Forest of Dean Trust Careers Policy

Careers Policy Sept 2024 (Next Review Sept 2026) Under Statutory Policies

Provider Access Policy Statement (Baker Clause)

The 'Provider Access Legislation' came into force in January 2023.  This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to 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.

Provider Access Policy July 2023 (next review July 2025) Under Statutory Polices

Statutory Guidance

Statutory guidance for schools and guidance for further education colleges and sixth form colleges. This guidance stipulates what we must do to comply with the law and includes Provider Access Legislation (PAL):

Benchmarking

We are passionate about achieving the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks, a framework to help us deliver high quality careers provision:

Assessing the impact of our Careers Programme

We use a mixture of staff, student, and parent/carer feedback questionnaires and Compass+ to assess the impact of our Careers Programme and ensure that we are meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks:

Information Published and Policies are reviewed annually in July.