Careers

At Maple we are committed to providing our pupils with a programme of careers education, information, advice and guidance for all of our pupils Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 that will inspire and motivate them from an early age. We will support all of our pupils in making well informed choices about subjects and careers for their future

Careers at Maple Medical PRU

Here at Maple Medical PRU the careers programme is delivered mostly in careers lessons, which form part of the wider PSHE curriculum. Students will meet with post 16 education and training providers and employers within the planned curriculum each year, in every year group

The curriculum is planned to be progressive, building up the relevant skills and knowledge to enable the students to be able to make informed careers decisions and manage their own personal career beyond Maple for many years to come, being able to deal with the difficulties and obstacles that life provides

More information about the careers programme for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 can be found here

At Maple Medical PRU, we are committed to delivering a high-quality careers programme that supports our pupils' aspirations and future success. We regularly assess the impact of our careers education and guidance through a range of methods, including pupil questionnaires, parent and carer feedback, progression data, and quality assurance of all careers delivery. We also utilise the COMPASS+ benchmarking tool to evaluate our alignment with the Gatsby Benchmarks. Additional evaluation methods include staff feedback, destination tracking, and analysis of NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) figures. This approach ensures our careers provision remains responsive, inclusive, and effective in preparing pupils for their next steps

We will review this information on an annual basis, every September

Where the opportunity naturally exists, careers within the curriculum is promoted by using contextualised resources and awareness raising

As the provision with the Main and Nurtures parts of our school are different, we have Ellie Monk who is the careers leader responsible for both of those particular areas

Impartial Careers Advice

At Maple Medical PRU we use a variety of people to conduct careers guidance interviews. This may be the mainstream school which the pupil is on roll at, or the local authority or our own staff

All careers interviews are conducted with impartiality and confidentiality

Furthermore we do not have a Sixth form provision, therefore we work with each pupil on an individual basis to determine their preferences, needs and abilities to find the most suitable provider, to progress onto once they have left Maple Medical PRU

Pupil Careers Entitlement

By the end of Year 11 every student will have had the opportunity to:-

Have an impartial information, advice and guidance session, in both Year 10 and Year 11
An individual careers interview and action plan agreed
Attend Careers events
Visit local providers (college's, training providers and sixth form providers)
Receive support to produce a CV
Receive support for applications
Opportunities to meet with local employers
Support and guidance in applying for apprenticeships
Support with interview practice
Receive information about Apprenticeship opportunities

Management of Provider access requests

Any provider wishing to request access should contact Ellie Monk

Tel: 01302 572796

Opportunities for access

The offers a comprehensive Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance programme and an overview of our careers programme can be seen and downloaded from this page of our website

Please contact the relevant careers leader to assist you in identifying the most suitable opportunity for you

We will seek to make a suitable space available for discussions between the provider and our students. We will make available ICT equipment to support the provider presentation and allow other equipment to be set up, if needed prior to the presentation. This will all have to be discussed and agreed in advance of the visit with the careers leader

External Links

Post 16 Providers

The following are a selection of Post 16 providers based in and around Doncaster:-

Open events at Post 16 Providers in Doncaster where Parents and Carers can attend with their child. Where the dates have passed, the Parent/Carer may contact the provider direct for more information

Open Events

Careers Review

We review our careers service throughout the school academic year, which we use a range of qualitative and quantitative evidence in order to do so. Our 'Careers Quality Assurance' policy sets out how we evaluate the service on an ongoing basis

Performance measure include (but are not exhaustive):-

Careers staff competency evaluated formally in staff performance review or annual appraisal
Each pupil receives a purposeful careers interview
The Compass+ report is completed and shared with the Head of School, the Management Committee and the local authority
Student evaluation of employer / training provider / college / sixth form interaction
Teacher evaluation of the lessons and resources
Students make informed career choices and progression data proves that they stay focussed on their career aim after leaving Maple Medical PRU
Parent survey
Student survey

At the end of each calendar year we update the Careers Strategic Policy, incorporating the latest Compass data, destination data, progress against previous actions and new actions set to achieve within the academic year

Information Review

The Careers Leaders will review the information contained on this website to ensure that the information is up-to-date, factually accurate and that the information reflects the Careers Education and Service here at Maple Medical PRU. This will be carried out in July each year to ensure that it is correct for the start of the coming academic year

Labour Market Information

In our careers lessons, we have been discussing LMI (Labour Market Information), looking at where it can be found, what it means and how to use it

We aim for all students to leave Maple Medical PRU with the ability to manage their own career. To be able to do this, it is important that they understand LMI. It will widen their career options and also allow them to make informed decisions about their careers

This link explains LMI in more detail: Labour Market Information

We also have a Labour Market information tool, which can be used to look into industries and job roles to help pupils make an informed decision about future career decisions. This can be found by clicking on the 'Labour Market Info Resource' button on this page