Careers and Work Placement

At The St Leonards Academy, we are dedicated to providing a comprehensive careers education that helps students explore various career paths, set personal goals, and understand how to achieve success. Through our Careers Corner, students have access to industry talks, work experience opportunities, and visits to universities and employers. Careers support is integrated into daily life, allowing students to engage with it whenever needed.

Our careers programme aligns with our character education initiative, focusing on building virtues such as resilience, self-discipline, and respect. This combination helps students develop the personal qualities necessary for success in both their personal and professional lives.

Our Careers Provision

At The St Leonards Academy, we prepare our students for a successful future by fostering wellbeing, citizenship, and employability. Our careers provision aligns with our personal development (PD) pillars, encouraging students to explore diverse career options and make informed decisions about further education, including college and apprenticeships.

We emphasize understanding the local labour market, helping students consider opportunities in their area while also inspiring them to discover wider training and education options. Through strategic partnerships with industry leaders and support agencies, we provide specific engagements and opportunities that equip our students for future employability at local, national, and global levels. We promote a culture of openness and inquiry, striving for excellence in preparing our students for lifelong success in an ever-changing world.

Careers Provision

Careers CornerCareers have always been a key aspect of the extra provision at St Leonard's Academy, and we are proud to work with a range of external agencies that offer outstanding services. However, we’ve often lacked a dedicated space for students to actively engage with these opportunities. That’s where Careers Corner comes in.
Careers Corner is a space designed not only to provide students with support but also to empower them to take an active role in shaping their own future, students know they can access guidance here, but it goes beyond that – it’s a place for them to take ownership of their career planning and aspirations. By working directly with professionals and exploring their interests, students can refocus, set meaningful goals, and understand the steps needed to achieve them.
At St Leonard's Academy, we believe that students are the drivers of their own future, and Careers Corner is where they can begin to map out that journey with confidence and clarity.
This initiative also gives careers a permanent presence in students' daily school life. No longer limited to assemblies, tutor time, or occasional conversations, careers guidance is now a constant, accessible resource for students to engage with whenever they need it.

Evaluation

We use Gatsby Benchmarks to systematically evaluate and enhance our educational provision. We are also working towards the Investor in Careers Mark, demonstrating our commitment to high-quality career guidance for our students. These initiatives ensure we equip students with the skills they need for future success.