RMGS identify and analyse the destinations of our Year 11 and year 13 learners taking into account their prior attainment through Personal Guidance meeting with our Qualified Careers Adviser; SLT interviews; Open Meetings; Tutor Time and Student Destination Forms.

For Year 11 learners, we record pathways including:

• Apprenticeships
• Employment
• Sixth Form destinations
• Traineeships/Supported Internships
• Level 3 courses, apprenticeships or T levels

For Year 13 learners, we identify and analyse whether learners:

• Go onto higher education 
• Go onto an apprenticeship and whether it is Advanced, Higher or Degree Level
• Go on to employment
• Remain within Further Education
• Go into a Gap Year

Destination data for these cohorts is collated and displayed on the school websites careers and sixth from pages of the school website and sent out to parents and staff.

Please click here to view our Destination Data for both Year 11 and Year 13 students 

We have a partnership agreement with Medway Council to share student destinations, joiner and leaver information. Medway Council continue to track our Year 11 leavers destinations from the end of Year 11 to the age of 18, or from the end of Year 13 when they have finished Sixth Form with us. Thus, identifying and reviewing where students leave or change courses/apprenticeships. We now use Kent Choices to track Year 11 students leavers and their movements. 

RMGS maintain contact with our Year 13 Leavers through our Alumni community and keep in touch through Alumni newsletters, events and Career Opportunities. 

Intended destination information for Year 11 and 13 students is collected through Personal Guidance meetings with our Qualified Careers Adviser; SLT interviews; Open evenings; Tutor Time and Student Destination Forms. 

We are very keen to get the views of learners on the Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) they received during their time at RMGS.

We encourage verbal feedback, and ask all learners to complete questionnaires, following careers activities to find out their views on individual elements of the CEIAG programme and their overall assessment of the programme. We also conduct an annual Careers Student Voice survey which then feeds into our Careers Provision. To view this please contact our Careers Adviser Directly ewilliams@rmet.org 

In addition, our Enterprise Adviser (business volunteer who support the school to develop its careers provision), and Careers Governor attend careers events and meet representative groups to find out more about what they liked and disliked about the careers programme and ways they believe it can be improved.

For SEN and vulnerable learners we may involve parents, heads of department, form tutors heads of year, SEN tutors, school counsellor and SENCO to track and support learners as they progress and move towards further education, employment or training.

For SEN learners with an EHCP plan, we use transition meetings and offer independent careers advice to members of the cohort.

We value the views of parents/carers on how well we have helped them to support their child or children make rational informed career decisions. We offer the opportunity for parents to feedback on our provision every week through our Parent/carer newsletter.

Our school careers advisor offers the opportunity for parents/carers to seek advice and guidance across all schools years via a meeting with our Careers Adviser. This is shared via the website, newsletter and Social Media. Parents are also informed of the careers provsion, opportunities, updated and destinations on the school website, social media and Newsletter.

Parents are also invited to create their own Unifrog account where they can track their child's activities. 

For SEN learners with EHCP plan’s our school Careers Advisor will meet or make contact with parents as part of their child’s transitional review which is used to ask questions and monitor thoughts on their child’s progression through their time with the school and what could be better.  We now support Supported Internships with Kent and Medway Careers Hub which offer Career Opportunities for students with an EHCP.

Parents are encouraged to feedback on the Careers Provision and can do so via this link

RMGS ask our school Enterprise Adviser and Careers Academy Committee member and careers event volunteers - that include our Alumni - for their feedback on each individual careers event that they take part in. In addition, the school’s Careers Advisor and Careers Academy Committee member routinely evaluate the careers programme.

Employers and Volunteers are encouraged to feedback on the Careers Provision and can do so via this link

We use ‘Compass+’ to manage, evaluate and track our career provision against the Gatsby Benchmarks. We submit a three-monthly evaluation to assess our progress and to see what improvements are to be made. The school Careers Governor and school Careers Advisor will review the Benchmarks together and they are discussed in a meeting.

On leaving, students are given the opportunity to join our Alumni. They are contacted regarding school careers events and invited to share with current students their experiences. They also receive a bi yearly Alumni Newsletter.

Where possible, Alumni may volunteer to return to RMGS to support careers events, or take up virtual opportunities to share their experiences with current students. This often happens, with Alumni talks being some of the most popular amongst our students.  Alumni success stories are added to the career’s pages of the school website and virtual careers videos to the school YouTube channel. Alumni are involved in offering feedback on events they are involved in.

Click here to find out more about our Alumni Community