Careers Programme

At St Paul’s Way Trust School, we aspire for all our graduates to progress into a career that is tailored to their personal ambitions and which allows them to realise their full potential. We recognise the importance of teaching a broad and balanced curriculum that offers students the academic currency needed to progress in their careers, as well as offering a programme of extra-curricular support that ensures they develop clear, ambitious and realistic plans for the future.

SPWT welcomes education and training providers to engage with students. The Provider Access Policy offers providers the opportunity to review current opportunities for access. Many of these events will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to and work with students and/or their parents/carers.

QIC Gold Award

St Paul’s Way Trust School is proud to have achieved the Ixion Quality in Careers award at GOLD level for its Career Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance provision (CEIAG).

The Quality in Careers Standard awarded by Ixion is the single national quality award for CEIAG for secondary schools. The standard is fully aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks for "Good Career Guidance" and complies with the DfE’s Statutory Guidance.

In April 2021 SPWT was accredited QiC Standard and in April 2022, SPWT achieved the Gold Standard - "a recognition of excellence in CEIAG and a recognition of the school’s robust CEIAG provision, demonstrated by consistently very good grades across all units"

The CEIAG team continue to deliver a range of engaging activities and events to prepare students for the world of work, through implementation of the Gatsby Benchmark Framework. The CEIAG team aspire to maintain high standards and give our students a platform to develop the knowledge and required confidence and skills to make well informed, relevant choices in planning for their futures.

Evaluation Report

SPWT have completed an evaluation of the CEIAG provision across Years 7-13, led by Ms Kawtar and Ms Johura. Despite the disruptions and challenges caused by the pandemic, we are proud that students have had encounters with employers, access to labour market information, 1:1 sessions with a qualified Careers Advisor, access to career learning in lessons and much more. Parents and staff have also been learning about the labour market and employability over the course of the year. You can learn more about our Careers Programme below. See our evaluation report:

Date of next review March 2026