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Measuring Impact (Career Mark Accreditation)

The Academy rigorously measures the impact of its careers programme, to ensure it continues to meet the needs of our pupils, by making sure it is relevant, meaningful, and impactful.

The Academy uses the Future Skills Questionnaire, which is embedded in Compass+, a tool that is funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company, to baseline students at key transition point, and track progress between key stages. This tool is being used for the first time in the 2022/23 academic year.

The Academy closely monitors potential ‘NEET’ (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) students, to ensure bespoke, targeted support can be provided to any student who would benefit from it.

Individual activities and interventions are evaluated, and continuous feedback is provided by students, staff, parents and carers, and employers.

Career Mark

In July 2022 Pembroke went through the Career Mark revalidation processed. Thanks to the hard work of the careers team and the wonderful students who were interviewed Pembroke passed and will retain the award for a further two years. Career Mark recognises the quality of the independent and impartial guidance we offer, ensuring our students leave with the confidence and skills required to enter the world of work and further/higher education. Career Mark Accreditation demonstrates to all our stakeholders, including Ofsted that we are providing an efficient and effective careers programme through:

Management: The effectiveness of our systems for planning, managing and integrating the whole programme

Guidance: The effectiveness of an integrated programme of advice, guidance and support

Curriculum: The effectiveness of our curriculum to supports the development of learners’ knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes

Information: The accessibility, relevance, importance and effectiveness of information, the acquisition of skills to research and evaluate allowing for well informed and realistic career decisions.

The Academy bases our careers programme on the CDI framework for Career, Employability and Enterprise education, alongside the Department for Education’s Careers guidance and access for education and training providers document (Oct 2018) and the Gatsby Benchmarks

Measuring the Impact of the Academy's Careers Programme

Feedback on the Academy's Careers Programme is collected through regular student evaluation and parent surveys as well as through focus groups following any careers event or workshop.  The effectiveness of the programme is reflected in the Post 16 destination reports provide to us by the Participation Team LLC.

What is Career Mark Pathway?

Career Mark Pathway recognises the quality of the independent and impartial guidance offered, ensuring students leave with the confidence and skills required to enter the world of work and further/higher education. Career Mark Pathway Accreditation demonstrates to Ofsted that we are providing an efficient and effective careers programme through:

  • Management: The effectiveness of our systems for planning, managing and integrating the whole programme

  • Guidance: The effectiveness of an integrated programme of advice, guidance and support

  • Curriculum: The effectiveness of our curriculum to supports the development of learners’ knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes

  • Information: The accessibility, relevance, importance and effectiveness of information, the acquisition of skills to research and evaluate allowing for well informed and realistic career decisions.

More information can be found at https://complete-careers.com