Provider Access Statement
Review Date: September 2021
Aims
To state The Brittons Academy’s arrangements for managing the access of education and training providers to students and/or their information for the purpose of giving them information about their offer. This statement 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
Schools are required to ensure that there are opportunities for a range of education and training providers to access students in years 8 to 13 to inform them about approved technical education, qualifications or apprenticeships. This is outlined in section 42B of the Education Act 1997. The Brittons Academy endeavours to meet all benchmarks set out in the Gatsby Framework, which is recognised as the exemplar standard of quality IAG.
Student entitlement
All Brittons students in years 8 to 11 are entitled to:
- Find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeship opportunities, as part of our careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point
- Hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships
- Understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses
Management of provider access requests
Any provider wishing to request access to student information should contact our Careers Lead, Ms Nat Wickenden – Assistant Principal wickendenn@brittons.havering.sch.uk. A number of events are integrated into our careers programme where we offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to students and/or their parents/carers. Individual Post 16 providers are invited to run assemblies and talk about what they have to offer our students after Brittons throughout Year 10 & 11.
Please speak to our Careers Lead to identify the most suitable opportunity for your organisation.
Granting and refusing access
We only grant access for the approved Havering provider, Prospects, to pupil data and share this given their approved status by our local authority and their compliance with GDPR. We also provide references of Year 11 students to post 16 institutions when requested from approved educational establishments by secure and identifiable means. If visits are agreed providers will be given access to the best space for the nature of their event and all standard equipment to run a successful presentation. Any specialist of institution specific equipment will need to be brought by the provider. Our Safeguarding statement outlines the school’s procedure for checking the identity and suitability of visitors. Education and training providers will be expected to adhere to this statement and provide clear evidence of identify when visiting school.
Monitoring arrangements
The school’s arrangements for managing the access of education and training providers to students is monitored by the Careers Lead and Careers Co-ordinator.
Information Advice and Guidance Plan:
We are seeking volunteers to run Parental Careers talks to Year 8, 9 and 10 students, if you are interested in being involved in this please contact either our Careers Lead or Careers Co-ordinator:
- Mrs P Hissey – hisseyp@brittons.havering.sch.uk
- Ms N Wickenden – wickendenn@brittons.havering.sch.uk
All pupils have an individual Careers interview during Year 10/11 and may repeat this if required. Parents are more than welcome to attend with their child if they wish to.
A Borough sourced NEET intervention runs from July of Year 10 until May half term of Year 11.
Our SMSC weekly bulletin will feature a particular job from a range of employment areas, including the qualifications and personal qualities needed, the salary and opportunities it provides.