Our careers programme

At Ark Boulton, our mission is to provide a quality education that empowers all individuals to flourish and make a positive contribution to their community, culture and wider society.

At Ark Boulton Academy, we are committed to preparing all pupils to achieve our Academy mission. Our careers programme is designed to support all pupils in achieving this mission. The careers programme at Ark Boulton Academy aims to raise aspirations and to challenge stereotypes. We act impartially to promote the full range of technical education and apprenticeships. Allowing colleges and training providers access to every student.

We regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our careers programme from all stakeholders to ensure that we are adapting our programme to always meet the needs of our pupils and to continue to learn from the Labour Market Information.

The following aspects are included in the monitoring and evaluation of our careers programme:

• Evaluations of the programme – Every term a Compass plus evaluation takes place to check the Academy's progress against the Gatsby benchmarks.
• Evaluations of the programme – A yearly review of the
• Destinations Data – We track and monitor our destinations data to understand what our pupils go on to study and whether the information, advice and guidance that they have received during their time at the Academy has had an effect.
• Evaluations from all stakeholders – We gather evaluations and feedback from all stakeholders including pupils, parents, employers and staff. This allows us to ensure that everyone can share the reflections on the whole programme as well as individual activities.

At Ark Boulton Academy we are committed to providing our students with access to providers for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training opportunities. This complies with the school’s legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

All pupils in years 7-11 are entitled to:

• Find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeship opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training available at each transition point.
• Hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through our options process, assemblies, personal development lessons and taster events.
• Understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.