Careers Provision at The Purbeck School

The Purbeck School is committed to ensuring that every student gains the skills, advice and guidance to help them make the best choices possible for their future careers.

The careers programme is devised to help students get the most from their time at Purbeck School and to prepare them for what lies beyond. The programme is also designed to help students make informed decisions when there is a choice to be made, when moving from KS3 to KS4, when considering what to do (and where) at 16 and, for those that are in the Sixth Form, what options are available to them when they leave. The Purbeck School is committed to our ‘Careers Guarantee’ for all our students. We pride ourselves on the number of enrichment opportunities there are available for our students; in 2023-2024, we offered a number of trips to a range of work places, further and higher education establishments.

The careers programme is delivered through activities within the Personal Development curriculum, combined with fortnightly tutor-time sessions, assemblies, workshops, events, and visits to colleges, universities and places of work, ensuring that we fully meet the needs of each individual student.

The Gatsby Benchmarks are blended with our school vision of “Kindness, Aspiration and Perseverance” to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed choices about their future. We have excellent relationships with local employers and ex-students who return to support our current students through presentations, mentoring, mock interviews and work experience opportunities.

THE BAKER CLAUSE

The Baker Clause is an amendment to the Technical and Further Education Act 2017 which states that schools must allow colleges and training providers access to all students in years 8-13 to talk to them about non-academic routes which are available to them post 18.
The provisions made at The Purbeck School are detailed in our Provider Access Policy.
In summary, all students at The Purbeck School have the opportunity to learn about alternative access routes into employment, including vocational qualifications and apprenticeships via tutor times and curriculum activities, which include; assemblies, tutorials, Unifrog, work experience and career enrichment opportunities.

Please feel free to contact our Careers Team on email:

Carly Watson: Assistant Headteacher with SLT responsibility for Careers cwatson@purbeck.dorset.sch.uk

Maria Beale: Careers & Work Experience Co-ordinator mbeale@purbeck.dorset.sch.uk

Michelle Scott: Careers Advisor mscott@purbeck.dorset.sch.uk 

 

 

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