Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance (CEIAG)

At Keswick School we encourage every student from Year 7 - Year 13 to develop high aspirations, promoting a broad and ambitious range of careers to suit every student’s individual needs. This closely links to the school’s vision of promoting excellence to enable students to be happy and achieve their potential.

CEIAG at Keswick is provided through designated careers lessons within the Personal Development programme; careers days and fairs; Year 7 – 9 Futures Fridays careers sessions during registration, Year 10, 12 and 13 work experience placements; university and college visits; off-site careers events; one-to-one interviews with an external Level 6-trained careers advisor from Inspira; mock interview opportunities, including Oxbridge and apprenticeships; talks from outside speakers, including training and apprenticeship providers, local employers and alumni; to name just a few.

All Year 11 – 13’s have access to Unifrog, the online careers guidance platform, designed to connect students with their future career potential. It combines the most comprehensive source of information with a personalised experience and career planning tools, helping our students to make more informed decisions about their future study and career options, as well as developing their employability.

Keswick School has close links with Inspira, a local careers and personal development company that “empowers young people and adults to reach their potential in work, life and society.”  Valerie Cumberbatch and Andrew Wallam, our Level 6 qualified careers advisors, regularly come in to school to provide 1:1 and small group careers interviews. If you would like an interview, please contact Mel Avery, Careers Leader in school, to arrange.

Keswick School works collaboratively with the Cumbria Careers Hub and is part of the Western Consortium careers group, which regularly brings careers leaders from all secondary schools and colleges in West Cumbria together to share good practice. We also work closely with the Centre for Leadership Performance, a non-profit leadership development company, nurturing aspirations and leadership skills in young people across Cumbria.

Hello Futures, a partnership of stakeholders in Cumbria and Lancashire working together with the aim of increasing the number of young people progressing to higher education in Cumbria, is another of our partners delivering a targeted outreach programme, including activities such as mentoring, workshops and trips.

Keswick School is part of the Enterprise Advisor Network, working with a local volunteer Enterprise Advisor, a local senior business representative trained to co-ordinate and liaise with school to build employer engagement plans.  Our EA is Bill Harper, from Sellafield/the NDA.

Students, staff, parents, carers, employers, and training providers all play a role in a young person’s careers journey. Please see the dedicated pages for more specific information, useful information and links.

Mrs Melanie Avery
(Head of CEIAG and Work Experience Coordinator)
careers@keswick.cumbria.sch.uk or extension 233