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Careers – CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance)

Durham Trinity School and Sports College Career’s Leader is Mrs Fiona Day (AHT). For the academic year 2024-2025, the Career’s Leader will be Mrs Paula Donkin. If you would like to view our Provider Access Policy Statement please click on the document below, if you would like to view the current Careers Rolling Programme and/or Careers Policy please click the appropriate PDF below.

Every school should use the 8 Gatsby benchmarks to develop and improve the quality of their careers education and provision. Two auditing tools are currently being utilised by Durham Trinity School and Sports College to evaluate our current CEIAG programme and to action plan for the future.

Durham Trinity School and Sports College were active members of the Careers Primary Pilot Scheme delivered by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP). This has concluded but the school still provide and audit Careers provision for Primary pupils and measure this against the NELEP (now known as the North East Combined Authority) Primary Gatsby Benchmarks. Durham Trinity School are also part of the SEND Careers Hub facilitated by North East Ambition which is part of the North East Combined Authority. .

CEIAG is a legal requirement from Year 7, however, at Durham Trinity School and Sports College pupils begin their CEIAG in Nursery or Reception through Areas of study such as ‘All about me’ and through their Personal development which encourages them to explore their personal qualities, likes and dislikes.

As pupils continue their education, the CEIAG curriculum becomes more formalised e.g. Through workshops delivered by Durham Works around pathways for the future, through discreetly taught CEIAG units of work or through World of Work Modules of study in KS5. Pupils are given, at key transition points, the opportunity to liaise with a representative from Durham Works (where appropriate) to discuss their career goals, aspirations and learning pathways in an impartial manner.

Classes throughout the school are given the opportunity to participate in the School Council, expressing their opinions on a range of issues which affect the school community.

A Careers Action Plan is devised at the start of each school year and evaluated throughout the year. Here are some actions from this year’s action plan:

• To explore the possibility of Alumni and how this facilitated in other schools.
• To support and encourage staff to make explicit reference to Careers and Employability within short term planning documentation.
• To continue to improve provider access opportunities for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 pupils.
• To plan opportunities for local employers to work collaboratively on sustained projects linked to curriculum learning.

If you would like to discuss the careers programme for your child or if you are a business/company that would like to get involved with Enterprise and Careers at Durham Trinity School and Sports College please contact Fiona Day (Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for CEIAG) on the school email address, via the ‘Contact Us’ section or by telephone on 0191 386 4612.

Parent, Carer and Pupil Pathways and Provisions Guidance

There are a range of Post 16 and Post 19 options available on transition from Durham Trinity School and Sports College. The information available in this area is by no means exhaustive but will give an idea of some of the potential providers you (as parents, carers or pupils) may wish to explore when thinking about transition. Please click on the links below for more information.