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

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

Impartial Careers Advice

At Maple Medical PRU we do not directly employ any Careers Information, Advice and Guidance staff to conduct Careers interviews with our students. All of the staff involved in the Careers interviews are all suitably qualified and experienced

Furthermore we do not have any Sixth Form provision, therefore we work with each student on an individual basis to find the right provider to progress onto once they have left Maple Medical PRU

Student Careers Entitlement

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

Have an impartial information, advice and guidance session from an independent, qualified advisor
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 in applications to local providers
Opportunities to meet with local employers
Support and guidance in applying for apprenticeships
Support with interview practice

Management of Provider access requests

Any provider wishing to request access should contact Mark Powell or Josie Blacklock

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 speak to our 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 student receives a purposeful careers interview
The Compass report is completed and submitted at the end of each term across the academic year and shared with 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

Careers Strategic Plan

Careers Quality Assurance Policy

Labour Market Info Resource

Personal Assessment

Provider Access Statement & Careers Programme

Careers Event

On Friday 24th February, between 1.00pm—3.00pm, Maple are holding a Careers Event. We have invited a selection of colleges, training providers and employers for the students to meet and talk to

Labour Market Information - 2/2/23

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

National Careers Review - 2/2/23

There is currently a national review of careers provisions in schools and colleges across England, due to be concluded by July. Only 84 schools across England were selected to be involved in this review. Maple Medical PRU is one of these schools and the only school in Doncaster to have been involved

On Tuesday 21st March we will be having our careers provision and service reviewed. The findings of all of the reviews will be sent to the Department for Education and they will then look at the recommendations to make any necessary changes. These changes will be shared early next year with all education providers, with the aim to improve the careers provision nationwide

As part of this review, parents/carers will receive a text and an email with a link to complete a questionnaire. Once the review has taken place and we have the formal feedback, we will share the key findings and also how we intend to keep improving careers at Maple Medical PRU!