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31/03/23

BCGS, BMS & SLBGS participated in the Debate Club Tournament won by BCGS with student prizes to BCGS/BMS for excellent debating skills: Guns should be outlawed in America Mobile phones should be banned for primary school children The death penalty should be reinstated in the UK https://t.co/6dlhsRXMNJ

30/03/23

30 students who were selected for the highest achievement points and excellent attendance, had great fun participating in a school Easter Egg Hunt. Students had to solve clues and search for tokens to collect rewards. Congratulations to our top 30 students on their achievements. https://t.co/Gcgx0JhA8l

23/03/23

A new free & confidential scheme operated by Citizen Advice supporting people in Kent who are struggling financially or need support to manage the rising cost of living has been launched https://t.co/eLN17WJXbX. Open Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, freephone 0800 808 5622 https://t.co/TbCpiGXs61

22/03/23

The NSPCC has signposted support for young people wishing to report nudes shared online. Use the Report Remove tool: Report Remove | Childline to help take down nude/sexual images & videos. Emotional support is available from Childline & the Internet Watch Foundation. https://t.co/6AKWNaC4FI

20/03/23

Look what we've been awarded! https://t.co/JeUhcL7v7I

13/03/23

Parenting comes with lots of challenges, which can be even more difficult if you're dealing with mental health problems. Please find below a useful link for parents https://t.co/00bdxb0mJM https://t.co/QUr3Oy8Mel

09/03/23

Free breakfast from the National School Breakfast Prog with - setting all our students up to succeed with either a bagel or bowl of cereal from 08:00-08:30am every morning https://t.co/pjod9XoLQA

09/03/23

Congratulations to all the students who entered our Art competition. Take a look at just a couple of the amazing entries. https://t.co/LfziqWOKH3

25/01/23

Yesterday, the BCGS and BMS Maths Club investigated the relationship between wingspan and the flight time of paper helicopters. https://t.co/Ax030MhEfw

11/01/23

Two new clubs for students to join at BMS this week! https://t.co/cXfoiJvy1T

10/01/23

Announcing a new club which is open to BMS & BCGS students this week. https://t.co/JZ1ZSjXoLr

09/01/23

Our fantastic new school is recruiting more teaching staff in preparation for the arrival of another year group in September. Lots of leadership roles available too. Have a look and see if something grabs your interest! https://t.co/IXCbvZDHgw https://t.co/77XWSUPHh1

06/01/23

We've joined the National School Breakfast Prog with providing free healthy breakfasts giving students the best chance to learn. Breakfast can set up children to succeed, which is why all our students can have either a bagel or cereal free from every morning https://t.co/GxuzMOmGdP

15/12/22

This week Year 7 students from Barton Court and Barton Manor took part in a Maths Bake-Off Challenge, using their Mathematical skills to decipher a jumbled up recipe. Their excellent cooking skills resulted in superb candy cane shortbreads! https://t.co/37nFUsBufd

13/12/22

A treat to kick start the week yesterday for our hard working staff - the diet starts in January! https://t.co/lWefcjO44X

05/12/22

We've got some great prizes for our Christmas Fayre this week - looking forward to seeing who wins big! https://t.co/Z7YMlGqi56

21/11/22

We raised £110 for by running a cake sale, which was hugely popular at break and lunch time! https://t.co/C1niGjJkCj

17/11/22

Looking forward to our first Children in Need fundraiser including ‘Spot-themed’ Non School Uniform Day & Cake Sale (with prizes for Bake-Off winner). https://t.co/rTyu93Vsy6

02/11/22

We will be selling Remembrance Day poppies from the School office from Thursday 3 November. To find out more about where your money goes, please visit https://t.co/7SM8nE1u70 https://t.co/9OFlfGz14l

01/11/22

We're delighted to announce we are a National Online Safety Certified School! Accreditation has come through a comprehensive online safety programme and a whole school community approach to protecting children in the online world https://t.co/r6hoYuOIqJ

05/10/22

This week, 16 of our Year 7 students from Barton Manor and Barton Court joined forces to take part in a Maths relay competition. They collaborated very enthusiastically to solve complex problems. Well done to the winning team and to all who took part! https://t.co/2aoXuSBPN3

20/09/22

Y7 BMS students are loving our brand new sports facilities! https://t.co/0xy8WRRPLd

16/09/22

It's the end of our second week as a brand new school in Canterbury and Y7 have been enjoying an intro into their new subjects. https://t.co/KWS7IlDuM5

