact with employers to encourage students to aspire, make good choices and understand what they need to do to reach and succeed in the careers to which they aspire as outlined in the Gatsby Career Benchmarks.

Our CEIAG programme provides activities appropriate to age and need; it aims to provide students with the best possible foundation on which to base not only their post-16 choices following Year 11, but also their options choices for GCSE subjects in Year 9.

We aim to ensure that all our students:

are supported to make effective choices about their future study and career options
are provided with experiences which inspire and motivate them to achieve highly
are prepared for the transition process to life beyond secondary school (further and higher education and the world of work)
develop self-knowledge and confidence in making decisions and career choices which are suitable and ambitious for them
develop an understanding of the world of work and how to respond to changes in today’s workplace
develop research skills to seek out and utilise information, advice and guidance
develop characteristics which support high achieving students in the curriculum and in careers such as: social skills, communication, resourcefulness, innovation and resilience

Our CEIAG Lead is Mr D. Bridge who can be contacted via email at: 

 

Further support or advice can also be obtained from the Head of Year:

Year 7 – [email protected]

Year 8 – [email protected]

Year 9 – [email protected]

Year 10 – [email protected]

Year 11 – [email protected]