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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome from the Principal
    • Statutory Information
      • Accessibility
      • Admissions
      • Attendance
        • Absences
        • Children Missing Education
        • Punctuality
        • Persistent Absence
        • Holiday in Term Time
        • Illness Advice
      • Behaviour
        • Values Driven Expectations
        • Learner Planner
      • Exams & Appeals
      • Ofsted Report
      • Performance & Results
      • Pupil Premium
      • Policies & Documents
      • Safeguarding
      • SEND
    • Dudley Academies Trust
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      • Members
      • Trustees
      • Local Advisory Committees
      • Members, Trustees and Local Advisory Committee Members information
    • Our Trust Values
    • Polices & Documents
    • Ofsted Report
    • Our Team
    • Our Trust Community
      • Beacon Hill Academy
      • Pegasus Academy
      • The Link Academy
      • St James Academy
      • Blowers Green Primary
      • Kates Hill Primary
      • Greenfield Primary
      • Aspire – Pathway Learning Centre (PLC)
      • Innovation Exchange
      • Sycamore Adventure
      • Lettings
  • Parents & Carers
    • Attendance
    • Behaviour
    • Food Menus
    • Free School Meals
    • Wellbeing Support
    • Ofsted Parent View
    • Term Dates
    • Parent & Carer App
    • Parents Association
    • New Learner Data Collection
    • Safeguarding
    • School Day
    • Uniform & Suppliers
  • Why Choose Us?
    • How to Apply (Admissions)
    • Prospectus
    • Upgrade Mission
    • Welcome to Year 7
    • Why Choose our Trust?
  • Curriculum
    • Careers & Progression
      • Introduction to CareerFit
      • Careers Information for Learners
      • Browse Careers
      • Information for Employers
      • Information for Staff
      • Labour Market Information
      • Learner Destination Information
      • Careers Plans, Policies & Documents
      • Impact of our careers programme
      • Provider Access and Gatsby Benchmarks
      • Black Country Careers & Opportunities
    • Our Curriculum
    • Curriculum Maps
      • English
      • Mathematics
      • Science
      • Art, Photography and D&T
      • Computing
      • Drama
      • Geography
      • History
      • Modern Foreign Languages (French)
      • Music
      • Personal Development
      • Physical Education (PE)
      • Religious Education
    • Student Parliament
  • News & Events
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    • Latest News
    • Tenders
    • Term Dates
  • Careers & Vacancies
    • Vacancies
    • Teacher Training
    • Building Partnerships
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    • Welcome from the Principal
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      • Accessibility
      • Admissions
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        • Absences
        • Children Missing Education
        • Punctuality
        • Persistent Absence
        • Holiday in Term Time
        • Illness Advice
      • Behaviour
        • Values Driven Expectations
        • Learner Planner
      • Exams & Appeals
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      • Policies & Documents
      • Safeguarding
      • SEND
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      • Local Advisory Committees
      • Members, Trustees and Local Advisory Committee Members information
    • Our Trust Values
    • Polices & Documents
    • Ofsted Report
    • Our Team
    • Our Trust Community
      • Beacon Hill Academy
      • Pegasus Academy
      • The Link Academy
      • St James Academy
      • Blowers Green Primary
      • Kates Hill Primary
      • Greenfield Primary
      • Aspire – Pathway Learning Centre (PLC)
      • Innovation Exchange
      • Sycamore Adventure
      • Lettings
  • Parents & Carers
    • Attendance
    • Behaviour
    • Food Menus
    • Free School Meals
    • Wellbeing Support
    • Ofsted Parent View
    • Term Dates
    • Parent & Carer App
    • Parents Association
    • New Learner Data Collection
    • Safeguarding
    • School Day
    • Uniform & Suppliers
  • Why Choose Us?
    • How to Apply (Admissions)
    • Prospectus
    • Upgrade Mission
    • Welcome to Year 7
    • Why Choose our Trust?
  • Curriculum
    • Careers & Progression
      • Introduction to CareerFit
      • Careers Information for Learners
      • Browse Careers
      • Information for Employers
      • Information for Staff
      • Labour Market Information
      • Learner Destination Information
      • Careers Plans, Policies & Documents
      • Impact of our careers programme
      • Provider Access and Gatsby Benchmarks
      • Black Country Careers & Opportunities
    • Our Curriculum
    • Curriculum Maps
      • English
      • Mathematics
      • Science
      • Art, Photography and D&T
      • Computing
      • Drama
      • Geography
      • History
      • Modern Foreign Languages (French)
      • Music
      • Personal Development
      • Physical Education (PE)
      • Religious Education
    • Student Parliament
  • News & Events
    • Open Events
    • Latest News
    • Tenders
    • Term Dates
  • Careers & Vacancies
    • Vacancies
    • Teacher Training
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Careers Plans, Policies & Documents

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The Trust is committed to following the government’s Careers Strategy (published July 2021) and aims to meet the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks as per the guidance. We use the Compass Audit tool to evaluate our Careers impact and measure our progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks and use Tracker to improve the quality of provision. The Trust is part of the Black Country Careers Hub and works alongside The Careers Enterprise Company (CEC) to deliver a high quality careers education for all our learners. The Careers provision is audited and evaluated every term using the compass audit tool, this helps to assess the impact of the careers program for our learners.   

Please find below Careers Policy and our policy on complying with the statutory guidance that academies must comply with section 42B of the Education Act 1997, commonly known as the ‘Baker Clause’. This policy statement sets out the circumstances in which providers of technical education and apprenticeships will be given access to years 8 to 13 pupils.

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