Our CRL program is both bespoke and unique to our academy  and is reviewed on an annual basis to meet our children's needs based on internal monitoring and evaluation processes.   We are committed to providing a  coherently planned and sequenced  programme  that reflects our academy’s context and core values. Our programme is designed  to entitle all children to develop their  knowledge, skills, understanding and cultural capital to support them to go  on to positive destinations that meet their aspirations and interests.  

 

 

With this in mind we aim:-

• To broaden children’s horizons and raise aspiration with the ultimate aim of improving social mobility
• To support the raising of standards of achievement and attainment for all children, especially by increasing motivation, attitude to learning and attendance
• To reinforce the importance of numeracy and literacy in later life
• To support inclusion, challenge stereotyping and promote equality of opportunity
• To excite and motivate children about their curriculum learning by ensuring there are strong links between education and the world of work
• To develop enterprise and essential life skills
• To help children to learn about, and develop,  their skills and qualities to instil greater self confidence
• To  tailor CRL learning / events to meet the needs of all our children through appropriate differentiation
• To involve parents and carers whenever appropriate
• To use  current labour market information (LMI) to enable children, staff and parents  to  engage actively with  local and national CRL information  so that they can increase their knowledge and understanding about the world of work.
• To use all  feedback to reflect on our current provision to develop our future CRL program
• To provide additional support to specific vulnerable groups such as SEND and pupil premium
• To monitor and evaluate current provision in order to ensure our program  is quality assured in line with other curriculum areas  
• To share best practice with other Co-op academies at network events to ensure reflection and development of own program 
• To ensure each key stage get a least 1 employer encounter
• To achieve / work towards a Quality in Careers award in recognition of all that our academy offers 

 

Our program is taught via bespoke activities and events, subject curriculum and extracurricular activities, and a wide range of enrichment activities.

CRL can be delivered by a range of providers such as  teachers and support staff,  FE Colleges, Universities, visiting speakers, employers and employees.  This delivery includes bespoke workshops, assemblies, project / challenge / enterprise days and  via subject curriculum.  Our staff  receive regular CPD to support them in embedding essential skills into their subject areas.  Our parents can access our academy's website which provides clear links to a range of CRL related events and information about local market information (LMI) . The CRL events / activities outlined below are all planned to take place over the year in addition to CRL in the curriculum.

Possible events

• Visits to Universities  
• Visits to FE College  
• Visits /trips (remember all visits are to someone's place of work!)
• Co-op core offer
•  CRL threaded throughout CAW curriculum offer
• Career sector insight  assemblies  
• Challenge / enrichment days or  week
• Aspiration audit  
• External providers such as Primary Frutures  i.e Enterprise activities / assemblies
• Workplace visits  
• Curriculum links to employers 
• STEM activities
• Staff LMI  CPD
• Curriculum mapping

Staff

• Annual update on LMI
• Directed time to develop CRL in the curriculum  
• Curriculum review with trust curriculum director
• External CRL CPD ie visiting a local subject related business

Impact

Measuring the impact of our  CRL programme  supports us  to develop  it on a termly / annual basis and to know that we are making a positive and empowering difference. We value  quantitative and qualitative feedback from all stakeholders and ensure our evaluations lead to change / amendments in our future planning. We undertake internal and external quality assurance to ensure our intent and implementation  is in-line with our expectations. Our CRL program aims to demonstrate the following impact:

• Raise in aspirations (aspiration data)
• Increased understanding of stereotypical jobs (google forms)
• Feedback and evaluation for all events, both quantitative and qualitative
• Increase in attendance / reduction in PA over time
• Reduction in behaviour incidents
• Increase in progress  / attainment over time
• Progress and achievement data over time with reference to vulnerable groups i.e SEND
• Development of employability skills after key events
• Range of employer engagement increasing

 

 

The full policy can be found here: