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Careers
Education and Guidance

Curriculum Leader Mrs Whitefoot

Careers Education and Guidance (CEG) has an absolutely essential role to play in preparing students for the choices, changes and transitions they will encounter as they become adults.

Through effective CEG, our students can explore and understand the world of work, consider their own values and attitudes and learn strategies to cope with the changing demands and expectations, in order that they can realise their full potential. The 2011 Education Act puts a statutory duty on schools to provide careers education and impartial information and advice which promotes the best interest of the individual student.

Ruskin Community High School recognises this duty towards young people and careers provision has been developed accordingly. Furthermore provision is planned around the framework of delivery laid out in the 2009 Statutory Guidance on Impartial Careers Education.

Careers Champions

  • English – Rebecca Walklate
  • Maths – Noha Loufti
  • Science – Lloyd Sant
  • MFL – Fiona Brown
  • DT & Art – Rebecca Reeves
  • PE – Rebecca Davies
  • Performing Arts – Ceri John
  • Humanities – Shelley Whitefoot
  • IT – Michael Deardon

What does a Careers Champion do?

  • To be the contact point for dissemination of careers activities and information within your department.
  • Give practical advice on how your department colleagues can include careers learning in their subject areas without increasing their workload unnecessarily.
  • Be prepared to complete an annual evaluation/survey and record departmental events on Compass+
  • Work with your department to raise profile of events in the school careers calendar
  • To raise the profile of careers at parents’ evenings, options evenings – wearing a badge ‘I’m a careers champion’
  • Support organisation of employer events e.g. business breakfast, subject talks
  • Support the provision of careers notice board

Careers Advice at Ruskin

All students are entitled to receive impartial information, advice and guidance to help them make appropriate pathway and career choices as they progress through their school life.

We offer support and advice to students making subject choices and can also assist with information on long term career aims.

There is a Careers Library section in the School Library, where students are welcome to browse for further information on careers and the world of work. College, Sixth Form and training provider prospectuses are also kept here.

We have our own Careers Advisor Liz Webster who holds a L6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development.

Contact information

Mrs Whitefoot
Tel: 01270 560514

Email: enquiries@ruskin.cheshire.sch.uk (please mark for the attention of Mrs Whitefoot)

Careers Link Governor – Prof William Ollier

The Ruskin Careers Roadmap