Meet the team
Sarah Davis
Sarah Davis is Mayfield School’s Careers Leader and the member of the leadership team with strategic responsibility for careers. Sarah holds a level 6 certificate in Careers Leadership and is responsible for:
- Managing the provision of careers information
- Liaising with SLT and the Careers Adviser to implement and maintain effective CEIAG
- Liaising with the SED Curriculum Lead and other Curriculum Leads to plan careers education in the GET REAL curriculum
- Liaising with SLT, the pastoral team, and teachers to identify pupils needing tailored guidance
- Referring pupils to the Independent Careers Advisor
- Establishing, maintaining and developing links with Health and Social Care providers, ISP and FE colleges, apprenticeship providers and employers
- Providing pupils with effective careers guidance and supporting social mobility by improving opportunities for all young people
- Supporting teachers of careers education and tutors providing initial information and advice.
- Monitoring the delivery of careers within teaching and learning
- Advising SLT on policy, strategy and resources for CEIAG
- Preparing and implementing a strategic plan for CEIAG
- Reviewing and evaluating the programme of CEIAG
- Delivering the training of school staff to promote careers guidance to their pupils
- Using the Gatsby Benchmarks to improve the Mayfield School’s careers provision and ensure compliance with legal duties, with an ultimate aim to meet all benchmarks
- Allowing pupils to have access to providers of technical education, such as colleges, and apprenticeships to ensure every pupil is well-informed about their future options at every stage
- Using the Compass+ tool for self-evaluating the careers provision the school offers
- Publishing details of the Mayfield School’s Careers Programme and a provider access statement on its website
- Engaging with the designated teacher for LAC and previously LAC to ensure they know which pupils are in care/are care leavers, to understand their additional support needs and to ensure that any personal education plans can inform careers advice
- Ensuring that where applicable, pupils understand their different career pathways, and enabling them to gain the skills, knowledge and experience they require to achieve their career goals
Andy Mitchell & Jackie Hopkins
Andy and Jackie are our Education Impact Academy Trust Careers Advisors. Andy oversees careers advice for our Heathfield Road site and Jackie oversees careers advice for our Wheeler Street site. Andy and Jackie are responsible for:
- Reporting regularly to the Careers Leader regarding pupil progress and the effectiveness of the Mayfield School’s Career Programme
- Providing a thorough, personalised career service throughout the school
- Staying up-to-date with relevant CPD and developments in the CEIAG sector
- Producing CEIAG through online and hard copy literature
- Attending regular meetings with the Careers Leader to discuss Mayfield School’s Career Programme
- Arranging meetings and follow-up appointments with pupils
- Offering services to past pupils for up to a year after their departure from compulsory education
- Coordinating with the designated teacher(s) to work with the relevant destination to ensure a joined-up approach to identifying and supporting career ambitions is achieved
- Updating Compass+ to reflect pupil progress
Claire Donnelly
Claire works as an Enterprise Coordinator with Birmingham Careers Hub and The Careers and Enterprise Company to support schools with their careers programme and help make connections between schools and businesses. Having qualified as a teacher 25 years ago, Claire has worked in a number of primary schools in Birmingham, Solihull and London, a secondary school in Coventry, and a Further Education college. Claire also enjoyed working for 8 years in recruitment as a Recruitment Consultant and Business Development Manager. As a parent of a young person with SEND, Claire recognises the importance of preparing all young people for their best ‘next step’. Claire is responsible for:
- Advising the Careers Leader on strategic direction
- Developing the school’s provision to meet all Gatsby Benchmarks
Saquib Mohammed
Saquib is our Enterprise Advisor and works for Jacobs. Saquib is responsible for:
- Supporting our careers programme
- Linking Mayfield School, parents and students with employers
- The provision of STEM activities for students
Mayfield School’s Careers Programme
Mayfield School’s Careers Strategy
Mayfield School’s Careers Guidance and Prover Access Policy
Mayfield School’s Destination Data
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | |
| Sixth | 6% | |||||||||
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 4% | ||||||||
| Adult Social Care | 13% | 9% | 5% | 6% | ||||||
| FE | 87% | 100% | 91% | 100% | 100% | 83% | 81% | 83% | 88% | 94% |
| HE | ||||||||||
| NALM | 6% | 6% | 4% | |||||||
| NEET | 6% | 6% | 9% | 6% |