Careers at Verulam
Verulam is committed to providing the highest quality careers provision and is working towards ensuring that the government’s required Gatsby Benchmarks are in place within our extensive careers programme.
We firmly believe that it is our role to ensure students are informed, have opportunities to reflect, have access to a wide range of careers opportunities and are thus able to make informed choices about each step of their career. In this regard we are building on a history of successfully meeting the needs of all our students.
The Careers Team
Careers Leader: Richard Hall
Careers Administrator: Rebecca Elliott
Email Address: careers@verulam.aat.school
Telephone: 01727 766100
Careers Governor: Sarah Brandt
Gatsby Benchmarks
Verulam School has adopted the findings of the Gatsby Foundation’s research into what makes outstanding school-based career guidance. The eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance are as follows:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
Careers Programme
Verulam School provides rigorous Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) to students at all stages of their school career. A summary of our Career Curriculam Programme and Career Events Programme for 2022-2023 can be found here:
Students, teachers, parents and employers are welcome to find out more about our career curriculum and programme of career events by contacting the Career Leader, Richard Hall, via: careers@verulam.aat.school or 01727 766100
Current Opportunities for Students
Please see here for a range of opportunities currently on offer to Verulam students. This page will be updated frequently with details of work experience, careers presentations and information as well as contacts from local and national employers.
Careers Policy
Verulam School has a joint Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) policy which is shared with its Albans Academy Trust partners. Our CEIAG Policy can be found on the Alban Academy Trust website.
Contact Us
If you would like to assist with a careers event or to share your own career journey with our students please contact us by emailing Head of Careers, Richard Hall via admin@verulam.aat.school or call 01727 766100.
Provider Access Policy
If you are a training or education provider wishing to request access please use this link: Provider Access Policy
How We Measure Impact
We believe that it is important to regularly review the impact that the Careers Programme has on students and to use this information to constantly improve our delivery across all year groups, to all ability levels and to the sub-groupings within these.
We believe that all staff are able to make an invaluable contribution to developing our students’ personal understanding of the world of work, their transition through the school’s Key Stages and their individual future career pathway.
To achieve this, our intention is to complete a combination of the following reviews, to publish the findings and use them to progress our delivery of the school’s Careers Programme.
| Name | Method | Audience | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Panel | Face to Face | 12 Students from Years 7 to 13 | Termly |
| Compass | Self-Evaluation | Careers Team | Termly |
| Careers Enterprise Company Student Survey | Face to face panel with CEC, AECOM | 10 students from across all years | Every 6 Months |
| Feedback Survey | Online | All Students Teaching staff Parents/Carers Contributing Organisations | Annually |
Date of Next Review of Published Information
7th July 2023
