Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance helps you to develop skills to make informed choices and plan for your future.

This information and advice will help you to prepare for life after Derwen College.

In addition to working within your pathway or programme area, you will go to Careers Education Information, Advice and Guidance sessions.

Here you will learn about skills and qualities needed in the work place, how to present yourself at work and you will create your own CV.

Meet the team

Key members of staff at Derwen College will work with you to ensure you have all the information you need, right the way through college.

If you want further information about Careers Education Advice and Guidance, you can have a look at the documents below:

• CEIAG across college (March 23)
• IAG student poster (March 23)
• Employability Skills overview

Careers Strategy and a Careers Policy

Since 2020 all schools and colleges have been required to provide an excellent careers education for all students. At Derwen College, we have a Careers Strategy and a Careers Policy in place to ensure we are achieving this.

We want all our students to have access to an excellent careers education. We do this by using the Gatsby benchmarks and the Matrix Standards review.

• Derwen College Matrix standards Strategy
• IAG Strategy
• Careers Education IAG Policy Mar 2021–22
• Provider access policy Jan 2021–22

Careers education programme

We have a team of staff dedicated to making sure that we provide an excellent careers education programme. This will start with our admissions team, who will help you to choose the most appropriate pathway/programme to support your aspirations for the future.

Transition

Once you are at Derwen College, the team will support you throughout your time here, making sure you are ready for transition from Derwen College.

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  CEIAG Overview 2023

• Pathway overviews

We are proud of the journeys our students make once they leave Derwen College, many of our students will move towards paid or voluntary work, supported living and will be active citizens within their community.

Student case studies

Read about some of the journeys past students have taken after they have left Derwen College.

• Mary’s story
  MARY, from Worcestershire, is a former Derwen College Retail & Enterprise student. Since leaving college Mary is using her skills in business and customer service.
  We asked Mary to tell us about her time at Derwen and her aspirations for the future.
• Billie-Jo’s Story
  BILLIE-JO, from Middlesex, graduated from Derwen College in 2021. Thanks to skills learnt at College, she is now travelling independently to her job at Nando’s.
  Click here to continue reading…

Destination data

The national average of young people with SEND going into work is 5.4%. The chart below shows how Derwen College students far exceed the national average.

*Information updated annually