Careers

The CEIAG – (Careers Education Information Advice Guidance) provision in a Delta Academy has been designed to positively support you to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work. Our Careers Programme is personalised to the academy in conjunction with our partners at Progress Education. Please use this link for the Academy Careers portal.

Careers Education and is provided though:

Subject Lessons, – Information and discussions in with a subject specific focus to help you make decisions about careers based on subject knowledge and transferable skills.
Tutorials, Assemblies & Life Lessons – Discussions and resources about the local market information, growth job sectors and
Step Up Days – Events such as employability days

Information, Advice & Guidance is provided through:

Careers Cafes & Careers Fairs – Employers, Colleges and Universities will visit the school on a regular basic to talk to you about their industry and how to train and qualify for role in that sector.
Careers Portal – You have access to our online Careers Portal.
Results Service – a team of advisers will be able to talk through you needs on results day to help you confirm your intended destination.
Qualified 1-2-1 Guidance – You also have access to a qualified careers advisor, who will provide confidential and impartial advice to students on the information they have received or to help guide students to make fully informed decisions.
- Planning for the future – if you have a career idea but want to find out the best route for you or if you have no career ideas our advisers can help you create career ideas around your interests and skills.
- GCSE & A Level Options – Choosing your options and what would best suit you.
- Apprenticeships – Finding work or an apprenticeship, including job hunting techniques including mock interviews
- Parents Evenings – Access to careers advisers in a variety of ways including individual meetings, drop-in sessions, enrichment activities, parents and option evenings and on results days
- Technology – Information and updates will also be available on notice boards, plasma screens and the websites

Experiences of the Workplace

At Darton Academy we try to provide a range of experiences of the workplace, where we can. We offer virtual work experience opportunities, as well as bespoke physical experiences when opportunities arise. Students in the past have undertaken virtual medical work experience, while others have attended virtual and physical work experience with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Leeds.

When on-line opportunities arise, there is a link sent to students where they can register, if they wish, in order to access work place information and experiences. Students are alerted to these via their school e-mail. In 2024/5 we are looking to offer a number of opportunities relating to apprenticeships and the new T Levels where students will access workshops and webinars. This will be backed by the Academies association with the Sheffield Careers Hub.

Darton Academy has an ongoing agreement with our enterprise link, Premdor, and other external providers so that we can take groups of students to visit places of work in order to widen their experiences.

Over the academic year, we will be giving the students a range of experiences with external providers to broaden their horizons and outlooks in relation to the world of work