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The Model
• An innovative approach to delivering an integrated programme of careers
education, information, advice, guidance and work related learning.
• sponsored by employers
• subsidised by social enterprise
• responding to the changing landscape of careers delivery
• addressing the frustrations faced by employers
• led by the school and with full engagement by the employer
Careers Guidance Services
More than just a careers service
A Business Partner – By listening to you we work with you to deliver solutions. We
work with your staff and support those with career responsibilities by linking them to
networks, keeping them up to date with the latest development and organise training
and events that support their needs.
Quality Assured– All activities are evaluated, analysed and reported back to you so you
can measure the impact of our service. We actively seek your feedback and that of the
students, teachers and employers we engage with to ensure all of our customers receive
service excellence..
Innovation –We are leading the changes in careers learning and education and supporting
schools and colleges to adapt to the new careers landscape. We deliver what you want and
we’ll encourage you to explore new approaches to help students make the right choices.
Ahead Partnership
What are we doing?
Developing an innovative approach to delivering a comprehensive and
integrated programme of careers education, information, advice, guidance
and work related learning.
Innovative in that we are developing a response to the changing
landscape of careers delivery that ........
• is sponsored by employers and is subsidised by social enterprise.
• responds to some of the issues expressed by employers.
• has full employer engagement yet is led by the school.
Ahead Partnership
Education Programmes
‘Step Ahead’ and ‘Make the Grade’
• gain meaningful insights into the world of work and potential
careers
• raise their aspirations and improve motivation and attainment
• improve employability and social skills
• realise and develop enterprise and entrepreneurial talent
Our Partners
STEP AHEAD
MAKE THE GRADE
Employability Skills and Enterprise Activities
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Motivation and Self Awareness Activities
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Information and Career Awareness Activities
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Managed Learning Activities
Internship and Work Experience Opportunities
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Performance and Group Mentoring Activities
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Monitoring and Evaluation
Basic evaluation and feedback for each activity
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Student tracking and impact evaluation
Careers Advice and Guidance
Optional accredited IAG support for each learning activity from Shine
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Optional full IAG delivery to meet national standards from Shine
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Long Term School - Business Partnerships
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Project Management and Support
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Other Opportunities
Support for Staff
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Support for Governance
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Support for Parents and Carers
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Support for Community
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A High School Programme –
Public/Private Funding Resources
The Model in Practice
sponsor/school/businesses
Apprenticeship
events
Workplace
Visits
Work
Placements
Projects
with
universities
Employability
skills
Competitions
Make the Grade Steering Group
Governance
Sponsor/Anchor businesses/school and Ahead Education
Make the Grade Team
Scope school needs
Live Enterprise
Challenges
Careers
Education &
IAG (Shine)
Find financial sponsors
Draw up activity programme
Recruit the businesses
Ongoing project facilitation
Run steering group
Tracking and Reporting
Promotion and PR
Collaborative
projects
Outputs/Outcomes
Engage 20+ businesses
Support 400+ pupils
Deliver 1000+ hrs support
Improve attainment
Improve attendance
Improve destinations
Reduce NEET rates
Support for
parents
Support
For
staff
Industry
knowledge
Mentoring
Literacy &
Numeracy
How does it work?
• Ahead identifies partner schools
• Ahead sources the business partners and finance
• Together we devise and plan a programme of practical business activities
that meet specific school needs – secondary and primary- with the offer
of dedicated Careers Guidance input from the Shine Service at Aspire i.
• We manage delivery of the activities – logistics/training/briefings/DBS
checking
• We run a termly steering group for school and businesses
• We track and monitor agreed outcomes
Business Support
Sponsor
Model
Anchor
businesses (3)
Pool businesses (15+)
Lord Michael Heseltine – Extract from ‘No Stone Unturned. In pursuit of
Growth’ – A review conducted at the request of the Prime Minister as to how economic
prosperity can be improved.
Make the Grade features as part of a chapter entitled ‘Education and skills – the
foundation for growth and prosperity’. Lord Heseltine concludes that ‘business
engagement should be incorporated far deeper into the school curriculum in
order to develop young people’s understanding of business, increase their
employability, and further their understanding of career and future training
options and where they might lead.’ He concludes that Ahead Partnership is
‘already facilitating this sort of engagement between schools and employers’.
Vince Barrett – President ACEG:
“I have seen governments in the past promote this kind of activity, but the funding security has
never been there. This is different. The commitment to the programme is clearly there –
schools want to do it at a local level, from inside the school; they actively want to participate
and make sure it works.
Talking to young people, all agreed that this particular academy has improved immeasurable –
not just because of discipline but because there are creative ways of delivering the message
like this.
I’m impressed with the broad range of employers willingly getting involved. Here they are,
talking about the jobs within the companies they represent – they’re well briefed and know
what their responsibility is and it’s a very proactive approach. And it doesn’t just stop here;
Make the Grade activities are imbued within the school as a whole”.
David Andrews:
“What’s so right here is the linking of employer activity with careers guidance… It’s
unfair to expect employers to offer guidance, but linking it into a school like this is
admirable.
I’ve never seen a model like this before. There are all sorts of problem in careers
guidance now that schools have responsibility for it but there are some positive good
news stories and this is one of them.
Schools are rethinking their approach now that they are taking responsibility for
careers guidance. However, they can’t do this in a vacuum and this is one of the
choices they now have”.
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For Further Information
• Ahead Partnership
www.aheadpartnership.org.uk
• Aspire-i www.aspire-i.com