Provider Access Policy for Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance (CEIAG)
CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance) Provider Access Policy
Policy details
Date created - September 2022
Date reviewed - September 2023
Date approved - 4 October 2023
Next review date - Autumn term 2024
Policy owner - Careers Lead (Richard Haseler)
Rationale and pupil entitlement (intended learning outcomes)
Management of provider access requests
Aims
This policy statement aims to set out our academy’s arrangements for managing the access of education and training providers to students for the purpose of giving them information about their offer.
It sets out:
- Procedures in relation to requests for access
- The grounds for granting and refusing requests for access
- Details of premises or facilities to be provided to a person who is given access
Statutory requirements
Academies are required to ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access students in years 8 to 13 for the purposes of informing them about approved technical education, qualifications or apprenticeships. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.
In addition the Baker Clause, an amendment to the above, stipulates that schools must allow colleges and training providers access to every student in years 8 - 11 to discuss non-academic routes that are available to them. It is expected that by doing so this will help address the UK’s productivity challenges and address skills shortages experienced across several sectors of the economy. As a Trust we provide the same access to Year 7. In line with the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022, which came into effect from January 2023, all students will have at least six encounters with a provider of approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. Two of these will be in school years 8 or 9, with another two in years 10 or 11. The “encounters” for year 9 and 11 pupils will take place between September 1 and February 28 in each academic year.
Rationale and pupil entitlement (intended learning outcomes)
At Co-op Academy Manchester we will use Gatsby Benchmarks as a framework of best practice to develop and improve our careers provision to ensure that we not only fulfil legal duties of providing opportunities for a range of education and training providers to access all students in year 7 to year 11 but to also have CEIAG programs that meet the needs of an ever changing cohort. All of our students 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.
An expectation of our providers will be to provide :-
- Information about the provider and the approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships that the provider offers
- Information about the careers to which those technical education qualifications or apprenticeships might lead
- Description of what learning or training with the provider is like, and responses to questions from the pupils about the provider or approved technical education qualifications and apprenticeships
Further detail of our CEIAG programme is available on our website
Management of provider access requests
Procedure
A provider wishing to request access should contact
CEIAG Leader : Mr Richard Haseler
Telephone: 0161 795 3005
Email: richard.haseler@coopacademies.co.uk
Opportunities for access
A number of events, integrated into our careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into our academy to speak to students and/or their parents/carers:
Calendar of events
Year group | Autumn term | Spring term | Summer term |
7 | Assemblies PSHE/tutor | Assemblies Careers Week National Apprenticeship Week | Assemblies PSHE/tutor |
8 | Assemblies PSHE/tutor | HE experience to raise aspirations (KS3) Parents’ evening Assemblies Careers Week National Apprenticeship Week | Dragons’ Den - Enterprise Skills STEM Challenge |
9 | Careers Fair - promotion of FE / HE Assemblies Parents’ evening | HE experience to raise aspirations (KS3) Parents’ evening Assemblies Access to careers interviews Careers Week National Apprenticeship Week GM Aim Higher Options evening | Workshops Assemblies Access to careers interviews HE / FE Pathway event Work Experience STEM Challenge |
10 | Careers Fair - promotion of FE / HE Workshops Assemblies Parents’ evening | Assemblies Access to careers interviews Option evening CEIAG element of PSHE curriculum Careers Week National Apprenticeship Week GM Aim HIgher STEM Challenge | Assemblies Access to careers interviews HE / FE Pathway event Personal Statement Workshop Taster Days |
11 | Careers Fair - promotion of FE / HE Assemblies Access to careers interviews CEIAG element of PSHCE curriculum HE / FE Pathway event | Parents’ evening GCSE Mock results day Workshops Assemblies Access to careers interviews HE / FE Pathway event Careers Week National Apprenticeship Week | GCSE results day Access to careers interviews |
Safeguarding
Our policy on safeguarding, which can be found on our website, sets out our approach to allowing providers into our academy as visitors to talk to our students
Education and training providers will be expected to adhere to this policy.
Premises and facilities
Our academy will make the main hall, classrooms or private meeting rooms available for discussions between the provider and students, as appropriate to the activity.
The academy 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 Careers Leader or a member of their team.
Providers are welcome to leave a copy of their prospectus or other relevant course literature at reception, from here they will be delivered to the Careers office and the Library. These facilities are available to all students at lunch and break times.
Monitoring arrangements
Co-op Academy Manchester arrangements for managing the access of education and training providers to our students is monitored by the Careers Leader.
This policy will be reviewed by the Careers Leader. At every review, the policy will be approved by the governing board and the Principal.