Careers education, information, advice and guidance in schools

Aims of the programme

Our CEIAG programme is delivered by fully-trained careers guidance practitioners and:

• complements our apprenticeship programme and established practice in the borough
• develops the pathway as a real alternative to university and increase the number of young people in the borough taking up traineeships and apprenticeships
• improves borough-wide awareness of post-16 employment pathways including traineeships and apprenticeships
• provides access to traineeship and apprenticeship ambassadors for local schools
• offers post-16 events, assemblies, one-to-one advice and guidance, parents' evenings and employer talks.

What the programme offers

• One-to-one interviews, small group advice and guidance sessions.
• Attendance at option evenings and parents evenings.
• Action plans and an on-going programme of support targeted at young people identified at risk of not being in education, employment or training (NEET), or not making a post-16 transition.
• Support with post-16 applications.
• In-school support on GCSE and other results days.
• Support for schools in their broader careers education activities.
• To facilitate school and borough-wide careers events, industry days, progression, apprenticeships or higher education (HE) events.
• Employer talks, career fairs, motivational speakers, college and university visits, coaches and mentors.