13/09/22

Details of our Open Evenings at both Barton Court Grammar and Barton Manor School are now available to view on our websites. Booking for the Headteacher Presentations is essential. https://t.co/fReYguaWH5 https://t.co/4tMjXl74Sx https://t.co/c6rDZ2ABaM

13/07/22

We're looking for a dynamic Isolation Manager/Behaviour Pastoral Support Assistant for our brand new school which opens in September. If you or anyone you know is interested in this role, please click the link below for more information: https://t.co/OQud34d5Mc

01/07/22

We're looking for talented & dedicated Teaching Assistants to start in September. If you or someone you know is interested and would like to learn more, please click here: https://t.co/uS3Ci7hu6a

28/03/22

Barton Manor school build was completed last week! The School will legally be transferred to BCAT on 1 May 2022 so we have plenty of time to move in ready to welcome our new Y7 students and their parents/carers to the transition along with welcome events planned for Term 6. https://t.co/p84CtqDzeC

03/03/22

Advanced notification for your diaries. Special offer of 10% off school uniform at the Simmonds Selling Event in June this year - https://t.co/NOjDNgO7zv https://t.co/KDyEp3V5bb

02/03/22

We are looking for an Assistant Site Manager to start at the School on 1 May. If you or someone you know is interested please click here for more details: https://t.co/99T87arMJH https://t.co/Aju3sX2ls8

02/02/22

The Funding Agreement for Barton Manor School has been signed meaning it's now legally within Barton Court Academy Trust and we can start offering student places on 1 March and recruiting staff. Exciting stuff! See our full press release: https://t.co/pXlH1gyjkc

13/01/22

Are you interested in being one of our School Governors, if so come and talk to us or click the link below for further details: https://t.co/Pi6LhW4i3O

13/01/22

We're looking for a Non Executive Director/Trustee for the Barton Court Academy Trust. If this is something that interests you we would love to talk to you. Click the link for further details: https://t.co/QlRKT2idN0

13/01/22

Just 4 weeks to go until this amazing new school is finished. https://t.co/GBU8CGF7mD

10/12/21

Retweeted From Barton Court Grammar

Barton Manor School is really getting there now. The interiors are going in and it's looking incredible. https://t.co/6MCbjsMdo7

25/11/21

It's coming along nicely! https://t.co/KM794U7MGO

25/11/21

Update on our new build! https://t.co/z7MeLi4W5i

04/11/21

Retweeted From Barton Court Grammar

The new free school build, Barton Manor, is progressing well and may even be completed 3 weeks early! https://t.co/Pt5tuJLXwZ

19/10/21

Come along to our Open Evening tonight, 5pm-8pm at Barton Court Grammar School and learn more about our new free school opening in September 2022. https://t.co/qmAN98HMoV https://t.co/mDkjO0vqKz

12/10/21

Barton Manor School is looking for LGB Govs to join them in Jan 2022. If you or someone you know is interested in joining the Trust to help implement the vision, ethos & direction of our new free school click the link below or retweet to spread the word. https://t.co/JqhtzCvv49 https://t.co/WcNV2KxhgA

30/09/21

Retweeted From Barton Court Grammar

Our new free school, Barton Manor, is progressing. Here are the latest images. https://t.co/UBLZw8ECEj

Careers Provision Intent

Barton Manor School firmly believes that a full and varied careers education is both useful and enriching. The school will offer all students the chance to learn about and reflect upon their future career aspirations and employability skills through opportunities in the classroom, as well as through welcoming external speakers / visitors to the school. Barton Manor School is committed to fully achieving the Gatsby benchmarks by embedding careers education as a key component of the curriculum:

1. A stable careers programme

2. Learning from career and labour market information

3. Addressing the needs of each pupil

4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

5. Encounters with employers and employees

6. Experiences of workplaces

7. Encounters with further and higher education

8. Personal guidance

Barton Manor School is also committed to implementing the CDI Career Development Framework with a clear focus on the six learning areas for lifelong career development:

  • Growth throughout life
  • Explore possibilities
  • Manage career
  • Create opportunities
  • Balance life and work
  • See the big picture

Barton Manor School will use the following strategies to ensure the careers programme is strategically managed:

  • A Careers and CEIG policy, as well as a work experience policy, will be set out on the school website with the approval of the local governing body.
  • Regular meetings with the Enterprise Coordinator from the School Improvement, Secondary, Special and PRU / Skills & Employability division of the Education People. This will be an external quality assurance measure.
  • An action plan will be written by the Careers Coordinator each year which specifically links to the School Development Plan. The action plan will be evaluated on a termly basis, with targets to ensure a clear focus on improvement is set out during the rest of the academic year.
  • The Careers Coordinator will meet on a fortnightly basis with the appropriate member of the Senior Leadership team who line manages the careers provision to discuss the provision.
  • A separate careers budget will ensure that adequate resources are available for students to access.

