This is an important part of the curriculum and it is of the utmost importance that all young people should be encouraged and supported to move towards a working life which is right for them; will be enjoyable as well as provide economic well-being.

Each student, in North Axholme School, should expect Information, advice and guidance as an entitlement and know what resources are available to make this happen. In moving from adolescence to adulthood, all young people will need to develop:

-	An awareness of themselves; their strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes.
-	An awareness of all the possible opportunities open to them at the age of 16 that are likely to suit their individual skills and attributes as they move into and through their working lives.
-	The skills of decision-making and action planning.
-	Positive attitudes towards themselves and others; self reliance and taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions they make.

Why do they need to develop these things? No-one can escape the rapid pace of development and change in the working world; all young people must recognise and embrace these changes. Within ten years of leaving school, many of them will be working with technology and/or in jobs that have not yet been invented.

Being flexible, willing to move into new or different occupations and having an enthusiasm for continuing training and learning throughout life are the key factors in determining future success. Encouraging positive recognition of this must begin in school.

The CEG programme at North Axholme will be based on recognised learning outcomes and will include:

-	Accurate and up to date information about work, training and educational opportunities.
-	Work related learning, including a period of work experience (5 days in Y10).
-	Professional, individual guidance.
-	Recognising achievement and planning for the future.

Currently the school addresses this in the following ways:

1-	Dedicated modules from years 7 to 11 within the Citizenship lesson dealing specifically with the world of work and career options.
2-	Special awareness-raising activities and opportunities: Years 7 to 11 Industry and Enterprise Activities with a “Work Experience Week” for Year10 students during the later part of the summer term.
3-	Year 11 have opportunities to develop personal skills through working with the Armed Services doing practical problem solving activities.
4-	Staff take opportunities where possible and appropriate to explain the relevance of what is done in school to the world of work.
5-	The use of the “ASDAN” accreditation process to show areas of work done in and out of school leading to a formal qualification that recognises student’s skills which they have developed for the world of work.

Good liaison is maintained with “Connexions” career service and a Personal Advisor from Connexions who is allocated to the school is in regular weekly attendance and attends parent’s consultation events.

Counselling for individual students is available at all times, but begins in a formal structured way, as indicated below:-

Year 9 Options:

-	Students are given general advice by the “Connexions” Personal Advisor and Heads of Departments.
-	Individual advice given to students by Deputy Head/Careers co-ordinator on specific courses.
-	Form teachers/ subject teacher’s counsel and support individual students in decision making.

Year 10 & 11 :

-	Individual action planning takes place and guidance is given to all students who request it or those are recognised by the school to be in need of further guidance through personal interview with the “Connexions” Personal Advisor.
-	General advice given by the careers co-ordinator through assembly’s and registration sessions.
-	Form tutors support and counsel students with individual action planning.

Visiting speakers from the local colleges, the Services and the Consortium for learning is a regular feature of the Year 11 programme and inform students of the opportunities available post 16.

Representatives from business and industry attend school to support and participate in a planned range of “Industry/Enterprise” days and events.

The school library contains a well resourced careers centre with computer and hardware/ software to support students in finding out careers education information and is available to all students at lunchtime and on two nights after school.

The school supports students in finding out about the post 16 opportunities available through use of “Fast tomato” the online careers guidance programme and they are taught to use this during the citizenship programme in year 9 and given further opportunities again in years 10 &11.

The careers co-ordinators office is adjacent to the library and is readily accessible to all students as required.