CAREERS Provider Access POLICY

High quality careers education and guidance in school or college is critical to young people’s futures. It helps to prepare them for the workplace by providing a clear understanding of the world of work including the routes to jobs and careers that they might find engaging and rewarding. It supports them to acquire the self-development and career management skills they need to achieve positive employment destinations. This helps students to choose their pathways, improve their life opportunities and contribute to a productive and successful economy.

As the number of apprenticeships rises every year, it becomes increasingly important that all young people have a full understanding of all the options available to them post-16 and post-18 including wider technical education options such as T-Levels and Higher Technical Qualifications.

Archbishop Beck Catholic College is committed to ensuring there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access students, for the purpose of informing them about approved technical education qualifications and apprenticeships. Archbishop Beck Catholic College is fully aware of the responsibility to set students on the path that will secure the best outcome which will enable them to progress in education and work and give employers the highly skilled people they need. That means acting impartially, in line with the statutory duty, and not showing bias towards any route, be that academic or technical.

Archbishop Beck Catholic College endeavours to ensure that all students are aware of all routes to higher skills and can access information on technical options and apprenticeships (The Department of Education, July 2021: “Baker Clause”: supporting students to understand the full range of education and training options, and the Provider Access Legislation, January 2023).

Archbishop Beck Catholic College policy for access to other education and training providers has the following aims:

• To develop the knowledge and awareness of our students of all career pathways available to them, including technical qualifications and apprenticeships.
• To support young people to be able to learn more about opportunities for education and training outside of school before making crucial choices about their future options.
• To reduce drop out from courses and avoid the risk of students becoming NEET (Young people not in education, employment or training).

Requests for access should be directed to Mrs D Bond, Careers Leader and may be contacted by telephone Tel 0151 525 6326 or admin@beck.uk.com

Archbishop Beck Catholic College will provide an appropriate room or assembly hall to be agreed. All rooms have computers, projectors and screens provided. Computer rooms can also be arranged. The Careers Leader or Careers Adviser will organise this, working closely with the provider to ensure the facilities are appropriate to the audience. Appropriate safeguarding checks will be carried out. Providers will be met and supervised by a member of the Careers Team who will facilitate.

Any complaints about this policy should be raised to Mrs D Bond, email: bondd@beck.uk.com

Mrs D Bond, Assistant Head Teacher, will raise the complaint to Mr P Stirling, Head Teacher at Archbishop Beck Catholic College.

Providers who have been invited into Archbishop Beck Catholic College to date include:

• Myerscough College
• City of Liverpool College
• Hugh Baird College
• Liverpool Business College
• Studio School
• UTC
• LLS
• David Campbell
• Everton FC – Football
• Merseyside Career Development
• Liverpool Media Academy
• LIPA
• Engineering College