Staffing and contact details
Mrs S Holmes is the Careers Leader and teacher in charge of Citizenship, she teaches the course from Year 7 to Year 11
Mrs Holmes can be contacted by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mr C Savage & Miss How teach Key Stage 3 citizenship
Mr T Randman teaches Year 10 citizenship
Mr P Wright delivers the Sixth Form Personal Development programme
Mr J Ambrose of Complete Careers provides impartial information, advice and guidance to students one day each week
Students in Key Stage 3 are taught Citizenship and Careers in a weekly lesson, this includes elements of Digital Citizenship and ICT skills. In addition to this students are taught topics concerned with ‘Well-being’ during a form period – the normal timetable is suspended for one lesson every fortnight. The curriculum is enhanced by regular visits from health professionals, Police Officers and people with expertise in business and industry. These include regular school nurse clinics, presentations from guest speakers, QEGS Alumni, curriculum theme days and drama workshops.
Our courses set out to raise student aspirations by encouraging students to challenge stereotypes and develop the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed choices about:
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Their health and lifestyle
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Their environment
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Their future
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Their rights and responsibilities
As a QEGS student, this is what you can expect your careers programme to look like, based around the government’s Gatsby Benchmarks:
Careers and Citizenship at QEGS: Student Programme |
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Gatsby Benchmark |
Careers and Citizenship at QEGS will provide the following opportunities to meet this benchmark… |
1) A stable careers programme |
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2) Learning from career and labour market information |
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3) Addressing the needs of each pupil |
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4) Linking curriculum learning to careers |
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5) Encounters with employers and employees |
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6) Experiences of workplaces |
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7) Encounters with further and higher education |
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8) Personal guidance |
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The DfE released a new statutory guidance document in January 2018, including a number of new requirements for school careers programmes, most of which are to be met by the end of 2020.
The most immediate requirement is for all schools to have a policy for 'Provider Access' so that everyone is clear on how and when outside organisations will be allowed access to students at QEGS Horncastle to promote other educational routes and training opportunities. We have now updated our Careers policy document to reflect this; it can be found under ‘Our School’, ‘Policies and Forms’ and then ‘Careers Policy’.
You can now get immediate and personal careers advice from the National Careers Service via phone, text or online chat.