The Magna Carta School careers education programme provides our students with the opportunity to plan and manage their careers effectively, ensuring progression which is ambitious and aspirational. It promotes equality of opportunity, celebrates diversity and challenges stereotypes. It is designed to meet the eight Gatsby benchmarks and the six CDI Career Development Framework Learning Areas.

Overview of Provision

Self-awareness Year Groups – All	This unit enables students to develop their qualities and skills, roles and responsibilities, values and attitudes, needs and interests, and aptitudes and achievements are better able to understand themselves, make informed choices and relate well to others.
Self-determination Year Groups – All	Self-determination enables students to develop personal autonomy, self-efficacy and personal agency. It boosts hope, optimism, adaptability and resilience. Self-determination empowers students to realise their aspirations and manage their careers.
Self-improvement Year Groups – All	Students will be able to foster positive attitudes to lifelong learning and the skills of planning, review and reflection. Understanding what they have learned, what they need to learn next and how they learn best enables each student to develop their potential.
Exploring careers and career development Year Groups – All	This unit gives students a better understanding of career processes and structures which enables them to manage their own careers. It also enables them to appreciate the career experiences of others.
Investigating work and working life Year Groups – All (Different activities)	Investigating people’s experiences of work enables students to understand the meaning and purpose of work in people’s lives. They learn what constitutes good or decent work and how to find it for themselves.
Understanding business and industry Year Groups – 10 and 11	By understanding types of business and business functions enables students to prepare for employment and to appreciate the contribution of business and industry to social and economic life
Investigating jobs and labour market information (LMI) Year Groups – 10 and 11	Students will learn how to access, analyse and act on relevant and appropriate job and labour market information when choosing and planning for careers.
Valuing equality, diversity and inclusion Year Groups – All	Students will be able to recognise that the commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in British society benefits them as much as others. By resisting the damage caused by stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice, they will realise their own ambitions and help others to do so.
Learning about safe working practices and environments Year Groups – All	Students will learn about safe working practices and environments helps them to keep themselves and others healthy and safe at work.

Work or Work – Developing your career management and employability skills – Year 10
Preparing for employability	Students will gain the skills and experience that will enable them to get jobs and sustain themselves in employment
Developing personal financial capability	Students will learn how to make decisions about spending, saving and investing to ensure their economic well-being now and in the future.
Handling applications and interviews	Students will learn how to promote themselves in a way that attracts the attention of selectors and recruiters as well as managing the applications process requires them to develop a range of self-presentation and marketing skills that they will need throughout their lives
Managing changes and transitions	Students will be made awareness of how to cope with life changes and transitions, partly gained from reflecting on previous moves, can support lifelong career development and employability.

Careers and Sixth Form – Year 11
Identifying choices and opportunities	Students will be able to research and recognise suitable progression pathways and qualifications. Using networking, negotiation, information and evaluation skills enable students to maximise their choices and opportunities, including those that are unforeseen or unplanned.
Planning and deciding	Students need to know how to get information, clarify values and preferences, identify alternatives, weigh up influences and advice, solve problems, review decisions and make plans.
Managing changes and transitions	Students will be made awareness of how to cope with life changes and transitions, partly gained from reflecting on previous moves, can support lifelong career development and employability.