How to review your provider access policy statement

Last reviewed on 17 January 2023
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Statutory/mandatory for: Maintained schools Academies Free schools Pupil referral units

Find everything you need to review and approve your school's provider access policy statement. Use our key questions to challenge your school leaders and refer to our model policy to benchmark your own policy and make sure it's compliant.

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Contents

  1. Key facts
  2. What this policy needs to do
  3. 4 questions to ask to challenge this policy
  4. Model policy statement 
  5. Examples from schools

What this policy needs to do

All maintained schools and academies (including special schools and PRUs) must:

  • Give education and training providers the opportunity to talk to pupils in years 8 to 13 about approved technical qualifications and apprenticeships
  • Provide a minimum of 6 encounters with technical education or training providers to all pupils in years 8 to 13

How the school will comply with the new legal requirement to provide pupils with 6 encounters with technical education or training providers, and what times your school will give access Any procedural requirements for requests for access, e.g. the main point of contact at the school to whom requests should be directed Rules for granting and refusing access, e.g. details of careers

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