Baker Clause Statement

This policy statement sets out Pencalenick School’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to pupils at school for the purposes of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer.

This complies with the legal obligations under Section 42B of the Education act 1997 (the ‘Baker Clause’).

Pupil entitlement

Pupils in Years 7 – 11 are entitled to:

• find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
• hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options evenings, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
• understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

Requests from Providers

Any provider wishing to request access to Pencalenick School should contact jwatkins-young@pencalenick.org