VESPA Programme

In order to prioritise careers education from the beginning of secondary school, students at Barton Manor will follow the VESPA careers model, consisting of Vision, Effort, Systems, Practice and Attitude, each of these being completed across an academic year up until the end of Year 11. The careers provision will also fully support the academic and vocational pathways offered by Barton Manor School, with opportunities to explore university, apprenticeships and work-based options after finishing school. The VESPA programme is designed to offer up-to-date information, to challenge stereotypes and to offer students access to meaningful labour market information in an engaging way.

In tutor time students will receive a VESPA booklet which they will complete on a fortnightly basis in Year 7, 8 and 9, and on a weekly basis in Year 10 and 11.

Vision – Year 7 students will reflect on their vision for the future and what they want to achieve. This encourages aspirational thinking.

Effort – Year 8 students will consider what effort is required to achieve their goals, motivating them to see the purpose behind their studies.

Systems – Year 9 students will learn about the way in which the job market works, and they will evaluate the necessary qualities needed to achieve their goals.

Practice – Year 10 students will complete weekly employability sessions, recalling past knowledge on careers and looking more practically at skills needed for future careers success. This will also prepare them for work experience.

Attitude – Year 11 students are given the toolkit for succeeding in their post-16 options, focussing on clear actions that they can achieve. There will be a particular focus on skills and qualities needed in the world of work. Students have already logged on to Kent Choices and will continue to use the VESPA Attitude resources to fully establish their future plans in form time.


Careers Advice

All Year 8 students will receive careers appointments prior to choosing their GCSE options. This will support their understanding of why they are choosing specific subjects, and what they could do with these subjects in future.

All Year 11 (and eventually Year 13) students will be offered a Careers appointment with a level 6 trained independent careers advisor from CXK. As per the pupil premium pledge, PP students will be prioritised for these appointments first.

Students in any year group can request a careers appointment, and the careers coordinator can organise this. In the first couple of years of Barton Manor, these appointments can be provided through Barton Court Grammar School.


Unifrog

Unifrog is an online platform for students, teachers and parents. It is predominantly a careers and university preparation website which enables easy logging, monitoring and tracking of students’ employability skills, extracurricular interests, as well as their choices for post 16 and post 18 destinations. It is also used to draft and provide feedback on UCAS statements and write teacher / tutor references. Students can also research apprenticeships, MOOCs and other extra and super curricular opportunities.

There is a comprehensive Scheme of Work for students to follow on Unifrog, and students will be given opportunities to complete various parts of Unifrog during tutor time and Enrichment Day sessions.

Students will use Unifrog to do the following:

  • Create a CV
  • Log all careers-based learning against the Gatsby benchmarks
  • Log all extracurricular activities they complete, and reflect on what they have learned
  • Be offered supercurricular tasks with information and links – this to be provided by the teachers
  • Log skills (competencies) and qualities
  • Log activities (e.g. work experience) and what they learned
  • Log all personal development sessions done as part of PSHEE, Enrichment Days, and within curriculum areas.

Unifrog will therefore act as an excellent record over many years of all of achievements, accomplishments and skills that students build. A full record of these achievements will be visible from Years 7-11, and eventually in sixth form.


PSHEE and Enrichment Days

The following activities are examples of potential events with a careers focus, all of which have already successful been planned and executed at Barton Court Grammar School. The programme may change depending on the needs of students. These events are in addition to the VESPA careers programme, and are designed to complement and extend the programme.

Year 7

  • Attendance to the careers fair
  • Students to register on Unifrog and complete the personality quizzes
  • Careers Fair – planned to be a joint event with Barton Court Grammar School for at least the first year.
  • Careers Day – including sessions on the Labour Market information, vision for the future and the yearly NHS competition. This day will occur at the same time as the careers fair.

