From September 2022 we are implementing our long-term plan to embed the Career Development Framework, set out by the Career Development Institute (CDI) as part of both our Discovery and wider school curriculum.

The Career Development Institute, provides the following explanation of their framework:

“The main purpose of the CDI’s Career Development Framework is to clarify the skills, knowledge and attitudes that individuals need to have a positive career. A ‘positive career’ will mean something different to everyone, but it will typically include being happy with the way you spend your time, being able to make a contribution to your community and being able to have a decent standard of living.

Career development skills are the learning outcomes that career development programmes and interventions should be aiming to bring about. They need to be developed alongside academic skills and knowledge and employability skills (the skills that you need for work and employment)”.

Our long-term plan aims to embed the six different learning areas across all aspects of school life, including curriculum lessons where teachers will be expected to signpost the following learning areas which promote the skills, knowledge and attitudes for a positive career: