Careers Entitlement statement
All student are entitled to access the careers education programme. Careers guidance plays a vital role in helping young people make impartial decisions as well as challenging their ideas and enabling them to consider all possible options.
As a student you are entitled to:
- Have access to impartial careers advice
- Learn and understand more about yourself, your interests, likes and dislikes, what you are good at and how this affects the choices you make
- Learn about Academic, technical and vocational qualifications/apprenticeships
- Develop the skills required for the world of work and make realistic, ambitious choices about courses and jobs
- Develop a plan of action for the future and understand the different routes post 16 and post 18 including training, further and higher education and jobs
- Opportunity to participate in and develop through careers, employability and enterprise activities
- Learn about careers and the word of work and investigating opportunities
- Hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through workshops, career talks, assemblies and taster events
We expect students to:
- Be proactive and enthusiastic in helping themselves
- Be prepared to be realistic and consider the range of options available and in making choices about these options
- Be willing to learn and to be challenged in order to reach their potential
- Be punctual, hardworking and considerate to others
In January 2023, the updated provider access legislation (PAL) came into force. The updated legislation specifies schools must provide at least six encounters with approved providers of apprenticeships and technical education for all their students:
- Two encounters for pupils during the ‘first key phase’ (year 8 or 9) that are mandatory for all pupils to attend.
- Two encounters for pupils during the ‘second key phase’ (year 10 or 11) that are mandatory for all pupils to attend.
- Two encounters for pupils during the ‘third key phase’ (year 12 or 13) that are mandatory for the school to put on but optional for pupils to attend.
The new legislation will become a key mechanism to further help learners understand and take-up, not just apprenticeships, but wider technical education options such as T-Levels and Higher Technical Qualifications.