Year 8

  • Unifrog session to log qualities, competencies and skills
  • Preparation for careers appointments
  • GCSE subject choices and stepladders
  • The Big Careers Quiz

Year 9

  • Enterprise / Dragon’s Den-style session
  • Unifrog session on subjects, moocs and university
  • Form time unit on financial competency

Year 10

  • Attendance to the Careers Fair Unifrog session creating a CV
  • At least two sessions covering preparation for work experience, and the completion of the RIASEC test.
  • Careers Day run by EBP ('Marketing Me', The Group Interview Experience, Creativity in the Workplace, Employability, Preparation and interview techniques, Study skills)

Year 11

  • Attendance to the Careers Fair
  • Unifrog session exploring online opportunities
  • Post-18 PSHEE session
  • Post-16 pathway meetings with SLT and pastoral leaders
  • Completion of Kent Choices in tutor time
  • Mock interview day (currently planned to occur at BCGS in year 10)

Employee Encounters

Students will have access to encounters with employees through the following routes:

  • Inspire lecture careers talks at lunchtime / during form time – external professionals will come to Barton Manor and talk to students. These can be conducted with a specific year group or within a specific subject area. Whole-school careers talks will also be made available via Microsoft Teams, and they will be shared across the trust.
  • Careers fair – an annual event to be hosted at Barton Court Grammar School: a range of employers, businesses and universities are invited to Barton Court, and BMS students will be invited to participate in the event. This usually occurs as part of an enrichment day in March.

Work Experience

In Year 10 students will be given the opportunity to take part in a work experience placement during the final week of the summer term. This will offer an exciting opportunity for students to develop a range of employability skills, and to relate their learning in the classroom to

Barton Manor School will use EBP Kent in order to complete risk assessments of all placements that students wish to attend. The Careers Coordinator, the Head of Year and appropriate administrative staff will coordinate the work experience placements, giving students advice and support to secure their placements. They will also conduct visits to monitor students during this week.


University, College and Apprenticeships

Students will also have the opportunity to explore Further and Higher Education opportunities, including trips to local universities. Local universities will be invited to give talks about the benefits of attending university in order to raise aspirations, particularly if students would be first generation university students. Local colleges will also be invited to joint Careers Fairs with Barton Court in the first few years of the school. In line with the Baker Clause there will also be opportunities for Further Education institutions such as colleges to speak to year groups across different year groups.

Through the ASK programme, students will have access to information, talks and advice about how to secure an apprenticeship. Students will be given advice about the different levels of apprenticeship, alongside workshops to help them prepare applications and interviews.


CPD and Professional Development Opportunities for Staff

  • As part of new staff CPD, the Careers Coordinator will offer Careers and CEIG training to demonstrate how careers education should be embedded into curriculum areas, and how to support students in making decisions about their careers.
  • Every year the Careers Coordinator attends at least one curriculum leader meeting to ask leaders to self-audit their department. Clear targets are generated and shared with the careers coordinator who will support this process.

Sharing of Information and Resources

Barton Manor School will have a dedicated careers area on SharePoint for teachers, and another area for students and parents to access resources at home. The teacher page will be organised to provide form time and enrichment day resources, as well as the opportunity to share best practice. The learner area will provide useful guides, up-to-date information and other resources such as the VESPA booklets to enable parents / carers to become fully aware of the careers programme.

The school website will publish the following information:

  • Names of the designated Careers Lead
  • The relevant member of Senior Leadership who line manages careers
  • The gifted and talented coordinator
  • The careers programme (roadmap and additional information)
  • Application for Provider Access
  • Other useful websites
  • Labour market information
  • A link to the Learning Gateway
  • Updates on events within the News stream on the homepage

A termly newsletter will also be sent home offering up-to-date advice and support for parents, carers and students. This will also summarise the careers-related events happening in the school community. Participation by parents, carers and the local community is actively encouraged, and can provide opportunities for talks and employee encounters.

Within the Learning Resource Centre there will be a display unit with up-to-date careers literature, including subject-specific study guides and other books / magazines relating to careers.


Monitoring and Evaluation

Leaders will constantly be seeking to improve and adapt the careers provision according to student needs. This will be evaluated through METAL (monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning), including a deep dive, with observations of careers sessions, as well as interviews by the senior leadership team with the careers coordinator. The School Development plan will also set out milestones throughout the year to monitor progress against agreed targets. Feedback will be systemically gained in the following ways:

  • Termly student voice – in their individual year groups and as a whole school student voice, students will be asked about their views of the careers programme.
  • Parent and carer surveys – two surveys will be sent home via Microsoft Forms to parents and carers to establish their views, and to provide additional information and support
  • Employers – in addition to the published information on the school website, Barton Manor will work with local employers to develop the careers programme further.

 

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