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Fulford School Provider Access Policy

Introduction

This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to pupils at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Pupil entitlement

All pupils in years 8-13 are entitled:

•  To find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
• To hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
• To understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

Management of provider access requests procedure

A provider wishing to request access should contact:

Sarah Birkby,

Careers Leader,

Telephone: 01904 633300

Email: birkbys@fulford.york.sch.uk

Opportunities for access

A number of events, integrated into the school careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to pupils and/or their parents/carers.  All visitors are expected to follow the schools safeguarding procedures and policies –please see school website for further details.

Please speak to our Careers Leader to identify the most suitable opportunity for you.

Premises and facilities

The school will make the main hall, classrooms or private meeting rooms available for discussions between the provider and students, as appropriate to the activity.  The school will also make available AV and other specialist equipment to support provider presentations.  This will all be discussed and agreed in advance of the visit with the Head of Careers.

Providers are welcome to leave a copy of their prospectus, posters or other relevant literature with the Head of Careers or at the Resource Centre.  These will be displayed within the careers area in the Resource Centre which is available to all students at lunch and break times.  Where appropriate, copies of presentations or website links can also be added to the careers page on the school website for use by students, parents/carers and staff.

Year 8 Careers Unit 5 weeks

This unit starts off by pupils exploring likes and dislikes regarding careers via a computer programme that then suggests careers based upon their choices. It is intended to foster a spirit of enquiry as pupils begin to actively research different occupations. In another lesson pupils are given imaginary jobs and their compare different jobs in order to raise awareness of the variety of different routes into employment as well as introducing the pupils to a variety of career related terms.

Lessons then move onto looking  at decision making and choosing KS4 options. Pupils also examine equal opportunities in subject choice and career choices as well as good and bad reasons for choosing an option subject. They have a taster lesson in the only subject that has no KS3 access – Business studies. Finally, pupils are encouraged to consider how quickly the world of work is changing.

To further support option choices there is an options evening on Monday21st January 2019  and of course parents evenings prior to option decisions being made.

Year 11 Careers unit 23 weeks (12 lessons)

In the unit pupils will look at the different pathways post 16 including Fulford Sixth Form, Other Schools Sixth Forms, Vocational routes, Employment and apprenticeships. All students will have talks from York College. As well as taught sessions, pupils will be able to follow their interests and undertake more detailed investigations into different pathways. Opportunities are also provided for pupils to investigate specific jobs and careers as well as have particular careers suggested via software packages. There are valuable opportunities for pupils to discover more about themselves: who they are, how they are changing and who they could possibly become. Finally, Year 11 also encompasses practical career skills and tools such as CV writing and interviews.

Sixth Form Careers Information

For information about Careers in the 6th Form, please click here